Personal Trainer at SportCity Haarlem Raaks

No, a SportCity membership is not required. During our sessions you train one to one with me on the gym floor at SportCity Haarlem Raaks, whether or not you are a member there. Worth knowing: a membership is a sensible addition if you want to keep moving between our sessions, for your own cardio, recovery work or extra exercises. Results do not come only from the hours with me, they come from everything around them. During the intake we work out what suits your goals and your diary best. Practically: parking nearby is usually straightforward, and the gym is easy to reach from Haarlem Central Station, a short walk from the centre. For most clients the convenience of a central, fully equipped location matters more than membership, particularly because access during our sessions is always included.

A SportCity group class is generally open to anyone aged 18 and over. An Infinite Health programme is built entirely around you: your body, your injury history, your goals, how much load you can handle. On top of that I connect the training to a nutrition plan and to regular measurements, which a group class fundamentally cannot offer. It is a different product for a different result. A group class can work well for your fitness and for social motivation, but it rarely delivers the targeted strength work needed to genuinely get stronger, simply because the instructor cannot coach every participant individually during the class. In a programme you do get that attention, session after session, with adjustments to technique and pace the moment they are needed, instead of an instructor catching a glimpse of you between other participants.

Many of my clients arrive with back, shoulder, knee or other physical complaints. Thanks to my additional training in Mylogenics™ Activation, Release & Rehab I can look further than the exercise itself. The aim is always to move safely and without pain, to reduce symptoms, and to become stronger step by step in a way that suits your body. Those qualifications let me look past the place where your complaint sits: the cause often lies somewhere else, with a muscle group that is not doing its share and leaving the work to another. By addressing that deliberately, most clients notice a real improvement within a few weeks, even when they have carried the same complaint for a long time without result from earlier attempts at a physiotherapist or from loose exercises found online. Bring the details of any earlier treatment along to the intake, because that usually shortens the search considerably.

I schedule sessions in consultation with you. On weekdays I train during the day, on Thursdays into the evening until 20:00, and on Sundays during the day. As a rule I do not train on Saturdays or Mondays. We settle the exact time together, around your diary and around how busy the gym floor is. Current times are also listed on my Google profile. This spread keeps the gym quiet enough for focused one-to-one coaching, and it gives clients with shifting work schedules several moments in the week to book a session, rather than being tied to one fixed slot. Not sure whether a particular time works? Raise it during the intake and we will look for a slot that is realistic week after week alongside work and family, so the session never becomes another source of stress.

Programmes run from €399 per 4 weeks (Foundation, once a week) to €1,249 per 4 weeks (Intensive, three times a week). There is also an Introduction package at €499 for 6 sessions in 6 weeks, so you can start with no obligation before committing to something longer. The minimum starting period is 4 months, after which you can cancel monthly with no further commitment. Transformation and Intensive come with a 100% results guarantee: no measurable result after 17 weeks while following the plan, and you keep training at no extra cost until there is. That applies with at least 80% attendance and while following the nutrition plan, and it makes investing in a programme far less risky, because you know in advance exactly what happens if the promised result does not arrive. A SportCity membership is not required to train with me, I arrange access to the gym during our sessions. It always starts with a free intake, no obligation. See all the details →