Build
your ideal shape.

Hey — I'm Damian. I help friends and clients become stronger, more comfortable and confident in their training. Think of this as having a friend who happens to spend way too much time thinking about training.

Coach & gym buddy Almere · NL
Damian de Hoog
Damian de Hoog
How I can help

Three ways
What are you looking for?

Pricing? We sort that on the call, once we know what you're after and I can actually provide you with something valuable. And if you don't vibe with one of these, just ask.

01

Train together

In person, in Flevoland and around if we plan it. We meet at the gym, figure out where you're at, and build from there.

  • We start with a proper look at how you move
  • A plan that flexes with your week
  • I'm right there for the form and the hard sets
  • Send me a video between sessions if you want
Flevoland · Other regions on request
Let's have a chat
02

Coaching from afar

Not in the neighbourhood? No problem. I write your plan, we check in every week, and you send me lifts to look over. Train on your own, but don't plan it alone.

  • A plan built around your goals and your week
  • Weekly check-in to see how it's going
  • Send a video, I'll tell you what I see
  • Message me whenever something comes up
03

Eating, sleeping, life

Sleep, food, stress, recovery — most of your progress lives here, and none of it happens at the gym. No rigid meal plans, just habits that stick.

  • Habits first, no meal plan to follow
  • We sort out sleep and recovery
  • Food that fits your actual week
  • Keeping stress and training in balance
Just a quick question?
Form check, a second opinion on your program, not sure when to deload — totally fine to just send a short message.
Drop me a line
Portrait of Damian de Hoog
Engineer Ex-officer trainee 8+ years training
About me

I'm Damian.
Nice to meet you.

I've been a gym rat for as long as I can remember. By day I'm an engineer — tech background, a stint in military officer training, the type who likes to understand why something works before trusting it. Training has been the constant through all of it.

I'm not a slick transformation coach and I won't pretend to be. I coach the way I'd want to be coached: pay attention, keep it simple, change what isn't working. No magic programs, no chasing whatever's trending this month — just stuff that fits your life and actually holds up.

Working with me is pretty low-key. We'll laugh, we'll grind, and we'll happily rip up the plan when life gets in the way. The goal was never to make training your whole personality — just the thing that keeps the rest of it running.

8+
Years at it
120+
Sessions coached
3
Fields I draw on
My training · live notes

What I'm working on,
and what I've learned.

Not transformation photos. Just notes from my own training — the same kind I keep for clients.

Strength 01 / 05

Pulled a 200kg deadlift after a year of structured lower volume — proof that recovery beats intensity.

Conditioning 02 / 05

Rebuilt aerobic base while keeping strength flat. Z2 isn't sexy. It works.

Mobility 03 / 05

Front-rack mobility from a hard 'no' to a working overhead squat in 10 weeks.

Recovery 04 / 05

Tracked HRV against training load for a full block — pulled deload timing forward by 4 days on average.

Nutrition 05 / 05

Habit-stacked breakfasts. Same protein floor every morning. Whole strategy fell out of one repeatable meal.

Kind words

What people I've
trained with say.

Damian rebuilt my squat from scratch — no ego, no overhaul. The plan respected my schedule and the gains showed up by week six.

Mark V.
Founder · Almere
Feb 2026

Weekly check-ins kept me honest. The form video reviews are the part that made the difference for me.

Lotte H.
Online client · Utrecht
Jan 2026

He coaches the way a senior engineer reviews a PR — kind, specific, and you actually learn something.

Joris D.
Nutrition coaching · Software lead
Dec 2025
Book a free intake call

Tell me a
little about yourself.

The intake is a 20-minute conversation. We figure out what you actually need and whether I'm the right person for you.

20 minutes · video or phone
Free — pricing discussed only if we're a good fit
Reply within 48 hours, usually faster
Direct contact
hello@ddhfit.nl
What's this about?
Just an email — no list, no spam, I promise.
Ready when you are

Train with intent.
Start with a call.

20 minutes max. We figure out what you need.