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Perturbation in your training: learning to react to the unexpected

An aquabag, a medicine ball and a resistance band have one thing in common: they do not quite do wha...

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How much rest do you need between training sessions?

Forty-eight hours between two heavy sessions for the same muscle group, and easy movement on the day...

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Personal trainer cost per month: what do you pay and what do you get?

Personal trainer costs per month depend on your frequency, format and trainer. Learn what determines...

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The difference between manual therapy and physiotherapy: what suits you?

The difference between manual therapy and physiotherapy is in the approach: manual therapy is a spec...

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Biotensegrity: why your body is a network

Your body holds itself up with tension: bones float in a web of muscle, tendon and fascia. What biot...

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Training with an injury: can you, and how?

Training with an injury rarely means stopping completely. With adjusted load and good guidance, movi...

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Sleep and recovery: half of your training

You train three times a week and nothing moves. The hours in which your body processes that training...

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No motivation to train? How to keep going anyway

Started before and stopped again? That rarely comes down to character. What works is a rhythm that s...

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Runner's heel: tackling heel pain from running

That first step out of bed shoots through your heel. What runner's heel is, how to spot it, who gets...

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Sports physiotherapy or regular physiotherapy in The Hague: what do you need?

Sports physiotherapy or regular physiotherapy: the difference is in the goal. Learn when each fits a...

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Personal training for executives and business owners: a coach who knows your world

A full diary calls for a coach who knows your world. What life experience, lifestyle knowledge and r...

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Strength training for beginners: start calmly and well

Starting with strength training takes technique and patience above all. Here is how to build up calm...

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Back from holiday: how to pick up training and nutrition again

Back from holiday and out of rhythm? Here is how to restart training and nutrition without an injury...

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What does personal training in The Hague cost (and what do you get)?

What does personal training in The Hague cost, and what do you get? An honest guide price plus the v...

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Reducing visceral fat: the approach that actually helps

Reducing visceral fat: what is it and what really works? This belly fat around your organs matters f...

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Losing weight with a personal trainer: a structured approach

Losing weight with a personal trainer: what really works? Lasting weight loss comes from rhythm, gui...

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My fight with the scales, and how de Werf turned it around

Five months, more than five kilos of fat gone and a metabolic age from 47 to 30, while the scales ba...

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Lowering your body fat percentage: the factors that matter

Lowering your body fat percentage: what really works? A small deficit, strength training, enough pro...

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A woman measures her waist as a gauge of body fat and body composition at De Werf.
Physiotherapist or personal trainer: what do you need?

Physiotherapist or personal trainer: what do you need? We explain the difference, when to choose whi...

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A coach guides a controlled exercise: from recovery to building up at De Werf.
From 105 to 90 kilos: how Steven turned work stress into vitality

Steven de Bruijne (58) always saw himself as sporty, but work kept taking up more space. In this gue...

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Body recomposition: lose fat and build muscle at the same time

Lose fat and build muscle at the same time? With body recomposition you steer by your body compositi...

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Strength training as the engine behind body recomposition at De Werf.
Strengthen your organisation with Personal Training

Your people are your greatest asset and your biggest risk. A dedicated personal-training partner lik...

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Strength training after 40: protect your joints and get stronger

After 40 you gradually lose muscle mass, whether you are a man or a woman. But that process is not o...

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Recovering from a rotator cuff injury

A shoulder that keeps nagging when you put on a coat or sleep on your side. A rotator cuff injury ra...

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Why de Werf follows on from physiotherapy

Physiotherapy is essential for recovery and helps the body become functional again. At de Werf we fo...

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Push the boundaries of manual therapy

Manual therapy is often used for stuck backs, stiff necks or recurring joint complaints. Many people...

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How movement helps injury recovery

An injury stops you in your tracks. Sometimes literally, often mentally too. You want to recover, bu...

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Why movement helps with burnout

Stress and burnout often feel like personal shortcomings. As if you should have managed it better, b...

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How sports massage helps you recover

You build a strong body in the gym. Recovery, balance and suppleness? They deserve just as much atte...

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Different trainers at de Werf

At de Werf we deliberately don't work with one type of trainer. No standard approach, no one-size-fi...

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Working with a systemic coach

You come in for training. And yet that's not always where it starts. Sometimes you notice your body...

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Physical training takes more than movement

Anyone who walks into de Werf notices it straight away: this is not a place you come to just to swea...

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The 5 core qualities of a good trainer

You don't choose a personal trainer lightly. You trust someone with your time, energy and health. Ye...

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Standard training doesn't work for your body

In the world of strength training it's often about schedules, sets and standard exercises. Squats, d...

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A healthy relationship with food starts with you

Healthy eating isn't about being strict, denying yourself things or 'starting over' time and again....

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The power of a negative energy balance

A negative energy balance - using more energy than you take in - is essential if you want to lose we...

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Why your training schedule often doesn't work

You've finally found the motivation to take your training seriously. You open your diary, look up a...

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Why you don't train stability on a Bosu ball

You see it all the time in the gym: people balancing on a wobbly platform, focused on keeping their...

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