I help people get stronger, feel better in their body and make training something they genuinely want to keep doing.
Fifteen years coaching. More than twenty five years training myself.
One to one strength training in English, on my private terrace in Eixample or at your location in Barcelona.
MARTIN EBNER
HOW I GOT HERE
I was overweight when my dad first took me to the gym at sixteen. I wanted to feel different in my body. I fell in love with lifting and got fit. Properly fit.
Years later, in Buenos Aires, friends started asking how I'd done it and whether I could help them. I started a group fitness class called Ab Fab. It grew, I qualified as a personal trainer and what began with friends became my career.
I started coaching in 2011. The first three years were in Buenos Aires, and I've been based in Barcelona since 2014.
Eby was my nickname at school. Eby plus my life. That's where Ebylife came from.
WHY I STILL LOVE IT
The people. The interactions. The support. The joy.
I love watching someone get stronger. I also love the conversations, the banter and the trust that builds when you've trained together for years. Knowing when to push, when to change course and when to listen.
The best part is the point where training stops being something you make yourself do and becomes something you genuinely want to do. That never gets old.
WHAT I BELIEVE
Quality over quantity, always.
More work isn't automatically better work. The right exercises, done properly and consistently, beat doing more for the sake of it.
I pay attention to the person in front of me, not only what they wrote on a form. How you move, how you respond and what will help you keep going.
If an exercise isn't right, we change it. For every exercise that isn't right, there are five that are.
Strength training should give you more confidence in your body, not more reasons to worry about it. Better posture. More strength. Fewer aches and pains getting in the way.
I don't believe in quick transformations or waiting for a final after photo. There is no after. We train, adjust and keep going.
THE WAY I COACH IS THE WAY I TRAIN
I've trained for more than twenty five years and I still train three times a week. My exercises and goals have changed. The habit hasn't.
I train slowly and methodically. I care about control, how a repetition feels and whether it's doing what it's supposed to do. Eight useful repetitions beat fifteen careless ones.
You build from where you are, not against somebody else's decades of work.
Do what matters. Do it well. Keep going.
EXPERIENCE
COACHING SINCE 2011
The first three years in Buenos Aires, followed by Barcelona from 2014.
AROUND 250 CLIENTS
Coached one to one over the years.
AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE
ACE certified personal trainer.
ESCUELA NACIONAL DE ENTRENADORES
ENADE certified personal trainer.
My work has been featured in Barcelona Metropolitan Magazine, Driftwood Journals and Miniguide Barcelona.
WHERE I COACH
I train one to one or two people together. Most sessions take place on my private terrace in Eixample, five minutes' walk from Arc de Triomf.
I also train at homes, offices, private studios and residential gyms across Barcelona.
PERSONAL TRAINING IN BARCELONA
I also work through a separate personal practice at martinebner.com.
READY TO START?
The sign-up form is the best place to begin. Tell me what you want from training, your availability and where you'd like to train. I read every form and reply personally.
Or message me on WhatsApp.
