Author Archives: Shaneh-Abbas @ Myofiber

How Mustafa’s Legs Got More Muscular In the 4 Week Challenge

Below is a link to an audio interview (bottom of the article): Shaneh-Abbas Jaffer and Mustafa (participant) discuss the 28 day challenge. Mustafa wanted to gain a few pounds of muscle during the 4 week fitness challenge that was designed during June 2020. He also wanted to workout more regularly especially with COVID-19 restrictions actingContinue reading “How Mustafa’s Legs Got More Muscular In the 4 Week Challenge”

How Myofiber’s Head Personal Trainer and Kinesiologist Does His Workouts

I get a lot of questions about the workouts I do. So I decided to share what I do. These workouts I describe are suitable for me and I can not take responsibility if you attempt them without guidance first. Over the last year I’ve been training much more differently than previous years. Prior toContinue reading “How Myofiber’s Head Personal Trainer and Kinesiologist Does His Workouts”

How Wearables Can Level Up Your Fitness Game

Wearables are gaining popularity and very quickly. The best way to optimize the use of wearables is to use them in your daily life and part of your workout routines. Let’s quickly cover the basics of wearables AKA mobile health (mHealth): The health benefits of physical activity are very well known yet getting people toContinue reading “How Wearables Can Level Up Your Fitness Game”

Guide to: Meal Timing and Exercise Nutrition Made Simple

There are particular windows revolving around an exercise routine that need to be considered for optimizing energy, stabilizing blood sugar, enhancing muscular growth, preventing catabolism etc. I will highlight common practices including the strategies I use with clientele and the rationale behind each recommendation. Hydration is briefly covered in this article but typically recommendations forContinue reading “Guide to: Meal Timing and Exercise Nutrition Made Simple”

Why your New Year’s resolutions don’t really work

The New Year  is coming and everyone is looking forward to the a fresh start. The easiest thing to do is create a resolution that pushes you to a more positive lifestyle going forward. The problem is most people don’t use the right approach when making a new year’s resolution especially when it comes toContinue reading “Why your New Year’s resolutions don’t really work”

The TOP 5 Core Exercises You Should Be Doing (without injuring your lower back)

Core exercises have been popularized in the last two decades. However, most of the exercises that are being done in the mainstream or shown on social media are not suitable for everyone. The key elements here is to understand what the core is and how the lower back ties in to this. Lower back painContinue reading “The TOP 5 Core Exercises You Should Be Doing (without injuring your lower back)”

How to design a home gym that works out for you

You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking to set up your own home gym but the wrong place if you think your gym will do the work for you. Jokes aside, let’s focus on designing your own home gym. I’ve helped numerous clients set up their home gyms over the years and haveContinue reading “How to design a home gym that works out for you”

Motivating Yourself for At-Home Workouts

This is a follow up post to the post on designing your own home gym. Check that out here. When it comes to working out at home, pushing yourself to start the workout, like any other workout tends to be difficult. We all know that one person who has gym equipment at home but theyContinue reading “Motivating Yourself for At-Home Workouts”

What is Online Training and How Can It Benefit You?

Receive training anywhere and right at your fingertips. 1. Flexibility: train anywhere in the world, whenever you want. No matter where you are and what gym or setting you are training in, online training has you covered. I’ve worked with clients in various cities across the globe. 2. Affordability: Most of us trainers typically charge in the realmContinue reading “What is Online Training and How Can It Benefit You?”