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 & hypertrophy nerd Almere · NL
Damian de Hoog
Damian de Hoog
How I can help

What are you looking for?
Here's where I come in.

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

In-person training

Train together, in the gym

  • 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

Online coaching

Train on your own, not 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

Nutrition & lifestyle

Eating, sleeping, the rest of it

  • 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 Military officer training 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, plus a stint in military officer training. Training has been the constant through all of it.

I come at training from the anatomy up. I read the exercise-science literature and think in terms of biomechanics: what a muscle actually does, and how to load it through its full range so it's trained properly, not just moved. Same lens whether we're building size or working around an injury. It's the engineer in me; I want to understand why something works before I trust it with your time.

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
45+
Sessions coached
3
Anatomy · biomechanics · sports science
Progress, my own numbers

Data,
not promises.

My own numbers, the same tracking I do for clients. Every morning weigh-in logged for 28 weeks. The grey dots are daily reality, parties included; the orange line is the trend. That’s the whole philosophy: watch the trend, not the scale.

The cut

Bodyweight, Jan → Jul 2026.

Steady cutPlateau & resetSecond push 95 kg 100 kg 105 kg 110 kg JanFebMarAprMayJunJul Party night, 8 beers Planned refeed Plateau. Reset & restart

Strength progression

+30.5 kg on bench in 10 months

Bench press

122.5 kg +30.5
92
97
105
115
120
122.5
SepNovJanMarMayJun

Hack squat

150 kg +60
90
100
110
120
130
150
SepNovJanMarMayJun

Weighted pull-ups

+20×13from BW×11
BW×11
BW×13
BW×15
+12×10
+15×12
+20×13
SepNovJanMarMayJun

Weighted dips

+20×12from BW×6
BW×6
BW×8
BW×10
BW×13
+10×12
+20×12
SepNovJanMarMayJun

Also climbing: Incline DB press 28 → 50 kg · Barbell row 60 → 87.5 kg · Skullcrushers 30 → 55 kg.

Kind words

What people I've
trained with say.

Damian heeft me in een fijne, ontspannen setting geleerd hoe ik alle spiergroepen veilig en effectief kan trainen op een manier die bij mij past. Daardoor train ik nu met meer zelfvertrouwen.

Lisa L.
Personal training · Almere
Jul 2026

Had sportschool angst, nu niet meer. Damian heeft mij enorm geholpen met mijn vorm zodat ik zelfverzekerd sport. Zeer dankbaar!

Samuel S.
Fysiek advies · Almere
Jul 2026

Na al jaren zelf getraind te hebben, was het heel prettig om samen met Damian te trainen. Je kunt aan alles merken dat Damian een passie heeft voor trainen, en de kleine subtiele aanpassingen in uitvoering maken een groot verschil. Heel veel gehad aan de sessies, de technieken pas ik nog steeds dagelijks toe!

Michel R.
Personal training · Haarlem
Jul 2026
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