The Art Of Strength - Jan Hanzenstraat 37-H

Having been a Soloist with The Dutch National Ballet among other top ranked companies worldwide for almost 20 years, I retired, as I felt in part, that the time was right, and my body was giving me signs and signals, telling me that it was time to find a new direction.

I had been studying nutrition, health, fitness, strength and conditioning, whilst dancing and was gaining the most up to date knowledge that I could. Upon retirement I immediately started working as the strength and conditioning trainer for the Dutch National Ballet to help the company improve their strength and fitness levels, and to reduce the risk of injury, through writing and giving exercise programs plus nutritional advice. I also worked with The National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam helping the young male dancers improve their strength levels as well as giving lectures on nutrition to the whole school.

During this time I started to explore training people outside of the ballet world and realized that I could take what I had learned in both the dance and fitness worlds and apply it. I knew instantly that I loved it and having had many injuries myself as well having to cope with extreme stress I can understand and relate to most situations that my clientele must deal with in everyday life.

My philosophy on training is simple; You must get stronger. Whether it’s wanting to be out of pain, improve technique or move better, and although it sounds cliché, client happiness is my reward; The time that is spent training in the gym, is to improve life outside and if that works, then we have achieved something great.

I named the company The Art Of Strength as they are intertwined within the realm of health and fitness and work to complement each-other and the name represents this. Simple yet elegant.”

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