I created this video to help people with the movement of the lower back. Many of my clients, when moving move to the side as shown in the below picture, have very little movement in the spine: Here is what you would really want your back to look like. Can you see the difference? As [...]
You are consistent with your training, however are looking for something that can help you even further? Often when we are busy training hard the quality of movement can suffer, especially if we are also sitting a lot in the meantime. The IMoveFreely programme was created to help improve movement for people just like yourself, [...]
Do you suffer from niggles and frequent injuries? When you are ready to go for a run do you just get up from behind the computer and start running, then wonder why you keep getting a sore knee/hip/lower back? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, this video series is for you. [...]
Over the last months, a lot of us were going out less and therefore sitting more and moving less. This doesn’t necessarily mean exercising less. I am just talking about the lack of the commute to work, the walk to the shops, the cycle across town to meet friends. All these little things add up. [...]
At the time of writing this article, we have been under an intelligent lockdown for 6 weeks. Social distancing is now our normal and this has had an impact on how I train my clients. Working online brings both challenges and opportunities, but it has definitely been a successful solution so far. Clients like that [...]
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 [...]
