Of course we want to avoid injury as much as possible, but unfortunately, this can still happen. While it is tempting to just stop any sort of training in the meantime, it is normally possible to continue with training with a few adaptations and ingenuity. It is really important to keep the body [...]
Training throughout the school holiday period We are heading towards the school summer holidays, so we decided this month to write about how to keep training when your kids aren’t at school. There is a little problem though: I don't have any first-hand experience with this, therefore, I decided to ask my [...]
As you may have seen, I was recently training for a hyrox competition. I normally train with a triathlon coach and although I did consider hiring a hyrox coach at first, I decided that going for a first Hyrox race and having only 7 weeks of training probably wasn’t really worth it. So, I [...]
I am launching a new class, and you are the first ones to learn about it! My new Strength and Movement class is focused on strength and movement (as the title implies 😀 ) for mainly women over 35. We will focus on strength exercises using minimal equipment. There will be two types of classes: one will be a live [...]
Are you a woman in your 40's or starting your 50's and you are noticing changes in how your body works despite doing the same sport? Are you eating the same as you did in your 30's but now you experience some strange symptoms that you are not used to? These can be symptoms of peri-menopause. During this period not all of [...]
Pain is a complicated subject. And as I come closer to a big race I am training for, I am sure likely to feel aches and pains as I always do. And then, no doubt, after the race, the pains will just disappear. It is really interesting how our bodies and minds are connected. A bit [...]
We are heading out of winter and into spring when, in the Netherlands, we have a flurry of public holidays, start to head off for long weekends and look to book summer holidays. I am seeing clients doing more business travel again as well. So, how do you make sure you train when you are away? It [...]
According to the Cambridge dictionary online, the definition of a personal trainer is “someone whose job is to help you become stronger and healthier by deciding which exercises you should do and showing you how to do them.” But what does personal training look like? Personal training is generally one-to-one training but can also be one-to-two training. [...]
How do you feel about new year’s resolutions? Do you make any? Do you follow through with them? Do you make them about your health and/or fitness? Or maybe work related? Personally I don’t make new year’s resolutions. I like to make good decisions about my health throughout the year and slowly work on habits [...]
By Sandra de Gelder I have been exercising in one way or another for most of my life. As a child, I was taught and shown the importance of training for my physical body and tried many different forms of sports, from tennis to jazz ballet, windsurfing and basketball. My parents made me always do [...]
