It has always been said the you must to cardio to burn fat ( so you can look like our NYC personal training client in the header) but is that actually true? What is true is that you need to be in a caloric deficit to lose fat and cardio can help you to create […]
My eternal foe Gretchen Reynolds delivers again…This time quoting a study stating that after a two week break from exercising the athlete will have a complete performance set back , losing their cardiovascular ability, gaining weight, even suffering from early onset diabetes. Now bad science like this will bring out my red pen! Here are […]
Contrary to common belief, not even I have all the answers when it comes to fitness / training / diet. The reason being that most often is it depends There are some parameters that need to be adhered in order to get the promised land 1. You must squat, hip hinge, push and pull in […]
Yes, this will be another soccer related newsletter so the 5% of the worlds population that do not watch the World Cup will just have to live with it. It is only once every 4 years, so relax. Most of the sports world is probably still in shock how the tiny country of Croatia could make it to […]
Science is great but sometimes I feel the easy access to studies is holding people back in the pursuit of their dream body. Most people do not know how to read studies properly nor do they understand how to interpret the data. Most studies do not prove anything in an absolute manner but establish a […]
While being on a mini vacation I took a trip down memory lane and read some books about stock market frauds, namely Enron, Valeant and Theranos All scams have the same pattern 1. People on the inside knew for years, sometimes even decades but were either paid off or bullied into silence. 2. The scam […]
Everybody knows that you can explain everything in life with Fussball or as you guys call it , soccer. As I am sitting here, trying to digest the horrible play by the defending World Champions and the subsequently early exit (worst showing in 80 years or to visualize it last time we were that […]
You have heard it all : No days off, Go hard or go home, 24/7, breaking sh.t etc… So does this mean you have to train everyday like an animal? Totally not. I have trained with people who won the Olympics, World Cups, you name it. These athletes treat training like work, they show up […]
As a professional NYC personal trainer, I know one of the key elements to getting in better mental and physical shape is a consistent sleep routine. Sleep deprivation is a health epidemic that is impacting more than 86.3 million American adults each and every night, and while the lack of sleep may seem harmless it […]
As I get older and my clients in my personal training business in NYC get younger, I am forced to look into their reality, mainly social media pressure. Consider this: during my teenage years, you compared yourself to your high school class ( which was bad enough) but you are talking only about 30 + […]