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GENERAL The decision is already made. You want to start training, but you don't know what to expect. That's completely normal — everyone goes through it. In this articl...
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GENERAL On the night of 24 to 25 October the clocks go back an hour. The following Monday you leave work and it's already dark. It's raining, the traffic is worse, and ...
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GENERAL "I want to lose weight. Which class should I do?" It's probably the question we hear most at the front desk. And it deserves an honest answer, in two parts. Th...
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FUNCTIONAL "Do I really need a personal trainer, or are classes enough?" It's an honest question and the answer has to be honest too: for most people, a good group class i...
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GENERAL You're in Lisbon for a few days, on holiday or for work, and you don't want to stop training. We get this question often at Be Water, so I wrote this guide: eve...
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GENERAL Some people only ever train in classes, and some can't train any other way than alone, headphones in and the plan in their head. Most people sit somewhere in be...
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GENERAL There's a question that always turns up around the one-month mark, once the novelty has worn off and someone starts taking this seriously: "how many times a wee...
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GENERAL September is the best month of the year for a gym and the worst month of the year for people's shoulders and knees. Everyone comes back at the same time, everyo...
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BOXING It's probably the question we hear most from people who come in for a trial class knowing only that they want to hit something: boxing or Muay Thai? The short ...
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GENERAL Every year the curve is the same. June fills the classes, July starts to empty out, and by August there are days when the gym looks like a waiting room. Then Se...
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STRETCHING There's a pattern we see every week: the practitioner who never misses a strength session or a fight class, but who "has no time" for mobility work. Until the d...
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JIU-JITSU "How long until black belt?" It's one of the first questions we hear from anyone starting Jiu-Jitsu. The short answer: years. The full answer is more interestin...
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FUNCTIONAL It's the question everyone asks before starting: "How long until I see results?" And it's fair. You're going to invest time, money and energy — you want to know...
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GENERAL Functional? Jiu-Jitsu? Muay Thai? Boxing? When there are several options on the table, it's easy to freeze — and end up starting none of them. This article solv...
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FUNCTIONAL Here's a number worth remembering: from age 30 onwards, you lose 3% to 8% of muscle mass per decade — without doing anything to deserve it. After 50, the loss a...
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FUNCTIONAL Are you on Mounjaro, Ozempic or Wegovy? By now you're probably seeing results. The scale moves, clothes are looser, and there's a rare feeling of finally having...
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GENERAL Lisbon isn't New York. But the sense of safety has shifted in recent years — and more and more people are showing up at the gym with "self-defence" as the trigg...
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FUNCTIONAL Hyrox has exploded. Two years ago almost no one in Portugal knew what it was; today there are sold-out events in Lisbon and more and more people asking "how do ...
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GENERAL If you live or work in Campo Grande, Alvalade or near Cidade Universitária, you have a more varied training offer than it looks at first sight. Picking the wron...
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MUAY THAI Muay Thai is the national martial art of Thailand. It uses 8 points of contact: fists, elbows, knees and shins. If you've never trained, hesitating is normal. T...
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GENERAL You arrive at training after an impossible day. Head full of noise. Unanswered emails, tightening deadlines, a difficult conversation you can't shake. You step ...
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BOXING They call it "The Sweet Science." Boxing isn't about brute force or aggression. It is perhaps the most refined and technical combat art there is: distance, timi...
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FUNCTIONAL "So it's like CrossFit, right?" That's the question we hear most when we explain Cross-Training, Be Water's functional training class. The short answer is: no. ...
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GENERAL Deciding to start martial arts is easy. Choosing where to train is the hard part. In Lisbon, you have dozens of options — chain gyms, independent clubs, special...
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MUAY THAI They call it "the art of 8 limbs" — fists, elbows, knees and shins. Muay Thai is the national martial art of Thailand and one of the most effective and complete...
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GENERAL One of the first questions everyone asks when thinking about starting martial arts is: how much does it cost? It's a fair question — and one that deserves an ho...
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FUNCTIONAL If you're reading this, you've probably been to a conventional gym before. Machines, treadmills, a generic playlist and that training plan nobody's updated sinc...
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JIU-JITSU If you've ever thought about starting Jiu-Jitsu but don't know where to begin, this article is for you. I'll demystify everything — what it is, how it works, wh...
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