workout – Chris Jones Geek

chrisjonesgeek February 19, 2018 Feature

12 weeks to be a strong man?

Strength building workouts that make you slim down without cardio? Okay, sold. Fitness magazines and social media accounts are telling us how we can all get “PECS LIKE THESE NOW” and how to “TRIM DOWN FOR SUMMER IN 12 WEEKS” while posting inspiring pictures people like actors who are paid to get in shape for a role, or juicy fitness models who have seemingly unrealistic results for an everyday Joe. The last few issues of a certain gents’ fitness magazine I’ve seen in my local Tesco Metro have had the words “GET BIG ARMS NOW” on the cover for the…

View Post

chrisjonesgeek January 20, 2018 Review

Vi for Vendetta

The future is here, in your ear, and she’s telling you to run. A company called LifeBEAM labs (yep) has developed a product called Vi, which is an interactive AI personal trainer. No, this isn’t the beginning of a Black Mirror episode where anyone with a BMI over 25 is forcibly marched thin. This is a real thing, and it’s pretty nifty. Vi is a voice activated artificial intelligent personal trainer. AIPT. for short…? It’s marketed as ‘adapting to an individual’s behaviour, environment and physiology to deliver tailored, real-time coaching ideal for entry to intermediate runners.’ So essentially, she learns, and looks stylish (in…

View Post

chrisjonesgeek January 1, 2018 Interview

Jurassic Pak

There aren’t very many men in the Venn diagram overlap of “hot Instagram Crossfitters” and “guys who bring a Homo ergaster skull to dinner”. In fact, there’s probably just my friend, Dr Francesc Gascó – aka Pakozoic. His transformation has been incredible, not only his physical one but also his online transformation into an influencer. I caught up with him in Madrid, and discussed how he juggles training, palaeontology and shirtless photoshoots. And he tricked me into eating octopus. Plus, some lovely photos by Lee Faircloth.  Gay Times featured you earlier this year in January as you’ve broken the scientist mould –…

View Post

chrisjonesgeek December 18, 2017 Opinion

“Working out…with your boyfriend.”

They say couples that lift together, stay together. And of course, I hope that’s true! But it’s not necessarily the reality. I mean, I love my boyfriend very much. But I remember a day, two years ago so vividly that it could have happened yesterday or an hour ago. A day that hopefully I am not alone in experiencing. The day my world imploded – he wanted to workout with me. Once I picked myself up of the floor and asked “what happened”, he reiterated his novel idea to me once again. A second black-out later, and I managed to…

View Post

chrisjonesgeek December 4, 2017 Interview

Get a Thor God Bod

With Marvel Studios latest super film Thor: Ragnarok hitting the big screen this autumn, I turned to Personal Trainer Ben Mudge, who is basically mini Thor, to ask how to get the God Bod. When I say “mini Thor”, I mean…actual Thor. Ben is isn’t far off Chris Hemsworth in muscle mass and looks, but he’s also fighting a super hero battle with Cystic Fibrosis. I’ve been following Ben on social media for a while and I got the chance to talk to the him about how to get a God bod. Thor! You must get people doing a double take when…

View Post