It all comes down to choices.

Sports & athletics have been my biggest passion ever since. Functional training really came into my life after I tore the ACL of my right knee in 2017. I’m actually happy for this kind of adversity. It showed me that I was vulnerable and that my body needed more preparation for the high intensity, that I exposed it to every day. 

During the first lockdown of Covid-19, gyms and training facilities completely shut down in Germany. As a competitive athlete, my biggest nightmare became reality. No team handball for the fist time in my life. This drove me to Functional Fitness/CrossFit and made me fall in love with the sport. 

I literally had to fullfill myself a live-long dream and build myself a homegym, to keep myself in shape. The 6.5-squaremetre-basement of my appartment had to be enough to get me through. This was the birth of the first BLACKBOX MICROGYM.

With the creation of BLACKBOX No. 1, my training and fitness reached another level. It gave me more freedom and opportunities and boosted my commitment even more. Four years later, with the move into my first house, BLACKBOX 2.0 was born. A bigger and better version of BLACKBOX #1, which laid the foundation for better training conditions and the next big step of my athletic career: becoming a pro at my sport.

This is why I found joy in sharing my experiences with other like-minded folks. I love to show people my perspective, give them ideas for their homegyms and to help them reach their fitness goals.