Cowichan Valley · Canada-Wide
Build Better Health.
Start where you are.
Expert coaching backed by Olympic-level sport science — designed for everyday athletes who are serious about showing up.
MSc Exercise Physiology · CSEP Clinical Exercise Physiologist · Advanced Coaching Diploma
Who This Is For
If you want to work hard and build something lasting, you're in the right place.
2x4 Coaching works with people across the full spectrum of fitness — from first-timers picking up a barbell to masters athletes chasing podiums. What they have in common: they show up, they want to improve, and they want a coach who actually understands how the body works.
Getting Started
New to structured training or returning after a long break? You'll build real foundations, not just a workout routine.
Active & Ambitious
🇨🇦 Canada-WideAlready moving but want more — more strength, more consistency, more performance. Remote programs available across Canada.
Cowichan Valley Community
Live locally? In-person classes on Mt Tzouhalem and in the home studio. Walk, bike, or drive to your next workout.
Why 2x4
A 2x4 is the most fundamental building material there is.
Strong bodies, lasting health, and real fitness don't come from a single intense month or the latest program. They're built — carefully, consistently, over time. The same way a house is built: one solid piece at a time. That's what every program here is designed to do. Not to get you fit for summer. To build something that holds.
Programs
Move More. Feel Better. Live Longer.
In-Person · Remote · Cowichan Valley + Canada
Strength Training for Longevity
Build the strength that carries you through decades, not just seasons. Injury prevention as foundation, progressive loading as the path.
Remote · Canada-Wide · TrainingPeaks
Performance Coaching
Personalized endurance training plans built around your life, your sport, and your goals — with the accountability to actually stick to them.
In-Person · Cowichan Valley
Group Fitness
Outdoor HIIT, strength classes, and small-group training on Mt Tzouhalem and in the Cowichan Valley. Open to all fitness levels, 16+.
Lab Testing · Duncan, BC
VO2max Testing
The single strongest predictor of longevity, measured accurately. Know your number, understand your risk, and train with precision.
Lab Testing Available in Duncan, BC
Your VO2max is the strongest predictor of how long you'll live.
Not a smartwatch estimate. A real lab test, with a real debrief, and a real plan.
Why Trust the Science Here
Olympic-level sport science, applied to your goals.
Anneke has spent over a decade applying exercise physiology at the highest levels of sport. Every program at 2x4 Coaching is built on the same evidence-based principles — adapted for your body, your life, and your goals.
What People Are Building
Real people. Real results.
“Anneke provides a supportive yet challenging environment to improve fitness at any level! I love being outside during these workouts, in a fun group atmosphere.”
Kat
HIIT Participant
“My body has become stronger; I walk much faster up the hills, and I am not as tight anymore.”
Madalina
HIIT Participant
“I'm feeling much stronger doing tasks and chores around the house. Now my husband asks me for help when something is too heavy to lift!”
Lynda
HIIT Participant
🇨🇦 Not in the Cowichan Valley?
Strength training and performance coaching are available entirely online — across Canada.
Training tips from a sport physiologist who's actually been on the start line.
Evidence-based insights on strength, endurance, and building health for the long game. No fluff — just science you can train with.