Dion den Hoed
My interest in sports, health and strength training arose during a period of my life when I was very overweight and eating was a way to find comfort and pleasure. After I was simply tired of being tired all day, having physical complaints and being hindered by a negative self-image, I decided to find out what it took to get fitter. Healthy nutrition in combination with strength training ensured that I lost 40 kg within 10 months, I was much more positive in life and I actually felt fitter.
Setting goals and achieving them gave me the confidence to apply my physical success experience to other aspects of my life. I decided to quit my job and focus on studying physiotherapy.
More than 10 years later I have been working as a physiotherapist in a rehabilitation center for chronic neck and back complaints for 7 years now. Additionally, I started giving personal training at Helix. I would like to take the experience gained from rehabilitation care with me to help people become fitter, stronger and happier in a healthy and fun way.
I get a lot of pleasure from helping people work on a stronger version of themselves self with more energy, more self-confidence and a higher quality of life. I like to use a good dose of humor, effective tips and tricks with regard to creating healthy habits and formulating goals and the practical know-how to realize these goals.
There is so much information available about health and fitness these days that there is a risk that you will no longer see the wood for the trees. A healthy lifestyle is more than just pushing weights, burning calories on an elliptical trainer and eating boring and dry “diet” foods. Exercising doesn’t have to be a struggle or a punishment for what we’ve eaten. Sports can also become a means to get more pleasure out of your body.
I would like to talk to you to see what you want to achieve and how you can make this happen. It doesn’t matter whether you simply want to get fitter or actually want to know what you can do to get the absolute most out of your body!
