Author: Maik Wiedenbach

When should you increase the weight?

When should you increase the weight? Great question and as I am out with a #leg injury, I might as well try to tackle it. You talk to anyone in the #fitness world and everyone agrees that you need to make progress in some form in order develop a better #physique. The most common answer is : […]

New Years resolutions- yay or nay!

This time of the year you basically have two types of people. group A: has New Years resolutions group B : does not/ makes fun of them PersonallyI think starting something new on the 1st of January makes as much or as little sense as the 12th of October, so why not. It is the […]

Why we are all beginners!!

A client asked me: “Why do you call me a beginner? I have been lifting for four years now.” That made me realize a fundamental issue with training: we are too focused on all the external stimuli such as time in the gym, sets, weights, etc., when in reality, none of this matters. If I have […]

The 5 best tricks for recovery!

When you talk to anyone about getting in shape, they will always mention training, sometimes diet but hardly ever recovery. This is a big oversight, because you can not grow without it. The old saying that muscle grows outside the gym is true. So what is to be done? 1. Establish proper sleeping patterns . Have a […]

We won best personal trainer in NYC!

Unbelievable! In the competitive landscape that is NYC , we were voted ”  best personal training company”. Ok, it is not world peace or even bowling a perfect game like Homer Simpson but hey! To us, that means that we are doing something right and that we are providing value, not just a service. None […]

What are the problems with Game Changers?

My take on the game changers It seems that every two years or so , we are getting a documentary that causes people to drop everything they are doing because it ” literally changed their life’ The 2019 edition would be the game changers a documentary presenting the advantages of eating a purely bland based […]

How to make progress in the gym!

One of the things taught  in the fitness world is the “reload week”, where you cut your volume and weight in half and perform only short workouts. The logic behind is that this way your body can recover in order to tackle the next level of training. But is that true? Not quite. Deloading comes from Olympic […]

Biggest nutrition mysteries unveiled!

After talking to a few clients this week I came to the stunning conclusion that even though it is 2019, it is still 1450 BC in terms of nutritional knowledge. So I will attempt to clear out the biggest misconceptions 1. Calories matter most. Period. Stop looking for some magic portal be it intermittent fasting, […]

8 Things you need to know to Build your Best Body Ever!

Some things I wish I could get across to more people 1. Stop with the ego lifting. As I get older I see so many guys my age who can hardly bend over. Injuries are not fun, interesting, or a badge of honor. They are limiting, painful, frustrating, and crippling! High school is over, nobody […]

How it all began!

Since I visited home home, I did have time to reminisce on how my bodybuilding “career” started. It happened during a time when Yugoslavia was still a thing and the wall had just come down…yes, I am that old. After watching enough Terminator, Rambo, and Rocky movies, I had decided that the path to happiness […]