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Did you spend most of your time at home because of the corona restrictions, which brought not just a lack of movement but also an extra kilo or two? Is your hard-earned muscle just melting away, and does your neck and back ache from working from home?
With the corona restrictions lifting, gyms in Switzerland were finally allowed to reopen their doors a few days ago. Are you wondering whether to head straight back to the gym and resume your usual training, or whether you'd rather train at home, outdoors or online?
In this blog post I'll show you your options and their respective advantages, to help you make your decision.
Train at home and online, or finally back to the gym?
Like many others, have you been longing for this day? At home during lockdown you had little motivation to fit in regular training sessions, training online with generic programs isn't your thing, but now you're ready to go and want to get started again, to do something good for your health and get back in shape after corona?
Yes, training at the gym is possible again now. But your visit to the gym looks a bit different than usual: from now on, you have to keep your distance, many machines are blocked off to maintain safe spacing, you need to watch for markings and disinfect more often, and social distancing also means the atmosphere at the gym isn't quite the same anymore.
Are these new rules not a big hurdle for you, like for many other athletes? After weeks without exercise, is your motivation to train limitless, and can you hardly wait to finally work out with gym equipment again? After isolation also took a toll on your mood, the gym is now also a great opportunity to see your training buddies again.
Highly motivated to get back to your "pre-lockdown body"
Great, if your motivation could move mountains! But if you're resuming your fitness workout after several weeks of a break, be mindful of your body and don't overdo it by going from zero to a hundred and training at the same intensity as before the break.
Being reckless and getting too little recovery often leads to injuries. Don't forget that 70 to 80 percent of your success still depends on your nutrition. Of course it's also important to regularly give your muscles a training stimulus, but what you eat is almost even more important!
I'm happy to support you on your way back to your pre-lockdown body and create an individual, balanced nutrition plan for you, one that supports your immune defenses as well as your health.
It doesn't have to be straight back to the gym
But for not everyone is it an option to train at the gym again already. The strict protective measures now in place only allow for relaxed training to a limited degree, especially at peak times, when the studio can get crowded. We're not quite back to normal yet.
Visiting the gym does carry certain risks after all, especially for people in risk groups. Because the closed rooms, gym equipment and changing rooms in particular are welcome transmission routes for the virus.
1:1 Personal Training: a risk-free alternative to training at the gym
Do you want to play it safe and prefer a risk-free alternative to training at the gym? One-on-one training with me as your personal trainer in Zurich is also possible, and the risk of catching the virus is reduced many times over.
We can also hold our training together in a park, on a sports field, or another location of your choice. Now that it's getting warmer again, an outdoor training session in the fresh air will definitely give you an extra motivation boost! With my know-how mentoring, I'm happy to show you what works for you, so you achieve sustainable progress without the yo-yo effect.
Is personal training only an option for you again once the current situation has completely calmed down?
With online fitness you can also train efficiently from home
You can also resume your training from home in an absolutely risk-free way, but training at home doesn't mean you're on your own! As your personal online fitness coach, I accompany you through your individual online live training, tailored just to you, in my virtual studio.
The live stream from my virtual 360-degree studio lets you execute exercises perfectly. Unlike standardized online fitness programs, I always keep an eye on your form and can give you instructions for improvement. During our joint online training, you're never left alone, there's always interaction happening. By the way: with this completely new form of online coaching, I can also support you even when you're abroad!
Online live training at home: almost like at the gym
Our online training happens live, it will feel to you as if I were right there next to you. You can expect a training result that comes very close to training at the gym!
Via HD video live stream, 1:1, I'll also show you efficient strength exercises for home that strengthen your immune system, so you're guaranteed to stay corona-free! You won't even need gym equipment like dumbbells or weights for this. In my view, training with your own bodyweight is one of the most intense things you can do, once you know how the exercises can be performed and varied. That's what I'm here for!
Whether home fitness, online gym, outdoors or the gym - let's do this together!
Your motivation to exercise isn't fully back yet, and after the training stop you first have to psych yourself up to get going again? Through my experience as an NLP life coach and as a 19-time fitness cover model, I know exactly how to build you up mentally and motivate you, even in this difficult time. Any comeback is hard, but absolutely doable! Let's tackle it together.
Interested in individual online personal training? For a limited number of participants, I'm now offering a free trial session. Best to secure your free trial session right away!
Whether you train at the gym, at home, outdoors or online is ultimately up to you. What matters is that it feels right for you and, above all, that you enjoy it!