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Timon Dhaeze coaching a training session in the gym

I stood at 101 kg myself

It is a method I first built on myself, then grounded in evidence, and have since applied to dozens of people.

Ghent, Belgium · online

Where it started

In 2017 I lost my brother, F. The years after were the hardest of my life. I went through depression and eating disorders, and it took me a long time to find my way back.

That way back was slow. I lost more than 25 kilos on it, and I found out that training, nutrition, sleep and daily habits keep pushing on each other. Fix one and leave the rest, and it doesn't hold.

Somewhere during my history degree, health took over. I studied at Physical Coaching Academy and became a certified personal trainer (NASM, EREPS level 4) and nutrition coach, and I've kept digging deeper ever since. I'm a historian by training, so I went looking for the sources. I've read hundreds of scientific studies on health, so you don't have to. I have years of hands-on experience and hundreds of personal training hours behind me, and I've guided dozens of people to a lasting transformation.

Along the way I kept running into the same thing. The knowledge exists and most of it is free. What people miss is someone who connects it to their own life and keeps adjusting it. I can only do that personally for a small group at a time. So I built an app that does it for everyone else, on the same rules I use with my one-on-one clients.

My company, FD96 BV, is a tribute to my brother F., who was born in 1996.

Timon Dhaeze
Masterthesis UGent

The historian in the gym

I am Timon Dhaeze, High Performance Health Coach and certified personal trainer in Belgium, with a master's degree in history from Ghent University. I am a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, registered at EREPS level 4 and a BAPT Nutrition Coach. I lost more than 25 kilos myself and then built the system with which I've since guided dozens of people. I coach fully online, wherever you live, and train clients in the gym in Ghent.

I obtained my master's degree with distinction. I specialised in prostitution in late-19th-century Antwerp, and I still do historical research today. A historian in the gym is less strange than it sounds: in both fields you read patterns in raw data and separate what can be shown from what someone claims.

As a historian you learn to recognise patterns and to keep digging until you find the real cause. I apply the same method to your health.

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Historian, health coach & certified personal trainer & nutrition coach

A good coach needs more than enthusiasm. This is where I trained, what I am affiliated with and who I work with. Click through, it all checks out.

Master's in history Master's in historyGhent University · with distinction Specialised in prostitution in late-19th-century Antwerp. Five years of learning to weigh sources, recognise patterns and dig past the first answer.See my degree →

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Healthcare professionals

Healthcare professionals I work with

How I'm connected to each of them is stated with their name. Each of them agreed to be named here.

Dr Charlotte Capiau

General practitioner · Zwalm, Belgium

“His knowledge of anatomy is impressive. As a doctor I can confirm that his explanations are correct in substance and well founded, which gives a lot of confidence during the program.”

She trained with me as a personal training client. Her words come from her Google review of March 2026, translated from Dutch.

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Realignment

Manual therapy and sports massage · Wondelgem, Ghent, Belgium

Leung of Realignment treats me as my own therapist and we refer clients to each other. Realignment is also a client of my design and web work.

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Gizem Turan

Registered sports dietitian · Ghent, Belgium

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