MEET THE DH TEAM
Our Team
Getting results is what defines us.
Changing lives is what drives us.
Dan Hunter
CEO, Owner and founder, Coach
Spoken languages: English, French, Dutch
Bio
Basic:
- ACE – American Council on Exercise – Personal Trainer
- Precision Nutrition – Level 1
Specialisation Training:
- YPSI – Functional Anatomy
- YPSI – Biomechanics
- YPSI – Program Design
- Charles Poliquin – Advanced Program Design
- Ido Portal – Corset Course
- Ma Strength – Olympic Weightlifting
- Tom Hibbert – Strongman Training
- Charles Poliquin – Sports Specific Program Design
- KILO – Optimising Strength Ratios
- KILO – Long-term Periodisation
- Christian Thibaudeau – Principles of Strength Training
- Christian Thibaudeau – Hypertrophy Program Design
- Sebastian Oreb – Strength System Levels 1&2
- Christian Thibaudeau – Neurotyping
- Crossfit Level 1
Specialisation Nutrition and Lifestyle:
- Dr Bryan Walsh – Nutritional Biochemistry
- Dr Bryan Walsh – All about detoxification
- Dr Bryan Walsh – All about glucose
- Dr Bryan Walsh – Blood work interpretation
- Layne Norton – Prepping the stage athlete
- Dan Garner – Optimising Human Performance
- Charles Poliquin – Bioprint Modulation
Rehab:
- Dr Mark Scappaticci – Performance Taping and Fascial Abrasion
- Peter Lundgren – Soft Tissues Techniques
- The Ready State Movement and Mobility 101
Internships/Symposiums:
- Charles Poliquin – Ultimate Performance hosts
- Preston Green – 2 Day Training camp Florida Gators
- Ben Prentiss – 5 Day Internship
- 2 x SWIS symposium (Society of Weigh-training Injury Specialists)
- ISI symposium (Irish Strength Institute)
- 5Rings – The Athletic Genesis
- KILO – Sports Specific Training Camp
- YPSI – Internship
- 3 x DH Transformation Genesis
Zoe Little
General Manager Tervuren
Spoken languages: English
Bio
DRIES GROSSEN
Coach - Level 2
Spoken languages: English, Dutch
Bio
Dries is a certified Personal Trainer and has completed many different courses on training & nutrition with PCA, KILO, YPSI, CHFI, Precision Nutrition, Poliquin Group and more.
- 2024 │ Level 2 Coach │ KILO
- 2024 │ Hypertrophy Intensive │ KILO
- 2024 │ Fat Loss Intensive │ KILO
- 2024 │ Progressive Anatomical Adaptation Seminar │ KILO
- 2024 │ The Absolute Hypertrophy Course │ Thibarmy
- 2024 │ Online Training Methods Seminar │ Muscle Nerds
- 2024 │ Movement Analysis & Progressions │ KILO
- 2023 │ Exercise Execution │ PHP & DH
- 2023 │ Pre-Script Level 1 & 2 │ PS
- 2023 │ The Powerlifting Course │ Thibarmy
- 2023 │ Hypertrophy Cornerstone │ Thibarmy
- 2023 │ Performance Mechanics │ PS
- 2022 │ Poliquin Performance Specialist Level 1 & 2 │ PICP
- 2021 │ Sports Performance Specialist │ PCA
- 2021 │ Body Transformation Specialist │ PCA
- 2021 │ Biomechanics Specialist │ The Pinnacle Performance
- 2021 │ Strength Training Program Design & Periodization │ YPSI
- 2021 │ NASM PES & CES │ PCA
- 2020 │ Certified Conditioning Coach │ 8 Weeks Out
- 2020 │ DaruStrong Mentorship │ Phil Daru
- 2020 │ MMA Conditioning Coach │ MMACA
- 2020 │ Certified Online Trainer │ OTA
- 2020 │ Psychology of Competition │ Positive Performance
- 2020 │ Barefoot Training Specialist Level 1 │ EBFA
- 2020 │ Physical Trainer │ PCA
- 2019 │ Personal Trainer │ CVA
- 2023 │ Neurotyping 1 │ Thibarmy
- 2023 │ Gut Health │ IIN
- 2023 │ Orthomolecular Nutrition Module 3 & 4 │ BIOK
- 2022 │ Health Assessment Trilogy │ DH
- 2022 │ The Cell Blueprint │ Bryan Walsh
- 2022 │ Performance Nutrition Coach Level 2 & 3 │ CHFI
- 2021 │ BioLayne Nutrition Coach Level 1 │ CHFI
- 2021 │ Individualized Nutrition │ YPSI
- 2021 │ Integrative Health Profile Online Certification │ Poliquin Group
- 2020 │ Nutrition Level 1 │ PN
- 2023-2024 │ Tom Sheppard
- 2022 │ Dan Hunter
- 2022 │ Levi Earl
- 2021 │ Martijn Schaubroeck
MEHDI ZEGUENDI
Coach
Spoken languages: English, French, Dutch
Bio
An extremely positive individual, Mehdi is passionate about coaching and helping others achieve their full potential. He genuinely cares for his clients and works hard to help them reach their goals.
Mehdi understands what it takes to achieve a lifestyle transformation as he has also experienced this first hand and therefore is driven to inspire his clients and have a positive impact on their lives. Mehdi fully embraces the DH philosophy and now applies discipline, routine and dedication to his own trainings and nutrition.
Alongside his strength training, Mehdi is also very involved in the world of calisthenics and regularly attends and MCs at competitions.
We are delighted to have Mehdi in our DH Team.
Sam Karimi
Coach
Spoken languages: English, Persian
Bio
Tristan Baars
Coach
Spoken languages: English, Dutch, Spanish
Bio
- PCA certified Physical Trainer (EREPS level 3)
- PCA / NASM certified Personal Trainer (EREPS level 4)
- PCA Program Design PCA Lower Back Certification
- PCA Suspension Training
- PCA Combat level 1 (Boxing)
- DAN+ CPR/AED First Aid Certification
- DH Exercise Execution
- DH Nutrition for Body Composition
Agathe Collet
Physio - Coach
Spoken languages: English, French
Bio
Agathe is a graduate in Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation and also holds a Masters in Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation from UCLouvain. During her studies, Agathe had the opportunity to intern with amateur and professional (olympic) athletes and this confirmed her passion in sports physiotheraphy so she is currently also studying for a certification in Sports Physiotherapy.
Agathe has a varied sports background in sailing, pilates and teaching various group classes but more recently has focussed her attention on freestyle calisthenics and we are proud to announce she is the first woman to win the Belgian Freestyle Calisthenics Championship 2023.
Agathe fully embraces the DH holistic philosophy of strength training for injury prevention and is dedicated to helping people move more easily and regain confidence post injury or accident. She will be working closely with our coaches and understands the importance of a synergistic relationship between the two professions.
Léa Depagneux
Physio - Coach
Spoken languages: English, French
Bio
Léa is a graduate in Physiotherapy and also holds a Masters in Manual and Orthopedic Therapy. Her approach is very much based around encouraging physical movement whilst respecting the patient’s pain tolerance. Prior to specialising in physiotherapy, she also attended the University of Sport in Nice where she focussed on sports training.
Passionate about sport, Léa has a varied sporting background having spent 15 years as a synchronised swimmer before becoming actively involved in Street Workout competitions. She has competed in World Championships and became Vice World Champion in 2022.
We are delighted that Léa has joined our DH Team and that she is working as both a Physio and a Coach. With her background she has a deep understanding of how the body works and realises the importance of aligning physio and rehab therapy with strength training.
Léa mainly works at our Brussels location, W16.
- Uclouvain – Master in Manual Therapy
- Haute école Léonard de Vinci – Master in physiotherapy
- DH Health Assessment Trilogy – Skinfold Measurements & Interpretation
- DH Health Assessment Trilogy – Symptomatic Questionnaire Interpretation
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Université Nice – DEUG Staps
- Dan Hunter