Vitality and outdoor sport - Special events

In our special outdoor events we work with together with other fysiotherapists, yoga teachers, vitality coaches, food specialist etc.

Every guest teacher brings his/her own knowledge into the holiday and they’ll give several workshops, lessons or coaching sessions. Depanding on their income the week will be more about Vitality or Outdoor sports.

Also we organise special mountainbike or trail running events, in which we’ll take part on an official match, take special routes etc.

On this page we'll describe our special events. When scrolling down you'll find the ones who are later in the year.

A full week you are going to train on down hill mountain biking. And as a perfect final, you'll compete in an official Enduro March in November 2020 or april 2021.

Do you also love fast down hill tracks, single tracks and challenging routes? This mountain bike will offer all and is perfect for you!

4 days long you're going to train on your down hill capacity on different tracks. Technique, tactic, braveness and bike control wil be part of your training. After 4 days training we join you to the official Enduro event, zo you can "read" and practice on the game tracks. On the 6th day of your holiday you will compete in this event!

It's possible to rent a suitable, full suspension bike with us. But when you your own, just bring it along.

What is Enduro mountainbiking

Enduro can best be explained as a rally on bikes - a long event with long distances, with multiple timed sections against the clock. There are specific times to achieve each route, with liaisons to take between the routes.

Fases are meanly on gravity, the liaisons bring you to the top of the hill from where you race back to the timed sections. The duration of a section can vary enormously.

Enduro versus downhill?

Both disciplines are against the clock, and riders are divided with very small marges - even after an hour of total enduro racing time the top is just divided by seconds.
Both have to compete: under high pressure, flawless rides, at the limit of your own grip and control gets you the best results.

Most important differences between downhill and enduro?

The bikes: DH bike: racing machine only meant to go down hill + wheels can be changed during a race. Enduro-bike : made to go up as well as down hill, master in all, more robuust because it hast to last the whole event.
Raceformaat: Downhill-racers learning 1 track on their highest level of accuracy and have almost unlimited time for their perfect race. Enduro-racers will have 1 try for every section. In a maximum of 6 per day.
Endurance: Downhill-runs last only 3 to 5 minutes. An enduro race last 2 days, being on your bike the whole day. In this time you'll bike multiple section of 10 minute each, so the complete racing time is around a hour.

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Date and booking:

Date:Nov 2020 / April 2021

Price: € 550 including match ticket. excluding bike rent; - een full suspension mountainbike huren costs 45 euro a day

Group:: maximum 5 persons

Do you love mountain biking but this is to extreme for you? Look for our normal Mountainbike holiday .for more options

In this 6-day new year retreat all yoga lessons, daily hike or outdoor activities, a food workshop, a fire ceremony, 3 healthy meals a day and accommodation included.

During this retreat there will be more time for meditation and attention for a closing 2019 and starting 2020 in the yoga lessons, but also in the spare time. In the lessons/meditation and conversations we'll talk about questions like "what do you want to keep and what do you want to get rid of" This can be on mental but also on physical area. On new years eve we join each other on a fire ceremony in which we burn the things we want to leave behind. In this way we give them back to mother earth. By the end of the week we hoop you are more relaxed and focussed in the same way, so you can start your new year with more vitality.

Fire ceremony

The fire ceremony is used by many old tribes to be one with the hearth beat of mother earth again. It's a moment of reflexion, stillness with the fire as your ali to empower your wishes/intensions or turning point.

Outdoor and V/Fitaal is an unique cooperation between Van Dam outdoor and Femke Giebels (physiotherapist Fitaal, Drachten).

Like all of our outdoor and fitness holidays in Spain we'll offer you a mix of activities and relaxation. It's possible to explore your boundaries with a professional trainer. The groups are small (max 8 persons), so everyone gets the attention they deserve.

Unique cooperation with Femke Giebels (physiotherapist of Fitaal)

It doesn't matter if you are a regular, top or beginner sportsman. This outdoor and fitness holiday in Spain is ideal for you when you have questions about your physical/sport related issues, if you want to start with or increase your training intesitivity. Or when you like to have a professional to help you to move just a little farther.

Femke Giebels is an experienced, licened physiotherpiste and yin yoga teacher. She is working as a physioterapist for many years and knows a lot about the human body and how to help people that have insuries. She can also give advise about what is right for your body, because every body is different and needs special care. She believes the human body needs to move to be healthy, in which way is depending on your body.

Program

Yoga: Yoga is never an competition, so you can join our lessons on every level. Every body, every moment is different so listen to this and enjoy this lessons every day. The lessons in the morning is a Hatha style lesson and in the afternoon a restoring yin lesson given by Femke Giebels.
Food workshop: a workshop in which you look critical to your own eating habits. While talking about this together we hope you'll see your own strong moments and things you would might to work on. We hope you lean from each other. Afterwords we make a tapas meal, every team makes their own delicious tapa for the whole group.
Daily outdoor activity mountain biking, adventure race, survival run, trail running/hiking, power training, rock climbing etc. And all of this in the beautiful outdoor surrounding of Sierre de las Nieves. Every level can join this, because we will have more guides and choose the distance and peace that suites you.
Visit Ronda: Beautiful, cultural city of Andalusie. Enjoy this old city with al the history with all your sentences.
Personal sport advise: Personal advise about your sport or physical state.

Date and booking

April 2021
550 euro shared room (more price for a single room)
inclusive: 5 nights accommodation, 3 meals a day on location, daily yoga and outdoor activities, personal advise about sports related topics from a physiotherapist.

Jeannette Smelt van Beweegstudio Puur

Yoga teacher Jeannette Smelt, who lives the sportive and healthy live style, takes you to this outdoor retreat in the stunning environment of Andalusie, Spain. A moment away from your daily routine to find balans again! Bert and Grietje will invite you in there place in the middle of the natural surrounding of Sierra de las Nieves. Nature is still nature out here. Living, sporting, doing yoga and cooking TOGETHER makes this outdoor retreat unique. You'll find peace, energy and will return home inspired after a week.

Kind of yoga?

Jeannette will teach several yoga styles. In the morning a combination of Easy Flow Yoga and Power Yoga. And for the active people under us; come and join the "Run with Yoga" lessons. In this lessons you'll get to know breathing techniques that will benefit your running. Or join the outdoor activity which wil be different every day. In the evening will do relaxing Yin Yoga and after diner you can join us for a walk and/or meditation session.

More information about Jeannette and beweegstudio Puur you'll find here

Program

Yoga: Yoga is never an competition, so you can join our lessons on every level. Every body, every moment is different so listen to this and enjoy this lessons every day. The lessons are give by Jeannette from studio Puur.
Food workshop: a workshop in which you look critical to your own eating habits. While talking about this together we hope you'll see your own strong moments and things you would might to work on. We hope you lean from each other. Afterwords we make a tapas meal, every team makes their own delicious tapa for the whole group.
Daily outdoor activity mountain biking, adventure race, survival run, trail running/hiking, power training, rock climbing etc. And all of this in the beautiful outdoor surrounding of Sierre de las Nieves. Every level can join this, because we will have more guides and choose the distance and peace that suites you.
Visit Ronda: Beautiful, cultural city of Andalusie. Enjoy this old city with al the history with all your sentences. .