Natural physique & contest prep
Build
CHF 260per month · 1:1 online
- Training blocks periodised to your recovery
- Nutrition targets that move with the phase
- Posing & check-in video review, weekly
- Off-season and peak-week protocols
Bellinzona · Ticino
Natural champion · Hyrox Pro
Vetta
Speed is honest. — Dario Cattaneo
Natural champion. Hybrid coach.
3× Natural bodybuilding championHyrox Pro athleteCrossFit coach — Bellinzona655 kg raised totalDrug-tested. Every title.Ticino · Switzerland
I numeri — the numbers
Tested on the platform, not on the feed.
Every number below was set drug-tested and on the clock. They are not the point — they are the proof that the method holds under a barbell and at race pace, in the same season.
Squat — PR
0kg
Raw · knee sleeves
Bench — PR
0kg
Paused on the chest
Deadlift — PR
0kg
Conventional · no straps
Total
0kg
- 5K road
- 17:41
- Hyrox Pro
- 62:12
- Row 2K
- 6:48
Squat · bench · deadlift in kilograms. Engine times official or chip-verified. Same body, same year.
Coaching — three tracks
Choose a summit. Or take both.
The house discipline
Both engines, one calendar
Hybrid
CHF 380per month · 1:1 online + monthly call
- Lifting and running programmed together, never against each other
- Interference managed by sequencing, not by fear
- Race-block and strength-block priorities per season
- Direct line to Dario — 48h reply, always
Hyrox & race preparation
Engine
CHF 240per month · 1:1 online
- Run structure: base, threshold, race pace
- Station work: sled, wall balls, erg splits
- Pacing plan built from your test data
- Taper and race-day execution brief
All tracks are applications, not checkouts — the roster stays small enough that every plan is written by hand.
Il metodo — the method
Interference is a rumor. A calendar is a fact.
The natural way
Without the shortcuts, there are only two levers left: patience and data. Muscle arrives on a natural timeline — grams per week, not kilos per month — so every block is measured, logged and compared against the last one. If the log doesn’t say it worked, it didn’t work. That discipline is slower, and it is why the titles hold up under a drug test.
The hybrid way
Lifting and running only fight when they’re scheduled carelessly. Hard legs never meet hard intervals; easy aerobic work sits where it speeds up recovery instead of stealing it. The interference effect is real — and manageable, the way any engineering constraint is. You don’t fear it. You sequence around it.
A hybrid week — the current template
| Day | Barbell | Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | Squat + press — heavy | — |
| Tue | — | AM · Z2 run 60′ |
| Wed | Bench + back — volume | PM · erg intervals 8×500 |
| Thu | — | Rest · walk the lago |
| Fri | Deadlift + squat — top sets | — |
| Sat | — | AM · long run or Hyrox sim |
| Sun | Off | Off |
Heavy legs and hard intervals never share a day — that one rule carries most of the method.
Le prove — the receipts
Their numbers, their words.
I thought I had to choose between my total and my Hyrox time. Dario built one calendar and I stopped choosing.
Luca B. · Lugano
Total +42 kgHyrox 71:04 → 64:58
First natural show at 41. He talked me out of a crash cut twice — we arrived full, not flat.
Michele R. · Bellinzona
−9.5 kg in 22 weeksTop 3 · Masters debut
I came for the 5k and kept my squat on the way. The log doesn't lie — his favourite sentence, now mine.
Sara G. · Locarno
5K 24:10 → 20:52Squat held at 105 kg
Results from real coaching blocks, 2024–2026. Your timeline will be your own — that’s the honest version of this section.
The summit is booked one week at a time.
Tell me where you are and where you’re pointing. I take a handful of new athletes each season — natural, hybrid, honest work.
La vetta non aspetta. — the summit doesn’t wait