Big news upfront: Courtesy of Men’s journal , our very own Jay was featured on a Time’s Square billboard, well deserved and a huge accomplishment. If you must know, the small pic in the corner is me. Success is often compared with the iceberg, meaning you only see 10 % above water ( you all […]
Hello everyone, First off, I want to apologize for the long hiatus between newsletters. We are experiencing an above normal summer in terms of bookings and I dared to structure my time as such so that I could spend more time with the family as they had been severely short changed these last two years. […]
Since we are living in a time where a lot of people feel that the government overreaches and then revert to a variety of reactions, I thought it might be a good idea to write about the gentleman in the picture and how he handled such . Who is he? He is probably lesser known […]
Sadly, the last football match before the dreaded summer break has been played. Thankfully the Champions league was truly a great match played on a very high level with real madrid having just a bit more luck and one of the greatest goalie performances I have ever seen. After the game, Real midfield legend Toni Kroos was giving […]
How many days per week do I need to work out? What Certifications do you have? What should I eat before a workout? What should I eat after a workout? Why can’t I just do cardio? How frequently should I see a trainer? How quickly will I see the results of my training? Why don’t […]
Say what you want about Elon Musk but he got things moving by shaking up a complacent industry. If it wasn’t for him, car makers would be making bigger SUVs by now, not electric cars. Do you know which industry is also ripe for a shake up? The gym industry. It is hopelessly stuck in the 1970s. In […]
A family reunion at the gym! We finally pulled together a Wiedenbach trip to NY, using my dad’s 75th birthday as an opportunity to all gather here. Visiting the gym was obviously the highlight of the trip. Basically, things came full circle since my dad was my first weightlifting coach back in the late 80s […]
Two years ago I was exactly here, tropical paradise, had just won best personal trainer NY closed a rather sizable client , first batch of new equipment coming in, Life is great! Two weeks later: Business shut down, I was rather ill and unemployed. As they say in the producers: Oh Boy, when things go wrong! From there on […]
I I am going out on a limb and saying it is. My sole measurement sticks are NY traffic and cursing on the street, both in an upswing. So what has changed over the last 2 years? Quite a bit I would say. The pandemic has shown the strength and weaknesses of countries, companies , health care systems, […]
This was supposed to be a rant as to how stupid I think NY resolutions are and how they do more damage than good. But then my crew convinced me to be more value-added and come up with something that is actually helpful. So we sat down and discussed: what is the main pain […]