Happy Valentine’s Day! 💗 I’m a great believer in doing sporting activities that you enjoy. So we decided to make this month’s blog about challenging you to make a Valentine’s date with your sport. But first, I would like to describe to you my favourite workout. It probably wouldn’t [...]
Happy 2025! 🥳 This month, I am taking a bit of a look back on last year. Veronica, from SPIN Ideas, who helps me write these blogs, has challenged me to write about 3 things I celebrate and 3 things I would do differently. At first, I wasn’t sure I would be able [...]
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 [...]
As I am writing this, it is the third week of July and the quietest work week of the summer. I have been a bit lazy, but I am finally sitting down to write this newsletter. As I look forward, my agenda shows that most clients will be back from their [...]
In this blog I wrote about the preparation I was going through for my triathlon and the fact I had hurt my Achilles tendon and had had very limited running training leading up to the event. Well, this race has taken place and I now want to share the experience with you. The race [...]
We are not fully into triathlon season yet, however I am already seeing some great feedback from my endurance athletes who come to me to help with how they move and how it is converting to their performances. Here are some of their stories: Martijn is a [...]
When I started working as a personal trainer, I just thought I would help people become stronger and fitter physically. In theory, I know that training helps mental health too, but until my clients have told me this, I did not really consider it when I started this business. Exercise helps release [...]
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 [...]
In the last few months, the number of runners and triathletes working with me has gone up. They come to me to work on their biomechanics and strength. It is a real joy to see the work we do in the gym have a positive effect on their training to reach [...]
Currently, my husband is training for a big endurance event. He doesn’t like to be the centre of attention, so this will be all I will say about him. 🙂 On my side, I have noticed that during this training period I have gone to some social activities on my own, [...]
