I'm Chris — sport scientist, coach, and someone who'd rather build an n8n workflow than blindly trust an app score.
My background
A sport science degree, 15+ years as a coach, and personal training experience for even longer — even if that's a bit rusty at the moment. Over the years I've worked with many facets of sport, training and health — from classic coaching and performance diagnostics to a health project for the long-term unemployed as a (former) freelance contributor at the Department of Sports Medicine at Goethe University Frankfurt. Plus a fondness for analysis, apps and what technology can actually deliver in training.
I experiment with LLMs for training planning, build n8n workflows, and write code to make my life easier — while staying critical enough not to jump on every hype. Oh, and I'm Swabian. That means: it doesn't always have to be the newest gadget or the hippest app. Sometimes you'd rather build something yourself — then you know what you have, and who messed it up.
Why TheFitFuturist?
Training is getting more technical. Every app calls itself "AI-powered", every wearable manufacturer promises "personalised recommendations". Hardly anyone explains what actually happens under the hood. Since LLMs like ChatGPT have become available, real possibilities have opened up — but also new risks that few people name.
TheFitFuturist is for people who want to separate hype from real value. Who want to know what's behind the algorithms. Who analyse their own data and actively use LLMs for their training — instead of passively consuming what an app hands them. And: it's important to me to find the balance between technology and the pure joy of movement. Not everything has to be optimised — sometimes it's just allowed to be fun!
My approach
Practical: prompts to copy, code to try out, tutorials that actually work. Theory only when it makes the output better.
Honest: if something doesn't work, you'll read about it — even if it's a product that's currently being hyped. Often there are several paths to the same goal; which is the best rarely has a universal answer.
Tested: what I write, I put in the context of my practical experience. The "scientific" label gets slapped on every website these days, and not every study is created equal. Here it means: a sport science background meeting real training experience.
AI-assisted: Articles are based on my expertise and research, sometimes drafted with AI support. All content is reviewed and editorially approved by me.