I can't say enough good things about Alison…read more For years I worked out in gyms and never lost any weight or gained any muscle. Then, I came across Alison's ad, hired her and have been working out with her since April of 2014. Since I had an old ankle injury, she designed a program just for me with this in mind until we could build up the strength in that ankle. Now I can do things I never could after my ankle injury 7 years ago! If that weren't enough, she helped me lose 10 kg. in just 4 months AND she makes exercising fun and although I've been athletic my whole life, I never enjoyed working out until now. She even got me addicted to lifting weights and doing weight bearing exercises. She designed an eating plan for me which changes periodically depending on my progress and she taught me to eat healthy when I thought I couldn't eat any healthier. Did I mention her supportive yet firm training style? all of this and a wonderful personality to boot. I look forward to spending time with her each and every week. She's really changed my life for the better.

From the owner: I am a holistic personal trainer. I specialise in lifestyle advice and fitness advice in order to…read morebring your body back to harmony and create a happier state of living. I focus on mobility, posture, strength as well as nutrition and change of daily habits to create a permanent change.

Terrific experience at UP so far. We just started shifting back to the gym after outdoor workouts…read more In 10 weeks I've lost about 10% body fat. But more importantly, I've been feeling good in my body again - more energetic, stronger, mobile, confident. The training team really looks after all the little details and you can literally see the improvement day by day. I've done lots of training programs previously and ended up with little results or injuries; the program at UP is a proven approach and it's awesome to see such rapid change. I never thought a six pack would be something I'd achieve but in fact its just a few weeks away!

From the owner: Hailed by Men's Fitness magazine as the 'world's leading personal trainers', Ultimate Performance…read more(U.P.) is not your standard Amsterdam personal training operation. We don't care about being your friend - that's a bonus, that's nice to have. Our trainers don't have hyphenated careers (i.e. actors-models-dancers-trainers), their sole focus is to help clients achieve results. They all work full-time for us and don't get involved in anything else that could distract them from their overarching goal of maximising the client's return on their investment of time and money. That's why our private gyms are just for our clients. We are not for everyone. We are only for those people who want to make a commitment to changing their bodies. We get results, plain and simple. In the land of the fitness gimmick, you may not believe all our sensational before-and-afters, in which case you'll have to believe in grand conspiracies because we've literally hundreds of photos and videos to choose from - all from people who train for three weeks or more.

It's almost summer in Amsterdam, so if you're looking for a fun way to work out- I recommend you…read moreget in on the Anna Mora studio action! They offer a wide range of classes to suit just about every fitness level, and I've seen some super zen yogis gracefully walking around the place and stretching out like it ain't no thing- it's truly a sight to behold. But what I'm most excited about here is the jumping fitness class. It's basically an hour of non-stop fun, made up of high intensity cardio that leaves you out of breath, sweating buckets but also smiling because it's just a little bit ridiculous! Tom the trainer is hilarious! His music choices are always fun and before you know it, the class is over and you've worked out hard without watching the clock (too much)! And for me it really works as there's a class on every day at a reasonable time after work (I'm looking at you crappy gyms and your 5pm schedule that no one I know can make it to..) and if you can manage to squeeze it in, reasonable hour sessions on the weekend too! Best of all, it's part of the OneFit network. So I got the chance to get in and try the class when I probably wouldn't have gotten to otherwise. I'll need to give some of the other classes a whirl and report back but, so far so good and it's the perfect kick start to the would be summer!