Burnout & Stress Personal Trainer in Amsterdam

You're constantly “on.” Busy work, decisions, leading people, hitting deadlines. On paper everything runs, but you notice your energy is fading, your focus fragments, and in the evening you're not really present anymore. A regular gym often makes this worse: push harder, more stimuli, a workout that feels like yet another appointment in an already overcrowded calendar.

At SculptClub in the Jordaan, Joey works with a different approach: The Ascend Method — Inner Alignment System. For entrepreneurs and high performers who don't just want to get stronger, but want to be back in control of their own system.

Who is this approach for?

Entrepreneurs, executives, creative professionals and other high performers — men and women — who carry significant responsibility and notice their body giving in before their calendar does. Recognise any of these signals?

• Your mind doesn't switch off in the evening, sleep gets harder
• Workouts no longer give you the energy they used to — if anything, the opposite
• You train but lack focus, or push too hard and get injured
• You feel “wired but tired” — tense and exhausted at the same time
• You know rationally what to do but can't seem to do it anymore

What does a session look like?

A 60-minute session, fully tailored to your state and energy in that moment. No fixed programme you grind through — we start where you are right now and build from there.

1. Check-in.What's going on this week? How have you slept? Where is tension sitting in your body? This sets the tone of the session.
2. Mobility and breathwork.Targeted breathing and movement to regulate your nervous system and bring you back to focus — before we train, not after.
3. Strength training, tailored.Functional strength and mobility work, adjusted to what your body can handle today. No ego, no unnecessary stimuli — quality over volume.
4. Recovery and regulation. Breathing and regulation techniques to close the session with a calmer nervous system than you started with.
5. Mental cue. A small, specific prompt to take into your week. Self-inquiry, not homework.

You leave the studio with more energy than you came in with — not depleted, but regulated. That's the test.

What is The Ascend Method?

The Ascend Method is an integrated approach where physical training, breathwork and nervous-system regulation come together. Instead of just training the body, we optimise how your entire system functions — so you don't just get stronger, but also experience more calm, focus and control in daily life.

Central to the method is the SQ-ladder: a framework that maps where you currently function. Are you mostly in survival mode and tension? Is there already balance between work and life, but flow is missing? Or are you performing near the top but want to peak more sustainably? From your starting point, we determine where the focus of the journey lies.

The idea is to move from survival to flow — from constant thinking to feeling and being present in your body again. Not via meditation as a separate discipline, but via training where this is woven in.

“Wisdom isn't studied, it's embodied.” — Joey

Why this is different from regular personal training

Standard personal training rarely accounts for chronic stress, overload and mental pressure. The assumption: more training = more results. For high performers with an overloaded system, that's wrong. More stimulus on an already overloaded nervous system = more exhaustion, not more strength.

The Ascend Method works on your full system:

• You train without depleting yourself further
• You learn to actively regulate your stress level during and outside the session
• You build energy instead of losing it
• You develop physical and mental resilience — not one against the other

It's training for people who don't just want to get stronger, but to function better on every level.

Practicalities

Location:SculptClub at Egelantiersgracht 424 in the Jordaan, Amsterdam. Private studio — no reception, no crowds, no other clients at the same time. You receive the door code the evening before via WhatsApp.

Duration: 60 minutes per session.

Rate:on request. Joey works with a limited client base so each session gets the attention this approach requires — quality over volume.

Languages:Dutch & English.

Cancellation: always free. No subscription, no contract.

A free intro

The first step is a free intro session. We map together where you are on the SQ-ladder, what your goals are, and what a journey might look like. No obligations — you decide if it fits.

Book your intro via Joey's page or send a direct WhatsApp: +31 6 39 17 53 37.