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Aljoša Ljubičić, born in Belgrade.
I graduated from the High School of Sports and Health and worked in the basketball club Partizan throughout my studies.
After college, I spent four years working as a physiotherapist, at Partizan. During that time, I also entered the youth categories of the Serbian national team. I participated in two World Championships and two European Championships, earning one gold and one silver medal.
For a year, I worked as a physiotherapist and trainer for the individual physical preparation of players in the Bahraini basketball club Manama, with which I won the national championship.
I spent nearly five years at Reform Fitness Center in Kuwait, working with recreational athletes. During the first two years, I worked as a trainer and physiotherapist, and in the last three years, I was also center manager.
Upon my return to Serbia, a colleague and I founded the "Pro Touch" center for rehabilitation and physical preparation.
I've been engaged fulltime in online training for the past three years.
My primary sources for education are Ben Patrick, Andrew Huberman, and Peter Attia, and I have completed courses in kinematic taping and Mulligan manual therapy.

As a coach, my greatest satisfaction comes from helping a client achieve their goals. Often, there's an issue when a client lacks a clear goal and expects me to find one for them. I believe that this would be counterproductive for someone who genuinely wants to take care of their body. I see myself as a guide, but the goal must be a personal one.

In 2015, I had my first recreational skier as a client. Like all the others, I asked him about his goal. He replied without hesitation: "I want to enjoy skiing even more, both on the slopes and off of them.” For me, this was a perfect answer.

I want to ski all day.
I don't want muscle soreness after each day on the slopes.
I don't want to fear getting injured.
I've had knee surgery once; I don't want it again.
I want more energy when I'm skiing.

As the number of clients and goals grew, so did my satisfaction.

Working with professional athletes made me realize that I'm not like them. I lack the discipline, I don't want to make as many sacrifices, and I don't like being forced into anything. I love life.

It's not that I didn't try to train like a professional. I used to train 5 or 6 times a week. I believed that I hadn't accomplished anything unless I spent at least two hours in the gym. This sometimes resulted in me being in great shape, but it also led to periods when I was out of shape because my "I love life" philosophy easily tipped the balance in the wrong direction.

I concluded that my biggest challenge was the difference between what I truly wanted and what I thought I should want. Phrases like "no pain, no gain" and "the only bad workout is the one that didn't happen" subtly infiltrated my subconscious. In my inner dialogues, I gradually accepted that my goal was never to be in top form. My goal is to be healthy, have strength, and look good.

I reduced my training from 5-6 sessions per week to 3. I made an agreement with myself to complete each workout in a manner that allowed me to shower and have an espresso in hand within 1:30 of starting. The results exceeded my expectations.

I took my first trip abroad without my parents when I was 9 years old. I went to a basketball tournament in Italy, and I stayed there with a local family. I encountered a new country and a different culture. That's when I fell in love with traveling. Over the years, my love for travel has only grown. France, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Latvia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia – these are some of the countries I've had the opportunity to explore. During my time in Asia, I had contact with cultures I barely knew existed. The same continued in the Middle East, where I spent a total of six years. I always strive to pick up something valuable and interesting from each culture. From Arabs, I learned the love of black tea with milk; from the Thais, meditation; and from the Cambodians, how precious solitude can be. In these processes, I discovered the concept of snowscape.

I love routines. Therefore, snowscapes have a healing effect on me. I enjoy hot tea on the terrace every morning, prefer to return from the slopes early and head to the spa while it's still quiet, and mountain breathworks are incomparable to the breathworks in the city. Snowscapes offer quality food and drinks, and I am a fan of both. Not to mention physical activity on the slopes – but I won't go into that now. Snowscapes, to me, are the perfect blend of solitude and company. Although I enjoy company, at least an hour spent in complete isolation recharges my batteries like nothing else. During snowscapes, I connect with myself.

Why do I say „snowscape“ instead of „skiing“? Skiing is fantastic on its own, but it's far from the only activity I do when I head to the mountains. It's still number one, but in time, I've started discovering other things I equally enjoy and find beneficial. That's why I decided to embrace the concept of „snowscape". Of course, in company, I also say „skiing“. No need to be pretentious. Those who want to explore the concept, will do so.