Move with Fisch
« If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
or you'll sink like a stone.»
Bob Dylan
The times, they are a-changin', 1963
About me
Christoph Fisch knows something about life
In sport: as a successful top athlete and amateur sportsman, and from many years as a sports reporter. In personal matters: from trawling through the depths of despair to reveling in the heights of bliss. In business: from experiencing the last phase of media’s golden age to anguishing over its (forced) transformation. But, always, or almost always, staying curious throughout. Christoph Fisch loves how life moves.
Career – brilliant and less brilliant
Profession:
40 years of journalism (Tages-Anzeiger, NZZ). Striking moments: Tour de France, Giro d‘Italia, Super Bowl, Olympics including Barcelona 1992; Canada correspondent, Russian-American summit with Clinton/Jelzin; interview with Mark Spitz (recording functioned perfectly).
Less proud moments:
Interview with an ice hockey world champion, but empty recordings; FIFA World Cup 2014/ NZZ live blog: My ten reasons why Argentina will win the World Cup final against Germany.
Walking, winter swimming, wasting no food
Sport - Proud moments:
Swimming (two times Swiss Relay Champion); North Californian Vice Master High School (on exchange year in San Francisco), multiple World Champion in Ice Swimming (IISA). Triathlon podiums; Ironman 70.3 (World Cup qualification); Ironman (finishing twice: Zurich and Phoenix, Arizona), Gigathlon 2007.
Sport - Less proud moments:
Wholegrain breakfast before first Triathlon - with a whole lot of consequences on stomach and performance; Hawaii Ironman qualification missed by the tiniest little hour; "finished" Zurich marathon with a little big help of the S-Bahn train.
Power training, pow(d)er drinks, power as a prefix
The focus is on you
To move with all our senses. An underwater dolphin stroke; a jog-and-talk in the woods to stroke your body and soul; the blast of fresh air on a bike ride; fingers that dance as they write notes for diaries, speeches, and presentations. This is my world, after 60 years of navigating life’s highs and lows, on land and in water. And these are the experiences I want to share.
We meet
The focus is on you. We meet, we move. And wherever it is you want to move on to, I will help you. I will engage with you to discover your dreams and dissatisfactions.
Together we’ll find out where you stand. Where is the quality in your life? Do you actually live the experiences that life offers? What kind of lifestyle are you craving? What are the questions that keep coming back to haunt you while lying awake at night, fretting at work, or slumped on the couch? When the media bombards you with 1001 suggestions for achieving a healthy self-fulfilled life – and you beat yourself up for not following them – it’s easy to lose purpose.
Which is why you prefer to lie on the couch and agree with the little demon in your mind who talks you into believing that an idle life is best. Even when you know that you can’t carry on like this. Everyone you know is moving, or at least talking about how great they feel after their morning swim or evening jog. In the meantime you’ve noticed that more and more of your friends are turning vegetarian or vegan, eating roots and spouts, and hailing humus as the new honey.
Return to nature
It’s a nice picture… but the days of hunters, gatherers, cave dwellers are over. However, the outdoors experience plays a big part in our work together. As far as possible, we move outside, in search of the ideal setting for mind and body. We cultivate a spirit based on the desire to move, for it is the spirit we live that shapes each facet of our life with the emotions it releases: when we are eating, practicing a hobby, socializing with family and friends, working and loving.
Free yourself of ballast
The first thing we do is get rid of unnecessary ballast. Clothes may make people look good, but gadgets don’t make them always feel better. This is why we say goodbye to fitness trackers, pulse monitors, pedometers, diet plans, and dogma of all kinds.
What does you good (and what doesn’t) – we’ll find it all out together. It all gets laid out on the table: the good and the bad stuff, the unwanted habits, the search for new good habits, for your mind, for your body (speak stomach), for your whole physical well-being. In conversation, while training together, in a joint analysis, in working out our next moves. We’ll look at your daily routine – which we won’t turn upside down but will have fun exploring for possibilities. Possibilities to free yourself, to create movement and to shift something in your life. In water, on land, in your head, in your soul. Sounds good, right?
Not free of costs
After a try-out work-out we talk about a detailed personal program and the price.
« Forget the
big fantasies –
think small. »
Christoph Fisch
Twelve moving steps
Our joint path towards greater self-esteem and enhanced well-being. Conversations, workouts, fun, and motivation are what it’s all about. With sweating as an extra. The point of the exercise is to feel better afterwards than before.
01
I have every confidence in you. That you can bring something new to your day. We discuss your program on a light Run/Walk&Talk.
02
No rush. We go to a place of natural beauty, move and train, and find out what works for you. Afterwards you write your impressions in your experience journal.
03
Talking is golden. We train again together, paying attention to good breathing practice and moves that are easy on the joints.
04
Variety is the spice of life. This training is done alone, stimulating other senses and creating new experiences. Journal entry.
05
Another gust of fresh wind. We’ll do another training session in which you’ll receive new unexpected inputs, possibly on nutrition, if this is of interest to you.
06
Fun or frustration. We take a look at where you’re at. Your feelings and motivation before/during/after the training sessions. What does your journal say?
07
No time to lose. We build upon your achievements so far and adjust the training, environment, and intensity to your wishes.
08
Breaks do it too. Interval training is booming – and is actually fun – despite, or maybe due to, the long breaks. The right terrain is easy to find. I’ll show you.
09
Take it easy. Relax to the max. In the sauna with an ice bath. At your favorite take-away. Walking, jogging, biking there and back, of course. Feed your journal.
10
A bout de souffle. Like Belmondo in the famous film, we’ll train together – this time until we’re out of breath.
11
No to drugs, yes to LSD! Get a taste of LSD - Long Slow Distance – and enjoy the gentle pace. With time to stop for photos and liquids. Make your Journal happy.
12
Showtime. You plan a training session yourself (including time and place) that we discuss and do together. Results are assessed in your journal.
Have your goals been met?
We look back over what we’ve done together and see how far you’ve come. What now? We’ll talk about the future, about how we could continue our work together: maybe 3 focus-oriented months in which you intensify an area/sport of your choice; or 12 exhilarating months with programs tailored to the season. (Think winter swimming. Early-bird jogging along the Bahnhofstrasse. Snow-shoe hikes on the local mountain. And plenty more).
Notes on our 12 Steps
Types of sport: walking, jogging, biking, swimming are unbeatable in almost every aspect – they are little to moderately demanding yet have great effect on well-being, fitness level and motivation. General fitness exercises are always included. And a surprise too.
Locations:
(green) areas in and bordering on the City of Zurich, with training routes and areas you’ll fall in love with. Zoom or similar can be used for our online discussions. All locations will be decided upon together.