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Since I was a teenager, I have visited gymnasiums regularly, first in France, then in Spain and in the United States. I have experienced the change in techniques and trends that the sports complexes have undergone in these past years as a member, client and physical trainer. Fitness activities are essential to participate in any sport, to keep the body in shape. I have developed the AtelTrainer Method, which is a fusion of the best training techniques from the east and the west… with its roots in the west.
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Rishikesh – India, August 2014, I did a training in Hatha Yoga and Meditation to improve my knowledge. I thank Yog Dahm Ashram team.
I thank my friend Ram Gupta, Director of the School of Meditation “School Shree Mahesh”, Rishikesh, India, for helping me to face my own physical limitations during our “one to one” intensive program and for improving my knowledge in the techniques of cleansing and Pranayama,…
I have been doing Tai Chi Yang for some years. It is perfect to compensate our fast paced lives. To flow at every level makes us more balanced and flexible.
Tai Chi helps to canalize our energies.
Practicing Tai Chi Yang I work out my opposite and explosives karate do katas… fast and slow… hard and soft…
When it can be practiced regularly, Tai Chi has numerous benefits. Even more if it is combined with other activities…
I have been doing Shotokan style karate since I turned 16. In 1987, I got my 1st Dan Black Belt. In 1988, I passed the exam to officially become a sport instructor – with a karate specialization. 1990/1991, I was a Karate Instructor in the SIT Campus, Vermont, USA.
I have participated in many competitions, organized both in France & Spain (Championnat de France à Montpellier, etc.) .
I routinely practice “Street Roller Skating & Fitness skating” which consists of skating long distances (20/30 km) at a controlled pace.
I have participated to in some amateur speed skating races. I participated for fun.
I have been playing tennis since I turned 16. In the 80s, I used to play tennis intensively.
I discovered this activity 15 years ago.
After having spent many hours kayaking with experts in calm and fast river waters, for fun, I organise open-kayak journeys for close friends in the Cabriel River. I have launched the Zen Rafting experience.
SPRING 1993: Trekking in “Cabriel” river gorge called “las Hoces del Cabriel”, Spain.
AUTUMN 1993: another outdoor adventure journey with some colleagues. We used to discover new wild sites and paths, practicing trekking, rappel and canyoning.
I started practicing rappel in France in 1989, with the same group with which I used to go mountain climbing, with the aim to master a technique with is indispensable for it.
Picture from october 1993, rappelling one cliff of “Hoces del Cabriel”. It was one of my numerous trainings to master this technique, focused on improving security level by using double and dynamic ropes 10Ø, and using a fast super 8 belay. …as maximum security measure to attend possible difficult and unstable descending, I fixed an independent 8Ø rope, using a self-locking brake descender device.
Oops… My helmet!!!
In 1980, my passion for mountain adventures began. A group of expert climbers taught me everything I needed to know to enjoy and respect mountains. I was the youngest of the group. We moved on the main Pyrenees tops: Mont Canigou, Puigmal, Carlitte, Costabonne, Aneto, Monte Perdido.
When I was 10 years old, I started to alpine skiing. Ski resorts frequented: Font Romeu (FR), Pyrénées 2000 (FR), Frankfort (Northern Michigan, U.S.), Stratton (Vermont, U.S.), Virgen de la Vega (Teruel), Pal-Arinsal (Andorra).
Cross-country skiing is an activity I really appreciate, so as soon as some snow falls, there I go with the skis I have hung in my office… However, in Valencia patience is a must!
WINTER 1991: crossing an arm of Michigan Lake, (Michigan, U.S.A.).
WINTER 1998: Enjoying a skiing journey at Pineta valley cross-country skiing resort, Pyrenees, Spain.
WINTER 2004: Enjoying a family cross-country journey at Les Chalets d’Iraty, Pays Basque, France.
In France, as a student, I used to play volleyball during school breaks.
Thanks to a friend of mine, a now retired PE teacher of the Lycée Français of Valencia, I participated as a deputy coach for the women’s junior volleyball team of the school in 2012/2013. I enjoyed the experience so much that there will surely be a volleyball court in the future AtelTrainer Training Center.
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