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Author: <span>Henk Kraaijenhof</span>
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Author: Henk Kraaijenhof

My name is Henk Kraaijenhof and I started this blog as a random collection of concepts, ideas, stories and events that are important or interesting to me in my work as an international performance consultant in a wide range of fields, and sometimes outside of my work. I will try to post a new entry every 3-4 days. Feel free to comment if you like.

Observing the World Championships Track and Field in Beijing.

By Henk Kraaijenhof September 3, 2015 September 3, 2015 itemprop="discussionURL"0

The World Championships are always a mixed batch of confirmations, fulfilled expectations and unexpected surprises. Let’s have a look: Usain Bolt (100m and 200m), Shelly- Ann Fraser (100m) and both Jamaica 4×100 m relay teams: …

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Recovery: back to basics.

By Henk Kraaijenhof August 22, 2015 August 25, 2015 itemprop="discussionURL"4

In many sports where athletes train hard (let’s say more than 5 training sessions a week), the speed of the recovery process might become a limiting factor in performance. In order to guarantee the next …

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Books, books, books …

By Henk Kraaijenhof August 19, 2015 August 19, 2015 itemprop="discussionURL"1

I have a bookmarker showing this great statement of the 16th century Dutch philosopher and writer Erasmus: “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food …

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Help, my sport is dying.

By Henk Kraaijenhof August 9, 2015 August 9, 2015 itemprop="discussionURL"4

Maybe I am a pessimist, but I strongly get the impression that track and field is in big trouble. “ The mother of all sports” is on the way out. I have spent 30 years …

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Fitness in the real world

By Henk Kraaijenhof July 29, 2015 July 29, 2015 itemprop="discussionURL"0

Last weekend I had the opportunity to lecture at the Perform Better Functional Training Seminar in Munich, Germany. The organization was great; German sense of perfection combined the open-mindedness and eagerness to learn, in a …

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Profiling component 5: neurotransmitters

By Henk Kraaijenhof July 15, 2015 July 15, 2015 itemprop="discussionURL"0

One of the important principles of Methodology of Training 2.0 is individualization, commonly known personalization as in “personalized medicine” or “personalized nutrition”. It means that any intervention (medical treatment, nutrition or in our case training …

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Helping the best to get better: SF operators

By Henk Kraaijenhof July 3, 2015 July 3, 2015 itemprop="discussionURL"0

Let me take you to a lesser known part of my work. I never fulfilled my duty in the Army, for the simple reason that I tore my Achilles tendon as an athlete. No one …

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Holidays …… finally!

By Henk Kraaijenhof June 25, 2015 June 25, 2015 itemprop="discussionURL"0

Let me bore you a little bit with my holidays, before I go back to work again. Some people think I never take a holiday, some people think my whole life is a holiday. The …

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Working in the triangle.

By Henk Kraaijenhof June 11, 2015 February 19, 2026 itemprop="discussionURL"1

It has been some time since my last post, this is not due to lack of information, more to the lack of time. I have been lecturing a lot, preparing the lectures, and have also …

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Dynamic programming or fluid periodisation

By Henk Kraaijenhof May 20, 2015 May 20, 2015 itemprop="discussionURL"4

Back in 2002 I was invited to give a presentation for the national Olympic coaches at our Olympic Coaches Platform. The title: Periodization: a fossil from the 21 century?     It was a critical …

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