{"id":126179,"date":"2021-05-03T17:39:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T15:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=126179"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:21:50","slug":"dominique-van-deursen-squats-tens-of-pounds-next-to-the-dining-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/05\/03\/dominique-van-deursen-squats-tens-of-pounds-next-to-the-dining-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominique van Deursen squats tens of pounds next to the dining table"},"content":{"rendered":"

How are Erasmus University Rotterdam staff coping with the corona period? Are they taking up new hobbies? Taking part in pub quizzes on Zoom? Data scientist in the General Management Directorate, Dominique van Deursen (25), built a home gym so she can do her sport, powerlifting (not the same as weightlifting, ed.), in the living room. She previously won a silver medal at the World Student Championships and a bronze medal at the Dutch Championships.<\/p>\n

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It was a bit of a puzzle to work out how to fit the huge weights and accompanying home gym system in the living room a year ago. \u201cIt\u2019s really heavy,\u201d smiled Deursen from her living room, which is also her gym and office. \u201cFortunately, we were able to distribute the weight across three square metres by placing a sheet beneath it. We investigated in advance how much weight a floor can take in addition to a concrete bearing wall. This proved to be a thousand kilos per square metre. Our system\u2019s not that heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why her huge black system is now standing where her cabinet used to be, with the cabinet being relegated to the hall. A bench for bench presses, a rack on which the bar with weights can be placed and red weights are next to this. \u201cPrior to corona, we\u2019d talked about maybe setting up a shed for training at some point in the future when we have a bigger home. We didn\u2019t think it would fit here. But then corona came.\u201d You can do more under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\t

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