Hey, everyone! Let's salute the new members in our community @Bobby Dazzler @Inga Funck @Mafalda Amado @Miguel Lopes & @Nuno Silvestre !🤗 I want to remind you that me and all the other community members are here to help each other reach our goals, everything fitness and music career related. Which means, don't be shy and ask away if you have any questions, or if you have some valuable insights, share them with us, please...! Star your journey in the Classroom by watching the entire first module (takes about 15 minutes) here, and finish it by presenting yourself to the community (if you haven't already, because I know some of you already did), so that we can know each other and star making REAL connections! (and unlock a 🎁) Then, be my guest to start your fitness journey with the 21 Day Mini Workout Challenge, with 8 minute home workouts tailored for your instrument, here. And that's it! Looking forward to connect with you soon, Manuel

Hi, welcome to the "Fitness for Musicians" Skool group! 🎶 This is an engaged community of professional musicians from different areas who all want to live a long, healthy music career by being physically active! 🏃 We’re growing fast, and I couldn’t be more excited to have more musicians on this journey to better health and, therefore, peak music performance! 🙌 Here’s how to get started in just 3 steps: ✅ STEP 1: Watch the "Start Here" Module Go to the Classroom tab and watch the first module here. 🎥 This will walk you through who I am and why I created this community, what you’ll get inside the group, and how this platform works, as well as all the rules. ✅ STEP 2: Introduce Yourself & Unlock a Gift Let’s get to know each other! Write a brief introductory post in the Community tab sharing who you are, where are you from, what’s your instrument, what are your goals, and so on. 🎯 To help you take action and save you some time, I’ve prepared a template so that you only need to copy and paste, filling in with your personal information. You can find it in the description of this lesson inside the Classroom. And there is a big incentive for you to do this, because everyone who makes their intro post unlocks a FREE 30-minute 1:1 CALL WITH ME! 🎁 This way we get to meet each other and create a more meaningful connection, so that I can better help you apply all the knowledge you’ll find here, for a successful fitness journey as a musician. 🤝 ✅ STEP 3: Start Working Out! More than acquiring knowledge, I want you to break from physical inactivity and start moving. That’s why I’ve created the 21-Day Mini Workout Challenge, designed for musicians who want to: 🏋️ Get started working out but don’t know how

I started my journey with Manuel in September 2022, and it was one of the most positive and life-changing decisions I’ve ever made. I had always been very slim and struggled to gain weight and muscle mass. When I started working with Manuel, my main goal was to change my body composition, get stronger and build muscle. I had been training by myself for several months before, even following another coach’s program, but I didn’t see any significant results. In my first year with Manuel, we put together a plan with a calorie surplus and a 4-day-per-week gym routine. I went from 65 kg to 76 kg in around 10 months, most of it being muscle mass, as I kept quite a low body fat percentage. Manuel truly helped me understand the fundamentals of training and nutrition. Thanks to him, I learned how to perform exercises properly, what their purpose is, and how to approach nutrition to reach specific goals. In the last months, we’ve been working on new goals, and Manuel has always been very flexible and supportive in adapting our plan to fit my schedule and lifestyle. All the knowledge he shared with me and the habits I’ve built since then allow me to enjoy benefits that go far beyond fitness - they carry over into every area of my personal and professional life. I’ve never felt more confident or had as much physical and mental energy throughout the day, whether at work or in any other activity, as I do now. More than a coach, Manuel has become a friend throughout this journey.

Manuel is my second coach I have, the first was last year for 6 months, until I got tired of always doing the same, going to suffer at the gym, without being able to enjoy the process and what made me start a search to change for many reasons, of which I chose Manuel for this path, prioritizing health, evolving without rushing the times of my body, improving techniques, understanding the reason for each correction and noticing significant changes in all aspects, I share my diet (veggie/vegan) with him and something I can say since I started with him, is that I enjoy going to train, I enjoy every drop of sweat and see how I'm getting achievements. It is a pleasure for me to work this way, having an order, a progress, super nourishing feedbacks and without having to have a coach next to me, losing the "fears" and the dependence of having someone physically next to me, it generates a huge empowerment

I started training with Manuel in May 2023 and have been training consistently ever since. Broadly speaking, my journey has been as follows: At the beginning, I had a limitation in my left knee, which I developed after doing a demanding hike that I was completely unprepared for. The result was that, after a short walk, my knee would start hurting, and the pain would extend up to my hip, still on the left side. I had significant discomfort doing something I had always taken for granted—walking. After this rather foolish injury, I realised I didn’t want to have such a fragile body at 30 years old. I had known Manuel personally for several years, and later, through social media, I became familiar with his work in bodybuilding and health. So I decided to try his service, and eventually got to work. Training history: May to September 2023 – training at home; From September onwards – training at the gym; At a certain point, I went from 3 to 4 full-body workouts per week. Needless to say, after the first few months of training, the knee–hip issue disappeared completely. My goals were related to aesthetics, strength, and health, all of which I have been achieving year after year. Training with Manuel has translated into invaluable learning, as I’ve learned to apply the fundamental principles of good nutrition, training, and training management. For example, when I know I’ll have less time to train, I adjust my workouts and make the necessary changes to my plans so that I can continue progressing in the gym. Another example is nutrition: at the moment, I’m not weighing my food, but I know what to prepare in order to meet my macronutrient needs. The fact that Manuel’s service is entirely online makes it extremely convenient and adaptable to all possible situations. Manuel has always provided practical and feasible solutions to any constraints I’ve encountered, whether related to diet, training management, or minor injuries. For instance, at one point I was stuck at 70kg on the squat and ended up with a minor injury in my left spinal erector. Manuel suggested changing the bar used for squats, and I spent quite some time using that variation, while still wanting to return to the classic back squat. After a few months, and with some important additions to my plan (zercher squat and zercher deadlift), I felt I had built enough strength to return to the back squat. From that point on, I made significant progress and reached the 100kg mark, since zercher variations are very effective at strengthening the back and core musculature.