Towards the end of last year I was honoured to be put forward for the Dutch Fitness Awards for the title of best Personal Trainer in Amsterdam. To win this award it was required to receive votes from the public. I decided to take part and, of course, asked all my past and present clients [...]
One of the important aspects of training which helps with making progress is being consistent. If you train once every couple of weeks you won't make progress, however, if you can commit to two or three sessions a week it is definitely possible to make gains in strength, condition and your health. I have had [...]
Happy new year! How did your holiday break go. Did you keep up with your training over this period, did you find it easy or hard to keep on track? Parkrun, Aberdeen, Scotland Now we are deep into January I have already started to set some sporting goals for myself for the year. [...]
Here is my third (and last) Christmas themed blog. If you missed the first two the are here and here. Training over the festive season is a big challenge for many. With so much going on it is easy to be distracted. It is nice to give yourself a bit of slack over this period [...]
Today I have a second guest blog for December, this time to help us reduce stress over the festive season. I manage to keep this period quite calm but I think there are a lot of people under a lot of stress. Marjorie is a mindfulness coach and I asked her to give us some tips [...]
I have decided as we are getting closer to the festive season I would ask Joyce of Eatlivelovefood to write a guest post to help us through this period. Joyce is a Nutritional Therapist and in this post she is highlighting the importance of a health check up and gives us tips for how we can [...]
(Please be aware this advice doesn’t replace medical advice) One of the most common reasons people come to see me for biomechanics coaching is because they have lower back pain. After I explain to them I don’t treat pain and they are happy with that, we can start working on improving how they move. In [...]
More than 2 years ago I was training for the Boston Marathon and made this video together with my coach Matt Warnock of Rebel Coaching about running using the MAF method. When you run you are keeping an eye on keeping your heart rate the same throughout the run. The heart rate in beats per [...]
Last year the BBC did a programme here that effectively dismissed the idea of walking 10,000 steps on the basis that you can get fitter by walking brisker 3 times 10 minutes instead. This is a good way to improve your fitness, but I was disappointed that they totally dismissed walking 10,000 steps out of [...]
(Please note: this article shouldn’t replace advice given by a medical professional) According to Volkgezondheidenzorg.info, 7.5% of men and 13.1% of women between 40 and 44 had been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2017 and the figures for osteoarthritis (artose in Dutch) are 11.7% of men and 15.6% of women. The NHS website defines arthritis [...]
