Last month, we spoke about getting out of the fitness hibernation some of us fall into during the winter months. You can read it here. This month, I want to take advantage of the lighter, warmer days and show you how to train more. Here are some ideas you can use to [...]
Happy Valentine's Day! In Amsterdam right now we are slowly coming out of the shortest days, but it is still dark and cold. For some, it still feels like a time of hibernation where it can be a bit more difficult to motivate yourself to train. As I have mentioned before, I [...]
As we begin the new year, I am taking a moment to reflect on what happened in 2025 and look ahead to 2026. I am not the best at taking stock at the start of the year and planning for the next year, but here goes… One of [...]
It is that time of year again! Yes, the Christmas workout. A tradition for many years in my groups is to do a workout based on the song “The 12 Days of Christmas”. If you don’t know it you can listen to it here. Do you want to give it a [...]
This month, I want to take a moment to celebrate and shine a light on my group classes, starting with: The Monday Group This group (pictured above) meets online on Mondays at 12 p.m. via Zoom. What I would particularly like to celebrate is the consistency this group shows in showing up [...]
One of the things I love to hear from clients is when they have achieved something from their training that wasn’t a goal nor something we had specifically trained for. Like managing to run for the tram without being out of breath, being able to move things easier than before, carrying [...]
Over the next two months, I will share about 3 of my running clients who are training for races in the same weekend. I actually have 9 clients racing the same weekend and I will be running too. I am helping them in different ways, some are doing gym work with me, others I am [...]
Many people expect that I will have a lot of new clients in the new year. But that has rarely been the case for me. I am more likely to have new people join just after the summer holidays, in September/October or at the beginning of spring. My theory is that during the summer, [...]
In the last few months, I have had an increase in clients. Not just personal training clients, but also the number of people participating in my Strength and Movement Groups, both outside on Wednesday mornings and online on Mondays at lunchtime. Maybe you have thought about doing some training online but [...]
In April, I was at a triathlon camp in Mallorca with the Amsterdam Triathlon and Cycling Club. Triathlon camp is a great opportunity to increase your fitness just before the triathlon season begins. Mostly, the focus was on cycling, but with a 25-metre pool at the hotel and plenty of places [...]
