Ju-care

Hello, my name is Justien Grillet and I work as a personal trainer at Health Hub. Besides a qualification for this job, I also have a degree in physiotherapy and 10 years of elite sports experience in athletics, mainly sprinting/hurdles.

My love for this profession

As a young athlete, I was soon immersed in the world of coaching and strength training. All with the aim of making my body as strong as possible so I could perform well, and I loved it! But those performances were only possible when there were no injuries, which made injury prevention through physiotherapy assessments and functional tests very important. During this process, you really get to know your body as an athlete. You learn how you move and how to work on your running posture. But you also get to know your "weak" points, because not everyone has the same profile, which meant facing injuries too, and that was when it really became interesting to me. "What are my weak links?" "How can I link that to my running posture?" "How can I analyse that?" "How can I link that to my previous injuries?" And so on. Unfortunately, as an athlete, I ended up dealing with chronic injuries myself, which meant I practically lived in the exercise room of a physiotherapy practice. A difficult period in my life, but looking back, also a very educational one. I was able to observe many patients and their specific ways of moving, and it made me realise that everyone is really their own puzzle. Some puzzles require a little more patience than others or have a higher level of difficulty, but ultimately the puzzle can always be completed.

What I want to achieve through coaching

I want to help others put together their own puzzle. Because living healthily and starting strength training can sometimes feel very overwhelming these days. "Where do you start?" "What do you start with?" "Can my body handle strength training?" "Will I not overdo it?" "Do I also have to squat 100kg to run fast?" I want to help people find their own way, whatever their starting point. We put in 1 puzzle piece at a time. And I really enjoy doing this by combining my physiotherapy degree with specifically programmed strength training.