Less is more is the title of a great article in the Dutch edition of Women’s Health this month. It explains that there is a new, smarter way to train for a marathon or triathlon. Energy Control is the name of this new, exiting method. Train a maximum of 14 km and gloriously finish your marathon. It’s has a proven track record: thousands of people have successfully run a marathon or finished a triathlon with Energy Control. The article features Stans van der Poel who invented

It is the second week of February 2019, days are getting longer already, yet more than 50% of New Year’s resolutions have already died. There are a couple of reasons and once you understand them you can see how you can successfully change. First of all, waiting for the first of January to make a change is a recipe for failure. If you want to accomplish something why wait for a certain date? If you think about it “Tomorrow I will chance” is one of the worst resolutions one can

It is that time of year many people take some time to reflect. For me one of THE highlights was finishing the Zürich Ironman this summer. The feeling when I crossed the line was priceless. If you would have told me that I would accomplish a full triathlon 2,5 year ago I would have laughed at you. But as the Ironman slogan says: Anything is possible! What happened in the mean time? I learned so much about effective training, breathing and the impact on recovery, nutrition and