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About

A bit more about me.

I’m Hanna. Swedish, a personal trainer and nutritionist, and also a content creator and copywriter. This is the longer version.

Hanna on a Stockholm rooftop

Origin

Örebro → Marbella → back → online.

I grew up just outside Örebro, a small city about three hours west of Stockholm. Swedish red-barn country. A lot of trees, a lot of weather, not much else. Movement arrived early: dance, then gymnastics, then, when I was old enough, the gym. What I remember most is liking the quiet of it. You show up, you lift, you go home, you’re stronger.

At twenty I got my personal-training licence in Marbella, through Bodyfight Sweden. It took eight months of anatomy, biomechanics, programming, rehab and nutrition. Not a weekend certification. The diploma is here if you want to read it.

Since then I’ve coached online for four years, mostly women between twenty and thirty-five, mostly Nordic and European, all at different starting places but almost all here for the same reason: they’ve tried every plan and quit every plan and they want to be done quitting.

Alongside the coaching I built a second career in marketing. I studied it, I worked at a Swedish media group, and I now run a parallel business creating UGC and managing social for brands I believe in, including Stronger, Celsius, ICIW, Peach Tights, Swedish Supplements among many others. The two jobs sound different but they answer the same question: how do you help someone actually do the thing, not just admire it?

Credentials

The proof, if you want it.

Eight months of study, an exam, a supervised practicum, and a diploma you can open and read. It covers anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, programming, injury rehab, and sales ethics. I don’t lead with the licence, but I don’t hide it either.

Bodyfight Sweden International Personal Training Licence issued to Hanna Ljungsten, 2021

What I believe about coaching

Five things I don’t really change my mind about.

  1. 01

    Consistency beats intensity.

    A method you can repeat for six months beats one you can survive for six weeks. I’d rather you lift three perfect times a week for a year than everything perfect for one Monday.

  2. 02

    The plan should fit your life, not the reverse.

    If a plan needs you to be on holiday, off travel, off your cycle, off your work week to work, it is not a plan. It is a fantasy.

  3. 03

    Food is not a morality system.

    There is no clean eating. There is no cheating. There is food that supports what you’re trying to do, food that doesn’t, and a lot of middle ground. That is where most of real life happens.

  4. 04

    Rest weeks are the method.

    Your hormones, your travel, your 60-hour weeks are inputs, not excuses. A good coach plans around them instead of pushing through them.

  5. 05

    Specificity is respect.

    A PDF pulled off a shelf is not coaching. If you’re paying for attention, attention is what the deliverable should look like.

Second career

The marketing side, and why it matters for coaching.

Alongside coaching, I run a UGC studio and social-media practice for Nordic wellness and lifestyle brands. I’ve written copy, edited video, and managed social for a long list of them. It matters because both jobs ask the same thing: how do you help someone actually do something, not just like the idea of it? If you want the B2B side of me, there’s a whole page for that.

See brand work
Swedish countryside golden hour
Koh Lanta sunset

Örebro, Sverige · Koh Lanta, Thailand · wherever next.

Two ways in. Pick the one that fits today.