Vitality training and mental coaching

What is Vitality Training at RWIJK GYM?

Vitality is much more than just being physically well. Emotions and your social environment also play a major role. Everyone knows that body and mind are one, but how it really works...?

RWIJK GYM It provides you with insight into this and the tools to help yourself. You will learn to implement adjustments in a responsible manner, leading to an improvement in your quality of life. We pay close attention to nutrition, exercise, and emotion management interventions (mental guidance) for the best results. You will learn and experience that nutrition, exercise, and emotion management influence your overall well-being. This benefits your nervous system, hormonal system, and immune system.

What can vitality coaching help with?

• sleep disorders
• stress and burnout
• diabetes
• neck and back complaints
• anxiety and depression
• overweight and obesity
• pregnancy
• COPD and asthma
• oncology
• healthy people

Mental coaching

Our Personal Trainers work using the MOC model in our client coaching. MOC stands for Motivational Solution-Focused Coaching. With this method of guidance/coaching, the focus is not on the problem (what you don't want) but on the desired situation (what you want to achieve), while taking your capabilities into account. A very important point is that you know much more yourself than you might initially think.

During the coaching process, the emphasis is therefore primarily on motivating and stimulating. To this end, we use concrete and validated tools to make things measurable and applicable. With this coaching method, you will get the best results out of yourself!
We have a design, and appropriate behavior goes with it.

Exercise is good for you, but how much do I need to exercise?

Exercise is good for your vitality, but how much do I need to exercise to achieve this? Going to the gym every day, running, cycling, or walking? Club life also has something to offer, but what is enough and what is too much? This is where returning to behavior that aligns with our design (hunter-gatherer) offers guidance. We as humans were clearly made to move. Our modern inactive lifestyle leads to all kinds of problems. Think of being overweight, but that is only the tip of the iceberg. Below that, we are affected by changes to our metabolism, which can lead to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Our musculoskeletal system also deteriorates, and this is clearly reflected in our skeleton. The fitness, strength, and skeleton of someone with a vital lifestyle are in much better condition than those of someone with an inactive lifestyle. By improving our strength, stamina, and endurance, we can ensure that we start feeling vital again.
Active movement is not as self-evident for everyone these days. We will listen to your questions without judgment. Together, we will find a suitable solution for you. And without forgetting any potential complaints, we will work from a positive perspective, towards your ultimate goal: a healthy and vital lifestyle!

Healthy nutrition to perform optimally every day

There is growing awareness that our bodies are designed for a specific fuel mixture (nutrition) to perform optimally. This specific mixture is called the Paleolithic diet. Our design as humans is aligned with our eating and behavior. In the past, we had a hunter-gatherer culture and experimented with agriculture on a small scale. This culture forced us to be physically active and to make specific food choices. We know from scientific research that people at that time did not suffer from all kinds of lifestyle diseases. Our calorie intake consisted largely of meat and hardly any of grains, dairy, or soy. However, we did eat a lot of vegetables and fruit, nuts, and seeds.
The nutritional ratios in the neo-paleo diet differ from current recommendations (such as those from the Nutrition Centre); the amount of protein, as well as fat, is quite high relative to carbohydrates.
According to the neo-paleo guideline, the ratios of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are 30% carbohydrates, 30% proteins, and 40% fats. They obtained the majority of their protein from meat and not from dairy products. Meat accounted for more than 50% of the calorie intake.
Fat does not make you fat. The essential omega-3 and omega-6 fats are particularly important. Due to the dominance of grains and vegetable oils, we currently consume more than enough omega-6, but because we eat little organ meat, we get too little omega-3 and must compensate for this with fatty fish or supplements. According to the neo-paleo guideline, we should get our carbohydrates mainly from vegetables and need to get fruit and avoid carbohydrates with a high glycemic load, such as sugars, milk, and grain products.
Eating according to our design (neo paleo guideline) benefits our vitality.

How do I become happier?

In search of your happiness!
How do you become happier? This question has occupied a great many brilliant minds for the past 2,500 years. The debate between nature versus nurture always resurfaces in this context. What do we mean by this: is happiness innate or can it be learned? Scientific research has shown that both are the case.

Is happiness genetically determined, influenced by circumstances, or something else..?
Your happiness is determined by your genes for 50% and by circumstances (such as winning the lottery or being in a relationship) for 10%. This leads to a hopeful conclusion. Therefore, 40% remains of your own sense of happiness that you can influence yourself. As a result, your happiness has become a trainable trait for you, and thus a choice!

What do happy(er) people share with each other?

• spend a lot of time with their family and friends
• They can easily show gratitude.
• They are often the first to offer a helping hand.
• They are optimistic when they think about their future.
• They exercise at least 1 to 2 times a week (moderately) intensively and sometimes daily.
• They enjoy life and try to live in the present.
• They have a higher goal they are working towards.
• Even happier people suffer from stress, crises, and emotional setbacks.

Do you want to feel happier? We are happy to help you with this. After all, this is not something that comes naturally to everyone. We will listen to you without judgment. Together, we will find a suitable solution for you. And without forgetting any other wishes, we will work from a positive perspective, towards your ultimate goal: feeling happier!