The story behind the personal trainer

About me

Let me introduce myself: my name is Gijs van Brink. With 11+ years of experience, I still enjoy practising and teaching strength training.

Strength training with your own body weight

More challenging sports

As I was looking for more of a challenge over the years, I ended up with Calisthenics: a fun way of strength training where you use your own body weight as resistance.

From there, I developed a passion for handstand training. Having learned to do handstands in adulthood, I know exactly what the obstacles are for other adults.

Flexibility

Collaboration with experts

This helps me in teaching other adults. When I started handstand training, it soon became clear that I lacked a lot of flexibility to achieve my goals. Despite having no knack for this, with hard work and the best possible help abroad (Emmet Louis and Yuval on Hands) I developed the right flexibility.

Furthermore, I trained with Jan Jirak (professional artist and coach) and we conducted a handstand workshop together in Prague.

Certified coach and personal trainer

Meanwhile, I have now been working as a coach for more than 7 years with experience in fitness at several commercial gyms. Nowadays, I work at Tri-PT studio as a coach and personal trainer. My goal is to share my passion for handstands and calisthenics with you.

Because of my intrinsic motivation, genuine interest and pleasure in personal training, I wanted to become an expert in this field. That is why I followed the training courses below:

Henselmans certified personal trainer

The most comprehensive science-based Personal training course. Developed by respected scientist, Menno Henselmans.

Fitvak A

Training as a European accredited fitness trainer.

Fitvak B

Training as a European Certified Personal Trainer.

TRX certified trainer

TRX is the original suspension trainer, a hugely useful tool that allows you to get a good workout wherever you are.

What others said

Personal Training Reviews

"Gijs van Brink van TRI-PT studio is een gedreven personal trainer, die het beste uit je weet te krijgen. Je geeft je doelen op en maakt met hem een plan om de doelen te bereiken,. Dit doet hij op een professionele manier, maar ook met een knipoog. Want een lolletje op z’n tijd kan hij wel maken."

"Gijs knows what he’s doing and also allows you to work out things for yourself. I’ve had a back problem for a number of years and although fit, my mobility was not very good. Gijs intuitively knew what exercises I needed to do.

He also understands that there is not one single exercise but a combination that will sustain the necessary gains in flexibility. The results were almost immediate and I made significant progress that I was not able to achieve on my own. Gijs is a skillful mobility instructor."

"Gijs has a sharp eye and quickly identifies what needs work. The sessions are adapted to the athlete, with combined exercises, and he pushes enough to be challenging, yet prevents from going too far. Position is important, and I feel confident, as he checks and corrects what needs to be.

All in all, I wonder why I did not start before. It is a must, and there are specific but easy exercises that make everything different! I am looking forward to the future races. Thank you so much for your help."

"Our personal trainer Gijs van Brink is an experienced, committed and highly trained athlete and coach. His guidance is of a high level, and is aimed at the goals that we have indicated ourselves. In addition to the training sessions, we receive a lot of information from scientific papers on topics about which we have questions."

"Ik heb trainingen gehad van Gijs gericht op handstanden en basis calisthenics. Ik heb zelf 10 jaar lang lesgegeven in turnen en ben verbaasd over de kennis en technieken van Gijs. Het heeft me naar een nieuw niveau gebracht! Zeker een aanrader voor basis calisthenics en fitness. Ik zeg doen"

Achieving goals with personal training

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