Haircut for men EVERYONE can wear!

Hey guys, welcome back! I cut my hair … AGAIN! This time I did a completely different cut. I shaved off the sides and made the hair on top a bit shorter, but still rather long. That way I can style it in many different ways: to each side, flat or with volume.
Of course I didn’t cut is myself, my friend Chris was helping me out. Excellent barber!

Before we were ready to get going, we had to wash the hair. But I guess you already know that from your own barber 😉.

Step 1 – rough form sides

To get the rough form in, we started with the sides. We shaved them to a particular length, so we could still adjust them later on. Don’t get them too short!

Step 2 – fading up

When we got the right length on each side, we continued by cleaning the outside and started fading up. That’s the reason I told you not to get it too short from the beginning. The way we did it, we could still adjust the fade.
We started with 12 mm and went up to 20, which isn’t that short for sides, but in comparison to my longer hair on top looks really cool. Find out, what length fits you!

Step 3 – top

Cut the top. The top hair, of course! 😉 We really cut a chunk, because my hair was already so long, it had to be done. But you can play with the length. Again, find out what works for you.

Step 4 – thin out

Because I have very thick hair, we thinned out the top. Doing that allows me to actually style my hair in any direktion I want to. And it will grow back anyway. 😀

Step 5 – clean the back

To finish up, we cleaned out the back, so that it doesn’t look as „round“ anymore.

Step 6 – Styling

Styling: Here is where the fun begins! We started by using sea salt spray, because my hair still was very thick and heavy and falling in any direction. With blow drying that spray in, we gave it more texture, so it was much easier to style afterwards.
Then we continued with dry shampoo, which gave my hair even more texture, more grip and more volume.
Now it gets interesting. After we applied the hairwax, we used hairspray to make it hold. But we didn’t do it the ordinary way: Chris sprayed it on his fingers, going through my hair afterwards.

And thats it! A look that everyone can wear and that’s very versatile. I hope you enjoyed this post and I could give you some useful advice.

Don’t forget to check out my YouTube Channel @fabianxarnold for more tutorials and challenging workouts.

Take care and see you soon, peace!

How to ROPE SKIP ?! for beginners

Hey guys! I hope you are all doing well. Today I want to talk to you about one of my favorite warm up and cardio exercises: Rope skipping. All you need for that is a rope. That’s it. A rope.

Why is it so useful?

Rope skipping trains strength endurance, because the bouncing in place is very intense. It also promotes the coordination of different muscle groups than those you would use while running, for example. In addition to that, rope skipping supports the interconnectedness of the two hemispheres of the brain. As soon as a movement goes beyond the centre of the body, like crossing the arms in front of the body, the two halves of the brain have to communicate. It strengthens your skeleton as well and protects you from injuries. Enough good reasons? Let’s go!

How to do it correctly

  1. First, adjust the length of the rope a little bit higher than your hips. Then start with normal rope skips. Be sure to use both legs, one time under per jump.
  2. When you are comfortable with that, start a bit of a variation, for example only use one leg while jumping.
  3. Again, when you feel comfortable, switch to changing legs per jump.
  4. Of course you can always increase the intensity, if you want, You can do that by skipping. Simply pull up your knees while changing legs.
  5. If you are a more advanced ropeskipper, try doing a double under, by draggy the rope two times under per jump. This requires advanced coordination and also increases the intensity a lot.
  6. You are even more advanced? Great! Try implementing side swings in you ropeskipping routine. Here the interconnectedness of your brain comes into play. While doing normal rope jumps, swing the rope alternately on each side of your body. Then try to come back to normal rope jumps. It’s not as easy as it looks.
  7. Speaking of easy, why not do cross swings? While doing normal jumps, cross the rope with your arms. This requires a big deal of coordination and strengthens your arms as well. But be careful not to get tangled up.
  8. You mastered the previous exercises with ease? Or … you mastered them? Very good, now try forward and backward jumps. One leg always stays up front, while the other stays back. Now jump back and forth between the two.
  9. Almost done! The last exercise is the scissors jump. It is quite similar to the forward and backwards jumps, but instead of jumping back and forth between them, we are using both legs, only switching their positions. So with each jump, the other leg gets to be up front.

Nice, you did it! I hope you had fun with that exercise, I certainly did. You can’t get enough of my workouts? Just go to my YouTube-Channel, for each muscle group there is a fitting workout.

See you soon!

How to trim a beard?! – Tutorial 3 Day Beard MEN

Hey guys, welcome back! Today I want to talk about a very important asset to a man’s face: the beard.

When I was younger, I dreamed of having a real „man-beard“. Well, I am slowly getting there. Now I want to show you how I shave it, so it looks like a proper beard.

Before shaving

It is very important to let your facial hair grow for some time, even i fit looks horrible. To get the best out of it, you have to have something to work with. I try to work with one centimeter, that takes me about two weeks to grow.

Rough shave

I use a beard trimmer with millimeter adjustments, so I can be very precise. I always start with 5 millimeters and do a rough shave against the beard line. I start at the middle and do the sides after that (I go up until the middle of my ear, but you can change that up). Try to stretch your face a little bitt o reach every part of your face, otherwise some tiny hairs may be overlooked.
The moustache comes last. Here I adjust the trimmer to 4 or 3,5 millimeters.

If you have parts of your beard that are darker than the others, trim it a bit shorter, so it looks like it is the same length.

Details

After doing a rough shave, you have two options for the details:
1. Use a dry, electrical one blade
2. Use a wet shaver
I normally start with the dry blade and do the lines of my beard, later I clean everything up with the wet shaver.

To do the bottom lines on your throat properly, put one finger right where the chin ends and the throat begins. This is where you want to have your line. From there you go tot he sides and up to get a clean cut just along the transition of your chin to throat.

Some people (like me) don’t have that much facial hair on the sides. So I try to shave everything above the visible hair and create an intentional line that way. I basically draw a beard into my face. 😀

After that clean everything out with shaving cream and the wet shaver. Remember: Always cut up to down, otherwise you might destry your skin.

Aftercare

When you are done, wash the remaining cream off with water and dry your face with a towel. Don’t rub it in, but rather dab and press it against your skin. That way it is much more skin friendly.

Having done that, it is time to use after shave cream. I don’t really use proper after shave with alcohol in it, but natural products with aloe vera inside. Again, don’t rub it in, but rather to little dabs.

And after that, you are done! I hope I could help you with your beard routine and some of you will walk around with a massive beard shortly. 😀

If you want more tutorials like that, don’t forget to subscribe to my YouTube-Channel @fabianxarnold.

I am looking forward to see you! Take care!

Fabian

Plank-Challenge vs fabianxarnold

Hey guys! Aso you know, I have uploaded and several workouts for you to try out and insert into your daily routine. Many of you guys tagged me in your own workout videos. I love to see you guys putting in the work and I am happy that I can help you with that.

Now I wanted you to do a special challenge with me: The plank challenge. Yes, I know, many people absolutely hate that exercise. 😀 But there is no better way to strengthen your body centre, especially your back and abs.

 

How to take part

I have recorded a video of me doing the plank challenge, you can find that below and on my YouTube Channel @fabianxarnold! If you want to participate and challenge me, simply record a video of you doing the challenge with me and tag it with the hashtag #challengefabian ! Do you have, what it takes, to keep up with me? 😉

This challenge will go for one week. During this week I will repost the best challengers!

 

I am very curious to find out, who will step up. Actually, I can’t wait! If you want to see more workouts, visit my YouTube channel @fabianxarnold. There you will find a burning abs video as well.

See you soon!

Perfect Morning Routine Men | how to increase your morning?

Hey guys, welcome back!

Everybody starts their days the same way: By getting up in the morning. 😀 Some may need longer to wake up, others are already fresh and ready as soon as they open their eyes. Today I wanted to show you my morning routine, which takes about one and a half hours. Of course some of you may not have that much time in the morning, so just try modify it to fit your way – and maybe you can take one or two things from mine to start your day better.

Waking up

My alarm rings at 6:30 every morning during the week. Even though I am selfemployed and theoretically able to sleep in, I like to get up early. It’s the best way for me to be productive.

Getting up

I think the next step is the same for everyone: Going tot he bathroom. 😀 Then I wash my face with cold water. You may not like the cold, but you will feel fresh and awake afterwards.

After that I always drink a few glasses of water, to get hydrated. The average person loses about one or two litres of fluid during the night while sweating. By drinking water, I get that back.

A new thing each day

I open the windows, let some fresh air in … and go back to bed. But not to sleep. Recently I started learning spanish. The reason for that is simple – like Arnold Schwarzenegger said: „If you learn one new thing a day, you will feel more productive“. So I do that for about half an hour until 45 minutes.

When I am done learning, I get up for real! 😛 I make the bed and put on some music. Making the bed is a ritual that helps you getting more into a routine. It is a promise to yourself to not get back in there. Regarding the music, in the morning I like to listen to some deep house tracks. It has just the right vibe.

Breakfast

Right now I am doing intermediate fasting, which means I don’t eat until 11 am. So this early I only make some tea, which, first of all, is delicious, and second, it keeps your stomach full, so you don’t get hungry.

In addition to that I take some supplements, which I will list right here:

In the morning:
– L-Carnitin: It helps to burn fat + you have more power at sports
– Zink + Magnesium for better skin
– Daily Vitamins for General Health

Before Training:
– BCAA for better muscle recovery

In the evening:
– Omega 3 for better Skin (Naturals Fats)
– CBD in the evening

Body care

So, when I took care of the inside of my body, it is time to take care of the outside.

Fort he face and face I use skin cleanser. It doesn’t really matter which product you use, because every skintype reacts differently to different products.

Then I am doing my hait (check out my hair tutorials for that 😉). I don’t wash it every day, because it would get too dry and fragile. I always wash it after workouts, but only three times a week I will use shampoo. That way my hair stays healthy.

I work my down, so to speak, brush my teeth and moisturize my face. Again: find the product that fits you best. Also it is important to NOT rub it it, but rather touch it gently. That is way better for your skin.

To close it out, I use a bit of perfume. Maybe in the future there will be a post about my favorite fragrances? 😛

Getting the system going

By now you should be pretty awake and feeling good already. But to get my systems going, I like to do a few pushups. I do round about 35, but you can work your way up from five to ten to fifteen and so on. It’s not a workout, just something that gets you pumped.

The best way to continue your morning would be a morning walk after that. I don’t always have time fort hat, but when my schedule allows it, I like to combine business calls with a long walk. This way you can burn additional calories (like 300). When you do it before breakfast, you burn even more!

The white board

The last step in my morning routine is checking my white board. On that I write my to do lists. It has helped me getting so much more productive, because you always see what’s next! And I am not going to lie: It feels great, erasing a finished task from that board. Having done that, I can start my working day right.

 

So, that was my morning routine. Do you have any suggestions on how I could make it even better? Do you have any secret tips I don’t know about yet? Let me know in the comments!

Down here you will find the Youtube Video where I actually take you on my morning routine! Have fun watching it!

Sixpack for Summer | perfect ABS Workout | 10 min

Hey guys!

As some of you have seen I uploaded a NEW WORKOUT Video including 10 min of the best SIXPACK-EXERCICES. Everyone of us wants to be in shape for summer so go for it and train with me!

10 min Sixpack Workout for at home without any equipment. Additional to my other workout videos I added this perfect abs workout to train your Sixpack Muscles without any breaks.

Do this workout in combination with my other Sixpack Workout on my Youtube Channel to switch up your training!

If you have any questions, feel free to email me. I will upload more YouTube videos in the near future, so it makes sense to subscribe to my YouTube account and for daily news follow my Instagram Account.

Down here you will find the Link for the ultimative 10min SIXPACK WORKOUT! HAVE FUN!!!

Jump Rope Workout | Beginner 10 min – NEW

10 min Beginner Rope Skipping Workout – Fat Burn – for at home without any equipment.

Additional to my other workout videos I added this workout as a kind of warm up workout before your main workout. Also it works as a simple Fat Burn Workout for beginners as well as pros. Simple exercises and full body sweat. Afterwards you can add the Sixpack Video or also the Pull-/ or Push-Workout.

WHAT ELSE IS IMPORTANT?

Beside just working out the food routine is almost more important than the workouts. On my fitness blog you will find more about my food routine. Always stay fit and eat healthy food.

Also its very important to stay consistent with your workouts. Consistency is the key for your success. Motivational thoughts on my Self-education Blog.

HOW TO CREATE A WORKOUT PLAN?

I have created a Youtube Video and Blogpost about that topic already! Go and check it out HERE.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me. I will upload more YouTube videos in the near future, so it makes sense to subscribe to my YouTube account and for daily news follow my Instagram Account.

Have fun – more informations about my workouts, fitness and food routine on my blog: https://fabianxarnold.com/fitness

https://youtu.be/0CJ2nNkLDwU

Check out my other videos:

Fitness:

12 min FAT BURN https://youtu.be/_wdp0xgUJ4k​​

13 min Sixpack https://youtu.be/ibayU72uWFw​​

30 min Push Workout https://youtu.be/NVnH1euRBzo​​

25 min Pull Workout https://youtu.be/LAYl4DAIcwc​​

20 min Rope Skipping https://youtu.be/dMmls_rBrRY​​

Modeling:

Q&A Modeling https://youtu.be/KvzVZTt8zRY​​

How to become?! https://youtu.be/BSk7_mfk7SE​​

Behind the Scenes Model Shoot https://youtu.be/qe9X3Bwuvt0​​

Vlog: Munich Vlog https://youtu.be/IKNG4Hi8EeQ​​

Mallorca Trip https://youtu.be/XkjrZc7OJbA​​

… much more on my channel!!!

https://www.instagram.com/fabianxarnold​​

Fabian X Arnold

On my channel you will find videos about modeling, men’s fashion and style, men’s hair, health, fitness, overall lifestyle, and of course, my personal life. Don’t forget to subscribe and make sure to hit that like button if you enjoyed the video! Fabian