On this subpage you will find in sequence:
Information for Beginners
Scope of Services
Older People and Senior Citizens
Diversity
What I do not offer
Pricing
Charities
Banal but true: a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step—you have just taken it. Keep going! Because fitness and health training with a competent trainer is your investment in yourself and your health, your well-being, your family, career, the health system and your/their vital future.
Beginners
Are you a complete beginner and don’t even know where to start given my below range of services? Then start by calling me or sending me an e-mail! This can also be done directly under “Contact”. You have already found my website and thus taken the first step. We will work out everything else together.
Scope of Services
This is what I’m offering you:
# Personal training is first and foremost a non-medical health care service. As a matter of principle, it’s important to me that you can rely on my diligence, integrity and complete confidentiality.
# highest service quality
# diverse scope, offers tailored to your needs
# 1 unit = 60 minutes, shorter or longer units can be agreed upon and are charged pro rata
# individual lessons, short, medium or long-term cooperation
# individual training
+ also as Q&A sessions
+ You can contact me with a group as well.
+ corporate fitness
# after we have agreed to work together: a detailed exploratory talk
# in a place of your choosing
+ in- or outdoor: in fair weather or all weather (except in case of danger)
+ mobile equipment
+ combined with a small trip into the countryside along a natural air conditioning system: the Hainschgraben water hiking trail—very beautiful area for outdoor workouts!
+ also possible in the case of the exploratory talk:
+ if no other suitable place can be found that can guarantee the privacy you desire: in the business lounge of one of the district offices of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (free reservation by me is necessary; my hourly rate does not apply, but a pre- and postprocessing fee applies)
# in German, English, or Carinthian-Slovene vernacular
# internationally bookable
Carinthia; in other states as well as in the European Union, Switzerland, Great Britain, Norway, Iceland, Canada, USA as a premium service
# Thorough initial exploratory talk: we’ll explore your needs and goals together!
# creation of training programs and general sports and fitness concepts as well as their selection
+ with professional consideration of your physical condition, fitness, goals, and personal preferences
# General fitness, endurance, speed, strength, flexibility, coordination and balance, and any combination thereof can be trained in a wide variety of formats:
+ Health-oriented training at any age—no matter, when you start!
+ Functional fitness: manage your everyday life instead of being mastered by it!
+ Home training: lots of fitness with little equipment. Or with more equipment!
+ Natural bodybuilding—classical bodybuilding that is considerate of your health.
+ Mindful movement—fitness training combined with meditation techniques: so you don’t have to go from your office chair to the zafu and sit even more to meditate!
+ Training for obstacle course races (e.g. Spartan)
+ Training in preparation for military or police service: make entry easier for yourself with optimised fitness!
+ Gamification/RPG fitness—level up as a game character! Costumes optional. ⚔️
+ boot camp training
+ strength training
+ circuit training
+ crosstraining
# instruction in body weight exercises and other exercises with a wide variety of training equipment
+ correct use
+ correct technique and injury avoidance
+ variations and application possibilities
# evidence-based and ethical communication of knowledge on fitness and health topics, training methods, regeneration in sport, relaxation, healthy food and healthy eating habits
# Knowledge transfer and exercises on various methods with which you can
+ recognise challenges to your fitness and health,
+ determine goals realistically and effectively,
+ develop coping strategies,
+ bring about behavioural changes,
+ evaluate and possibly adjust goals,
+ reach goals,
+ and maintain and further develop what you have already achieved.
# meditation and relaxation exercises
# lectures and workshops about fitness and health topics of your choosing
# Do you have an idea that isn’t on this list? Variety is the spice of life—get in touch with me and we'll discuss it!
# Due to its diverse positive effects, fitness and health training in general serves, among other things,
+ the protection and promotion of your health and prevention of disease,
+ strengthening of your well-being and self-confidence,
+ improvement of your body-awareness and positive physical awareness,
+ self-optimisation as well as stress reduction,
+ brain training,
+ a more positive mood,
+ weight loss and body fat loss,
+ weight control and body fat percentage control,
+ the prevention of age-related ailments and falls,
+ maintenance of your independence into old age,
+ a more favourable course of diseases that occur anyway,
+ the experience of new challenges and successes,
+ your personal growth,
+ fun,
+ and sense of community, either as part of a group or just with me as your personal partner in crime. 🕵
# Personal training comes with additional benefits for you. A competent trainer can
+ help you find your way in the jungle of health-related (mis)information,
+ familiarise you with health-promoting, injury-preventing forms of training and living,
+ be your reliable gym buddy,
+ take care of the organisational work (e.g. obtain the permission of the municipality—this can be necessary in some places, especially for group training, as it can count as an event),
+ help you conquer your weaker self when it’s holding you back,
+ (co)design and continuously adapt your training plan,
+ ensure as much or as little variety as you like,
+ keep track of your development,
+ show you the way over training plateaus,
+ highlight new goals and possibilities,
+ and take your fitness further than you thought possible!
Older People and Senior Citizens
“But I’m already too old for something like this!”
If you are one of those people who think that exercise is only for young people or that it’s too late for you anyway: you are hereby cordially invited to contact me!
The rapid decline in physical performance and the progressive disintegration of the body in later stages of life are often more due to modern work and lifestyle than to biological inevitability.
“Behind many supposed aging processes there is often a lack of training. ‘People's performance capacity only decreases so significantly because they let themselves be persuaded that it must.' As studies [...] show, 60- to 70-year-old endurance-trained people have the same aerobic capacity as 20- to 30-year-old untrained people, namely 2 W/kg body weight!”*
Properly conducted, fitness and health training not only brings you more years of life, but more years of life with a better quality of life—no matter when you start.
(* Weineck, J. (2020). „Optimales Training – Leistungsphysiologische Trainingslehre unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Kinder- und Jugendtrainings“ [17., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage]. Spitta.
translation: Weineck, J. (2020). “Optimal training—performance-physiological training theory with special consideration of child and youth training” [17th, revised and expanded edition]. Spitta.
image source: Wroblewski A.P., F. Amati, M.A. Smiley et al.: Chronic Exercise Preserves Lean Muscle Mass in Masters Athletes. The Physician and Sportsmed., Vol. 39 (2011), 172–179)
Diversity
I offer my services in German and English. Suej pa tud uahə maruaš z mano. ;-)
Gender, sexual, ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities are expressly welcome!
I support my clients regardless of their political orientation, disability, profession, gender identity, origin, religious (non-)affiliation, sexual orientation or other actual or attributed group-specific characteristics.
Workouts during Ramadan are just as possible as considering your individual pronouns. Those are “bells and whistles” you don’t need? Simply omit them.
The way we deal with one another should, of course, be characterised by mutual respect and a willingness to learn.
What I do not offer:
The diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental illnesses does not fall within the scope of my professional competence—it is reserved for the appropriate medical health professions.
For example, if you need treatment or therapy for your diet-related illness, only nutritionists and dieticians are fully qualified (and legally entitled!) to do so, but not fitness trainers, sports scientists, nutritionists, nutritional coaches, your massage therapist or other wellness coaches.
I can, however, answer general questions, discuss reports or publications, and present and interpret examples as part of a transfer of knowledge.
If you have been diagnosed with one of the following conditions, you are unfortunately ineligible to become one of my fitness training clients for legal reasons (however, information, meditation and most relaxation techniques are, of course, no problem):
– congenital or acquired heart defect
– disorder of the heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmia; e.g. atrial fibrillation) that’s induced by exercise
– untreated high blood pressure (hypertension) with very high values
– high blood pressure caused by physical exertion that exceeds the normal increase during exercise (stress hypertension. If you are unsure, it is advisable to carry out a stress test [ergometry] before starting any exercise programme; talk to your family doctor about this!)
– untreated symptomatic overactive thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism)
– severe chronic or decompensated liver and kidney damage (renal insufficiency)
– a chronic progressive destructive disease (neoplasm)
– advanced lung disease
– pulmonary heart disease (cor pulmonale)
Pricing
The industry average for more or less qualitative personal training is between €60 and €120 (in Germany between 80 and 150 €), with no upper limit. With prices below that, as a potential client, you should ask yourself how much quality a trainer who has to rely on quantity can actually offer you. My pricing is client-centric and therefore aims for quality at a reasonable price.
The price depends on your wishes and the complexity required. I calculate in such a way that the highest quality of my service and my full attention are yours the whole time—without compromises and without cutbacks!
A unit is an actual hour (= 60 minutes). Of course, depending on your needs, we can also agree on shorter or longer units, which will be charged pro rata.
Typically, my price per unit is €60–70. It may be higher for exceptionally complex units. The price per gamification/RPG fitness unit is €120.
Group training is considerably cheaper for the participants than individual training.
The final offer is always made after the initial exploratory talk, in which we determine exactly what you need. Of course, you are welcome to send me a non-binding inquiry before the exploratory talk!
The exploratory talk typically lasts 60 minutes at a fixed price of
€60 (eastern Carinthia [up to Villach] and online),
€70 (western Carinthia [incl. and beyond Villach),
or is calculated individually for a face-to-face meeting outside of Carinthia. If you would like it to take place in the business lounge of one of the district offices of the Chamber of Commerce, this fee does not apply; an individual pre- and post-processing fee is charged instead—this is capped and does not exceed 60 or 70 Euros or must be calculated individually for a face-to-face meeting outside of Carinthia.
As is customary in the industry, all entry, rental, booking and possibly travel expenses outside of Carinthia are to be borne by the client. Excluded from this is the exploratory talk (see above).
For all other terms and conditions, please refer to my GCT.
Charities
If you want to book me by order and for account of a non-profit/charitable organisation that cares for people, a discount is possible.