Sports has always been part of who I am. I played football from the time I was a kid until I was 22, always pushing to get better, always wanting to make progress. But it wasn't just football. I remember the mountain bike rides with my dad and friends, the hours spent playing different sports. Being active was never something I had to force. It's the thing that always made me happy.

When I stopped playing football, I found a new outlet in functional strength training and running. In 2024, I ran my first marathon in Brussels. But the philosophy behind energia+ came during a trip to Barcelona in 2021.

I went for a morning run at the beach. The sun was out, people were everywhere, working out, running, starting their day by moving their bodies. I felt something that I'd felt my whole life but had never put into words. That energy you unlock when you move is unlike anything else. It's not just physical. It changes how you think, how you feel, how you show up for the rest of the day.

I decided I wanted to carry that with me. The next day, before flying back to Belgium, I got a tattoo on my left calf. The word energia, Spanish for energy, because Barcelona is where it clicked, and a + sign that wraps around my leg, for the positive energy that movement gives you.

energia+ is that tattoo turned into a brand. A community project and an athleticwear label built around one belief: that choosing an active way of living is the key to unlocking your energy. My ambition is to inspire people to make that choice, to move, to show up for themselves, and to discover what unlocks the energy inside them.