Artificial intelligence and ChatGPT are hot topics. AI is being used in various fields and is a relatively new technology, expected to become even more widespread in our society. Today, we’ll examine the role it could play in fitness, assessing its utility and potential limitations.
You may have read somewhere that your fingers, wrist circumference or
birth weight can be used to determine your potential for athletic
performance or how much muscle you can build. In this blog post, we look
at the scientific basis for such statements and see where there are
correlations and how statistically relevant they are. Enjoy!
In 2019, I first came into contact with RTS (Resistance Training Specialist), and in 2021, with the help of Michael Bachmann, a personal trainer from Zurich, I organized the first RTS course in Switzerland (Level I), which has since taken place three times. In 2023, I began the online learning for the RTS Mastery course, which took nearly a full year with over 120 hours of video material and is a prerequisite for attending the course in the USA with Tom Purvis. In this blog post, I want to share 10 key takeaways from nearly 200 hours of training, providing insight into the importance of biomechanics in strength training.
Talking about cycle-oriented or cycle-based training has become more mainstream in recent months. The hormonal fluctuations during the female cycle influence training, nutrition, and even the risk of injury for women. Especially in personal training, addressing this can allow for perfectly tailored adjustments to each “situation.” In this blog post, we provide an overview of hormonal differences and their potential consequences for training and nutrition, along with practical tips.
In our job as personal trainers we deal weekly with questions that never tend to die, which are the result of curiosity but also the uncertainty of the scientific side. Even before starting a fitness journey, the client asks, “How many times a week should I train?”
Of course, there is no simple and precise answer for all individuals, but let’s see why.
Whether it’s an intake check, anamnesis, or assessment: there are many terms used to determine and evaluate a person’s health status for individualized training. Such checks should always include a written part, and a practical component is valuable and desirable. Among trainers, the FMS (Functional Movement Screen) is widely used, but we were never fully satisfied with it. With Activ Force, we now have a new tool that provides much more insight. In this blog post, we introduce our functional assessment.
