1989-1993
Master in Rehabilitation Sciences (magna cum laude)KULeuven
1993-1999
Doctor in Rehabilitation Sciences (specialization Exercise Physiology)Research on the prognostic value of exercise testing in patients with hypertension and heart failure
KULeuven, UZ Gasthuisberg, department of Cardiology
2000-2007
Supervision of exercise tests (half time)In patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, breast cancer, low back pain
KULeuven, UZ Gasthuisberg, department of Physical Medicine
2000-2006
7 x top-10 at the Belgian Championships Olympic distance triathlonSemi-professional triathlete
2006-present
Independent exercise physiologist, physical trainer and instructor (train the trainer)Back To B.A.S.I.C.S. In Sports
Exercise physiologist: specialized in lactate testing
Physical trainer: distance coaching (program design) of athletes in individual sports
- (trail)running (from 400m to 250K)
- triathlon, duathlon, swimming
- cycling & mountainbiking
- mountaineering, inline skating, badminton, canoe,...
Organisation of courses for coaches of athletes (trainers, physicians, physiotherapists)
- Lactate testing 1.0 (basic course)
- Lactate testing 2.0 (follow-up course)
- Program design (how to make a training scheme) (3 day course)
- All or nothing: the 50 shades of training intensity
2012-present
Responsible for the physical training of players of all levels and agesK. Stade Leuven T.C.
Author of the evidence-based book ‘Back to B.A.S.I.C.S. voor succesvol trainen’ (Academia Press, 2012, 175 p., in Dutch)
Development of the ‘ReMBLa-method’: a unique, ‘physio-logical’ method to determine lactate thresholds
Author of several scientific syllabi (in Dutch and English), a.o. ‘Lactate testing: an evidence-based and practical guide’ (2016, 80 p.)