Suffering as part of Meaning

Hello everyone, I just read an interesting book: Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning“. Besides being a very deeply moving book about the experiences of a man in the concentration camp of Auschwitz, it is a book that gives food for thought. I have many times thought what is the meaning of my life, first as…

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What my 2 1/2 year old son taught me about nutrition!

During my years as a personal trainer I had many teachers, professors, trainers, and more who have taught me a lot. One of the most unlikely teachers about nutrition though, was my 2.5 years old son. Today was not the first time that I noticed his behavior, it was just the first time I thought…

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I want to take the next step…but what if?

Some of my personal training clients as well as I have struggled with this before. We want something badly, we want to be [insert profession], we want to be healthier, fitter, you name it. You might have experienced the same thing: it is called a dream! So how come that most of us don’t seem…

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Fitness training can be difficult

Slow and Steady vs Fast and Furious?

In personal training we often run into the question on how to progress a client’s training. Are we going for fast results or are we going to go slowly and steadily? Well both approaches have their pros and cons. It is not nearly as obvious as you might think initially. Let’s look at it in…

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