Welcome back and pay attention!This will be a long(er) newsletter, so the Facebook generation might want to break this down into two or three reading days. However, the rewards will be enormous gains, so stay tuned! One of the most overlooked aspects when it comes to training is you can break down motion into three […]
Hello again,Today we are talking about the most prized for a personal trainer in NYC or humans overall, ever. Abs! Basically, the world is divided within two groups: the have-abs and the have- noabz. Tensions between those groups are so high that a civil war might erupt any time, which is why I dedicated my […]
>When it comes to cardio, or any advice in the fitness/personal training industry in NYC, it is really a case of the blind leading the blind. Statements that have no scientific background are being regurgitated without regard to their validity.Case in point, the fat burning zone. Before I slay that dragon, let me make a […]
Hello again, I am not sure whether it is the sudden onset of fall/end of summer or simply a mild case of melancholia that prompted me to write this one, but I decided to take a walk down memory lane and I see if I actually learned something in the 1000s of hours I spent […]
Today’s piece deals with the actual nuts and bolts of progress, training. Very often people focus on everything around such as food, supplements, workout gear, attire, choosing the right gym, but the actual workout tends to be sub par. Now, to be clear, not every workout is going to be stellar. Working out should be […]
Today’s topic may not be all that exciting, BUT the warm up can actually make or break the whole workout and limit gainz, as I found out myself in a rather painful way. Not to bore with my sob story, but it might explain where I am coming from. I am what you would call a hard gainer and […]
Kettle bells are back! It is nearly impossible to enter any gym without tripping over them or getting hit by someone doing swings. The question is: are they a superior training tool than dumbbells and barbells? The main selling points are: Great for core strength Increased fat loss Let’s take a little […]
Supplements – dreams in a bottle. The supplement industry in this great country of ours puts most GDPs to shame; the figures I found are around $40 billion in 2014 (my gym being responsible for half of that). While supplements do have their place within a well thought out diet and training regimen, there are […]
Once or twice a year, I ll go back home to my small hometown in the lovely South of Germany and throw in a few workouts in the gym where I started out. And every time, I feel like I am in a time capsule: The same people doing the same workouts, looking the same […]
Today’s topic is a hotly fought debate in gyms: should you do your reps over the full range or motion or are partial reps ok? As with everything in the fitness world, the two fronts here are belligerent and absolutely convinced that they are right. In the blue corner, you have the ” ass to […]