Paulo Fernandes experience

Paulo has a Diploma in Sport Management and Fitness. He is also a 2nd Dan black belt in Karate as well as a ETA (exercise teacher's academy) fitness facilitator and assessor for specific projects in Mozambique and Angola, particularly created for gym instructors.

Paulo has been participating in workshops with top trainers throughout the world.

On the Boxing side, he trained with German lightweight European champion and with Continental IBF heavy weight champion.

On the Personal training side he travelled to Lisbon (Portugal) & Zurich- (Switzerland) for a workshop at Holmes place on functional and weight lifting training.

He also travelled to London, UK, for a special workshop with Paul Connolly, one of the Top Celebrity’s trainers in the world.

In Cape Town & Johannesburg- SA (South Africa) where he lived for 8years (until 2010), he toke part in different workshops and exchanges knowledge with Top Local Trainers and he also did the XLR8 workshop (Athlete ply-metrics) speed, power and stability training system from New Zealand.

Paulo has been a Karate/Kickboxing instructor since 2005 and a Personal Trainer since 2006. In 2007, he started his own Cardio-Fitness "Boxfit" company.

Paulo’s specializes his Personal Training on: boxing conditioning training, functional training, Athletes performance, plyometrics/balance, speed/agility, core stability/strength.

In 2008, Paulo published his own fitness manual (beginners, intermediate & advance) tubing workout.

Paulo has been working with most of the top fitness studios in Luanda- Angola since 2008, providing consulting in the fitness industry, workshops & ETA (exercise teacher's academy) Fitness qualifications, mentoring as well as supervising instructors.

2010, Paulo's main focus in Fitness is to start working with Sport clubs training all types of athletes in Athlete's performance and carry on running Fitness courses and ETA (exercise teacher's academy) qualifications in Luanda- Angola.

In 2011 Atlético petróleos de Luanda won Angola national baskteball championship. Paulo also started working with Handball female senior national team of Angola. He was approached by Chocolate magazine (local magazine from Luanda) to have is own column about Fitness & Health. Paulo opened up his 1st Fitness studio in Luanda where he and his staff train every day all type of athletes and clients.

Paulo's Biography


Age 32, Paulo Fernandes was born in Cape Verd Island.
He moved to Maputo in Mozambique at the age of 12 and began martial arts when he was 15.

In 2001, he finished high school and he decided to go to Cape Town, South Africa, in order to pursue his studies in Sport Management & Personal Training.

While studying, Paulo founded Cardio- fitness ‘Boxfit’ training.
A part-time modeling career lead him to model for Sports magazines, catalogues and TV Commercials.

Paulo is a Buddhist and his way of living applies to his Clients & Students as a life coach at the same time. Nature and healthy life style are part of his being.

In 2006 Paulo came 2nd with a Silver medal in the Shukokai World Karate championship in Helsinki-Finland

Since 2006, he has been working as a Professional athlete, training Karate and amateur Boxing 2-3 hours per day, 5 days a week.

In 2008, Paulo was nominated one of the most Sexy man's in SA (South Africa) by the Cosmopolitan Magazine and he also came 3rd with a bronze medal in the Shukokai World Karate championship in Zurich-Switzerland.

Since 2007, Paulo became the assistant of the Coach/Captain of the Karate All-style National teams of Cape Verde Island and Mozambique. He is also part of the Shukokai Karate National team of South Africa.

In 2010, he moved to Luanda- Angola full time, to carry on running Fitness courses and start working with Atlético Petroleos de Luanda Sport Club.

Paulo lives by his motto: “Embrace everything that comes on your way or that you touch”


Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Atletico Sport Viação (ASA)



A partir de 24 de Outubro (5ª feira) a equipa senior masculina de basquetebol do Atletico Sport Viaçao (ASA), estará a preparar-se no nosso ginásio para epoca 2013-2014.

ASA, receberá um treino de preparação física de excelência, trabalhando o equilíbrio, força, mobilidade e flexibilidade simultaneamente diminuindo a probabilidade de lesões durante os jogos e aumentado a probabilidade de ganharem mais e mais títulos.

À equipa senior masculina de basquetebol do Atletico Sport Viaçao (ASA), agradecemos a oportunidade e preferência, com a certeza de que será uma mais valia para todos.






Sejam muito bem vindos à nossa casa!
Paulo Fernandes,

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Objectivo do PF fitness specialist


PF fitness specialist goal is to help our society to become healthier and pain free, which combines flexibility, posture and strength training movements to help clients remedy chronic ailments such as back pain, shoulder pain and other common body aches/ 
Objectivo do PF fitness specialist é ajudar a nossa sociedade a tornarem se mais saudaveis. Os nossos treinos são uma combinação de flexibilidade, postura e treino funcional (movimento), para ajudar os nossos clientes a combaterem doenças cronicas como dores da coluna, ombros e outras dores posturais/articulaçoes!

MELHOR FORMA DE TRABALHAR OS GLÚTEOS:


Conseguir uns glúteos firmes e sem celulite é uma tarefa difícil mas não impossível. Uma alimentação equilibrada e um plano de treino adequado podem ser a solução.

Os glúteos e as coxas são provavelmente as regiões corporais onde mais mulheres tentam perder peso, a par da cintura.
Muitas vezes a acumulação de massa gorda nesta região deve-se a questões genéticas, já que as mulheres tem especial tendência para acumular massa gorda nesta zona, enquanto os homens tendencialmente acumulam na zona do abdómen.

Infelizmente muitas outras vezes existem fatores que facilitam a acumulação de gordura, como uma alimentação desequilibrada, a falta de exercício físico ou até mesmo um plano de treino desadequado.
No sentido de conseguir uns glúteos mais firmes e com mais massa magra como vê nas capas de revistas necessita realizar algum trabalho com pesos e resistências. E claro manter-se em movimento todos os dias. Os melhores exercícios são os compostos, pois envolvem vários músculos na sua realização. Os lunges, agachamentos e o peso morto (deadlift) são exercícios bastante efetivos para este objetivo.


NOTA:
O agachamento está entre os exercícios mais completos que pode realizar.
Este é um exercício que devia fazer parte das rotinas de treino da maioria das pessoas.
Desta forma é um exercício muito completo, já que envolve um grande número de articulações e músculos, representando uma forma eficaz de fortalecer pernas, coxas, glúteos e muitos outros músculos que auxiliam na sua realização.
Além disto é extremamente funcional, pois trata-se de um movimento utilizado nas atividades diárias, como sentar, levantar ou apanhar um objeto do solo.
É um exercício absolutamente indispensável quer o seu objetivo seja a perda de gordura ou o reforço muscular.


Paulo Fernandes,


Thursday, September 19, 2013

KB Swing

http://youtu.be/UTAKAzbLu10

Always remember where you came from:


No one has accomplished anything in life or in business without help from someone else.


Sunday, August 25, 2013

O que é treino funcional?


Treino funcional é treinar os musculos da maneira como agem todos os dias:

1) Frontal (lado a lado)
2) Sagital (frente e traz)
3) Transverse (rotaçao)

Mais forte estivermos funcional, mais o nosso corpo estara preparado para impacto com oponente (colega no jogo, treino) e tambem no dia a dia a pegar coisas, atirar, empurar, puxar, saltar, correr, nadar, lutar e etc.
Exemplo: Nos corremos com uma perna de cada vez, utilizamos tambem um braço de cada vez. Por isso é que devemos treinar mais exercicios unilateral.

Nota: somos + fortes numa perna do que com duas pernas!


Conclusão: Treinar um musculo isolado (duas pernas no chao) como os fisioculturistas fazem, poi o nosso corpo em risco de lesoes. Porque maior parte das lesoes nos desportistas surgem nos musculos antagonistas (posterior). Exemplo: coxa, gluteus, triceps, escapula, etc. 
Devido a descompensaçao muscular, e encurtamento do musculo (falta de flexibilidade e mobilidade).
Tudo que fazemos no PF fitness specialist tem progressao e regressao: 
Fase 1, 2 e 3,... É nisso que concentramos!


Sunday, August 11, 2013

Tudo o que precisamos para treinar é 1 alter/ manguito


Tudo o que precisamos para treinar é um alter/all we need to exercise is 1 DB:

- Snatch
- Row
- Floor Press
- Goblet suspended split squat/ Goblet squat
- SLDL
- Arm Press
- Triceps extension 
And the list goes on and on...

Cape Verd Island Mens Senior Basketball National Team!


Cape Verd Island Men´s Senior basketball National Team


On the Weight room.





Boot Camp at Cidade da Praia- Cabo Verde



Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Dr. Mercola tips for Children



The tips below come from a Mercola.com article on the use of ADHD medicines in children but, really make sense for both kids and adults. If your child has skin problems, emotional problems or any other health issues, why not try cleaning up their diet? What do you have to lose?


1.      Severely limit or eliminate fructose from your child’s diet as sugar/fructose has been linked to mental health problems such as depression and schizophrenia.
2.       Avoid giving your child ANY processed foods, especially those containing artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. This includes lunchmeats and hot dogs, which are common food staples in many households.
3.                              Replace soft drinks, fruit juices, and pasteurized milk with pure water. This is HUGE since high fructose corn syrup is a primary source of calories in children.
4.                              Make sure your child is getting large regular doses of healthy bacteria, either with high-quality fermented organic foods and/or high-quality probiotic supplements.
5.                              Give your child plenty of high-quality, animal-based omega-3 fats like krill oil. Also, make sure to balance your child’s intake of omega-3 and omega-6 fats, by simultaneously limiting their intake of vegetable oils.
6.                              Include as many whole organic foods as possible in your child’s diet, both to reduce chemical exposure and increase nutrient content of each meal. See my nutrition plan for a comprehensive guide to healthful eating.
7.                              Also reduce or eliminate grains from your child’s diet, especially wheat. Beyond the fact that even healthy organic whole grains can cause problems as they too break down into sugars, gluten-containing grains have pharmacologically active peptides that can contribute to cognitive and behavioral issues in susceptible children. Additionally, whole and even sprouted wheat contains physiologically significant amounts of wheat germ agglutinin(WGA), which can have adverse effects on mental health due to its neurotoxic actions. Wheat can also interfere with the production of serotonin, the largest concentration of which can, again, be found in your intestines, not your brain. Try eliminating all gluten-containing grains first for 1-2 weeks and see if you don’t notice a significant improvement in your child’s behavior.
8.                              Avoid artificial sweeteners and colors of all kinds.
9.                              Make sure your child gets plenty of exercise and outdoor playtime, remembering that midday sunlight provides the UVB wavelengths necessary to produce vitamin D3.
10.                          Get them out into the sun to help maintain optimal vitamin D levels. Scientists are now beginning to realize vitamin D is involved in maintaining the health of your brain, as they’ve recently discovered vitamin D receptors in the brain, spinal cord, and central nervous system. There’s even evidence indicating vitamin D improves your brain’s detoxification process. For children and pregnant women, getting enough vitamin D is especially crucial, as it may play a major role in protecting infants from autism. If natural sun exposure is not feasible, for whatever reason, you can use either a safe tanning bed or an oral vitamin D3 supplement.
11.                          Give your child a way to address his or her emotion health. Even children can benefit from the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), which you or an EFT practitioner can teach them to use.
12.                          Be sure you are also providing positive praise to your child. Dr. Smith believed parents should be able to say nice things to their child twice as often as they give commands or ask questions. If you are shouting and scolding more than you are complimenting and rewarding your child, it could be contributing to psychiatric problems.
13.                          Prevent exposure to toxic metals and chemicals by replacing personal care products, detergents and household cleaners with all natural varieties. Metals like aluminum, cadmium, lead and mercury are commonly found in thousands of different food products, household products, personal products and untold numbers of industrial products and chemicals. Also be aware of exposure to metals from vaccinations and dental fillings. The presence of toxic metals in your child’s body is highly significant, as they are capable of causing serious health problems by interfering with normal biological functioning. The health effects range from minor physical ailments to chronic diseases, and altered mood and behavior.


If you think all of this doesn’t matter, ask yourself why we have all of these increases in things like ADHD, autism, celiac disease, and food allergies in children. To deny that the issue is a food/ environmental one is simply foolish. You don’t need to agree with every single item on the list but, don’t reject the premise. Get high fructose corn syrup out of your house, buy a green laundry detergent, start to give your kids Krill Oil a and a probiotic in the AM. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Federação Caboverdiana de Basquetebol



O PF fitness specialist estará em Caboverde entre 12 de Julho a 4 de Agosto, a treinar a selecção Caboverdiana senior masculina e feminina de Basquetebol para o Afro Basket 2013.


Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Paulo and Basketball Coach (Mane)

Paulo was invited today by Coach (Mane) to teach a team of juniors from Sporting club of Benguela (basketball players under 23 years old) coordination drills, multidirectional and how to stretch properly according to their sport/ Paulo foi convidado hoje pelo treinador (Mane) a dar um treino especifico de coordenaçao, velocidade, e alongamentos a equipa de basquetebol de juniors (sub 23) de Sporting de Benguela!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Seminario de Fitness da Perform Better Summit em Rhode Island 2013




A formação da PB em Rhode Island- Usa, foi uma grande valia em todos os aspectos.
Estiveram cerca +/- 1 000 pessoas que estão na área de fitness (personal trainers, fisioterapeutas, preparadores fisicos).

O nivel de conhecimento que ganhei por ter estado junto com os melhores especialistas de fitness de EUA, exemplo: Gray Cook, Mike Boyle, Mark Verstegen, Todd Durkin, e outros mais, levou me a um novo nivel.

Senti me como uma criança que teve a sua primeira bicicleta!
Aconselho a todos Treinadores a fazerem pelo menos uma formação por ano. Educação é a melhor riqueza que podemos nos dar. 

PS: Torna te Melhor naquilo que fazes. Quando isso acontecer, então todas as pessoas que estarão a tua volta também se tornaram melhor!


Paulo,

Friday, May 17, 2013

Friday, May 3, 2013

Another day @ office!


Elisa Pereira


Parabens a Elisa Pereira, por ter perdido 5kg e 4% de massa gorda em 2 meses de treino no PF fitness specialist!


Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Sidney Ferreira Testemunho!





Antes de me inscrever no PFFS, não só tinha muitos maus hábitos alimentares, como também levava um estilo de vida bastante sedentário. Portanto este ano, tomei iniciativa e decidi entrar para o PFFS. A sua metodologia de treino é bastante diferente do habitual ginásio e o acompanhamento profissional de que dispomos é fantástico. Passados 3 meses, já consegui perder 5 Kg e 6 % de massa gorda. Ganhei mais energia, vitalidade e aprendi a levar um estilo de vida mais saudável.

Tai Chi Chuan no PF




Congratulations to Female Senior Handball Team of Petro Atletico de Luanda for winning the African Cup of Nations in Tunisia/Parabens a equipa de Andebol Senior Feminino do Petro Atletico de Luanda por terem ganho a Super Taça dos clubes Africanos na Tunisia!

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Fitmix Angola!


PF a dar uma aula de Total body activity no maior evento de fitness (maratona de fitness por 4 horas seguidas) no Fitmix em Luanda!