Due to my astounding success I am always being asked: How can one be a successful personal trainer/ fitness professional? As I am thinking about this it appears that there are two layers to it. 1. The more technical aspect on how to build a career that will enable you to enjoy a decent living. […]
HI, Whether you like the show or not, it is hard to escape Games of Thrones. So why not take a look at the most physically impressive character on the show , the Mountainaka Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson the worlds strongest man. As it so happened, I ran into him late last year at a powerlifting […]
HI, In the days where obesity among your people is a huge (pun intended) problem, it makes sense to look how a training program for older kids/teenagers should look like. Side bar: obesity is very hard to cure since the obese teenager will grow more fat cells and less muscle from an early age on. […]
Bulking aka the attempt of building muscle through eating more calories and lifting weights often gets butchered and leads to very unsightly bodies. So what are the biggest mistakes one can make when bulking? 1. Running a dirty bulk A dirty bulk is simply another word for ” get the golden dunking donuts card and […]
After speaking to a few new clients in my personal training business this week, I figured that there is a lot of confusion out there in terms of what is needed to get in shape so I shall attempt to clean up the 10 biggest misconceptions. 1. You need to throw up when training When […]
One question you always get being a personal trainer in NYC is: what are the best fat burners? And that is a good, after all who would not like to get rid of all that blubber by taking a pill? But the questions is: do fat burners work and if so which ones are […]
This newsletter was meant to go out last week, but the timing seemed off. So, we missed the anniversary of the gentleman in the picture. Who is he? For starters, the owner of the biggest cojones in history. Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg was the ultimate alpha male. Highly educated, multi lingual, driven, hard working, […]
Hello again, Remember Charles Atlas and his program? He incorporated some self-resistance exercises, such as pitting one limb against the other, to maximize muscular output. While he was certainly a pioneer in physical exercise, things have changed a bit since then. There are three ways a muscle can perform work: concentrically, which is pushing or […]
Eating every three hours seems to be as much of a part of the bodybuilding culture /peronal training NYC like curls and crunches. But is it true? I stressed myself out so much (and my environment ) by trying to eat every three hours in roder to avoid going into the dreaded catabolic state. I […]
HI, Maik Wiedenbachch here, while the year is still somehwat young here is alist of the top 10 the top ten fitness trends and my to take on them! 1. Wearable Technology Wearable technology, like smart watches, fitness trackers, heart monitors, has taken the industry by storm and there is a certain value to it […]