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Countdown Fitness in Greenwich: Intensity means results

It is usually safe to assume workouts promising results from just 30 minutes per week are too good to be true.

Greenwichs Countdown Fitness stands apart.

On his website, Countdown Fitness owner Anel Dzafic readily admits the claim sounds a little fishy. About 90 seconds into working out with him, the fierce burn of his ultra-slow, high-intensity exercises clears up any doubts.

Intensity means results, said Dzafic, who lives in Stamford. The mind has to get to the point of, I quit; I dont want to do this anymore, for there to be results.

Dzafic has made a career of training anyone from children and 90-year-olds to professional athletes and pregnant women, he said, since learning whats become his Countdown Fitness model from a gym in Manhattan. For a little more than a year, he has been working with Connecticut clients, using Rick Stebbins Performance Therapy in downtown Greenwich near the Metro-North train stop as a home base. Stebbins offers his space as a place where personal trainers, like Dzafic, can run their businesses.

By July or August, Dzafic hopes to have all his business moved to Greenwich, he said. His roster of Connecticut clients grows and his wife prepares to have a baby. Countdown Fitness lends itself to the regions busy lifestyle, Dzafic said. His $95 sessions last for 30 minutes, and he typically meets with clients once a week so they can slot a quick workout into their schedules.

Dzafic emphasizes that to see results, clients need to eat well and many work out on their own, but his method has proved so successful he has barely advertised to build his brand. My clients are my billboard, he said.

Here is how it works: Dzafic asks new clients to provide information on their health, eating habits and goals. He assesses their fitness level on upper body, lower body and core through simple exercises they do very slowly 20 seconds per rep, to be exact. For a legs machine, he counts to 10 while the client pulls up the weight and then transitions them fluidly into resisting the weight as it falls back down for another 10 seconds. Without pausing, he keeps counting and the exercise goes on, forcing the client to work past their breaking point.

People will ask me if they can do this on their own, said Countdown Fitness trainer Madison Hughes. After they try it for the first time, they usually realize why you cant.

Dzafic said overcoming the mental barrier to get through the workout is so tough he needs Hughes to train with him because it is practically impossible to force yourself, he said.

Ive had an NFL athlete tell me this is the hardest workout theyve ever done, Dzafic said.

The personal trainer was drawn to this workout method largely because, even though it is difficult, it is extremely easy on your joints and anyone any age can do it, he said.

Watching how working out with Countdown Fitness has helped people reach their fitness and health goals is the most fulfilling aspect of his job, Dzafic said.

In the coming years, Dzafic hopes to own his own space for Countdown Fitness in Greenwich, hire more trainers and continue growing the business.

Contact the writer at mbennett@greenwichtime.com

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