Buendia opened a business fitness center in Roseville, CA.
Final up to date on September third, 2025
4-time Olympia Males’s Physique champion Jeremy Buendia‘s decade-long dream of the business “Stoik Gymnasium” was lastly realized in Roseville, CA.
With solely eight weeks till the 2025 Olympia, which is able to doubtless be Buendia’s final, Buendia’s contest prep has been balanced with creating his bodily and non secular sanctuary.
[My wife and I] would sit and discuss in regards to the excellent fitness center we wish to open…now we have now it.
—Jeremy Buendia
A Group-Pushed Gymnasium
A few of my life’s finest reminiscences and most vital classes have been in a fitness center.
—Jeremy Buendia
Stoik Gymnasium prioritizes neighborhood, encouraging camaraderie that displays the idea that gyms ought to construct “characters and spirits” alongside aesthetic physiques.
Stoik’s Tools Choice
Each machine at Stoik Gymnasium was chosen for efficiency and accessibility. Highlights embrace:
- Nordic Hamstring Curl (NHC): Buendia described the NHC as “one of the troublesome workouts.” Research that includes hundreds of topics present that stronger, extra sturdy hamstrings result in dramatic harm reductions. (1)(2)(3)
- Vertical Hip Thrust: This glute-focused machine seems like a machine squat variant, however creates anterior rigidity (horizontal loading) by driving the hips ahead in opposition to a pad to lighten knee load.
- Squat Machines: To construct legs with restricted joint mobility, Buendia prefers pendulum squats, which relieve stress on the again and permit full vary squatting. (7)
Through the walkthrough, Buendia showcased the adjustability of his machines’ angles and rigidity curves. Buendia’s strategic structure prioritizes effectivity: lower-body machines on one aspect, upper-body on the opposite, with mirrors positioned solely the place motion visualization is important.
Remaining Olympia Prep
Buendia stays centered on 2025 Olympia prep regardless of the heavy calls for of opening a business fitness center. He’s encountered current fluctuations in weight because of lengthy hours and inconsistent meals. With Stoik Gymnasium operational, he can have time to tighten up earlier than endeavoring for Olympia title quantity 5 in Las Vegas, NV, in October.
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References
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- Raya-Gonzalez J, Castillo D, Clemente FM. Harm prevention of hamstring accidents via train interventions. J Sports activities Med Phys Health. 2021 Sep;61(9):1242-1251. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.21.11670-6. Epub 2021 Jan 22. PMID: 33480508.
- Morin T, Caillet AH, Nordez A, Doguet V, Lacourpaille L. Robustness of hamstring muscle activation methods following selective hypertrophy induced by Nordic hamstring curl and stiff-leg deadlift workouts. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025 Jul 1;139(1):296-307. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00237.2025. Epub 2025 Jun 30. PMID: 40586278.
- Contreras B, Vigotsky AD, Schoenfeld BJ, Beardsley C, Cronin J. A Comparability of Gluteus Maximus, Biceps Femoris, and Vastus Lateralis Electromyographic Exercise within the Again Squat and Barbell Hip Thrust Workouts. J Appl Biomech. 2015 Dec;31(6):452-8. doi: 10.1123/jab.2014-0301. Epub 2015 Jul 24. PMID: 26214739.
- Plotkin DL, Rodas MA, Vigotsky AD, McIntosh MC, Breeze E, Ubrik R, Robitzsch C, Agyin-Birikorang A, Mattingly ML, Michel JM, Kontos NJ, Frugé AD, Wilburn CM, Weimar WH, Bashir A, Beyers RJ, Henselmans M, Contreras BM, Roberts MD. Hip thrust and again squat coaching elicit comparable gluteus muscle hypertrophy and switch equally to the deadlift. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2023 Jul 5:2023.06.21.545949. doi: 10.1101/2023.06.21.545949. Replace in: Entrance Physiol. 2023 Oct 09;14:1279170. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1279170. PMID: 37461495; PMCID: PMC10349977.
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