TRX Suspension Trainer

TRXSingapore.com Join our TRX Facebook Fan Page here Click HERE for to see all TRX Suspension Training posts Just came back from TRX Train the Trainer course conducted by Fitness Anywhere’s Fitness director (and my mentor) Fraser Quelch, together with his master trainers Neil Mallinson and Dan McDonogh! It’s certainly an honour and privilege to be the first 2 Singaporeans to be trained... Read more...

Lose to Win Week 12 – The end of our Journey together – Thank You

Dear Friends, It’s been quite a ride hasn’t it? 3 months together.. As the overall in charge of all fitness workouts and operations for the Lose to win Fitness Bootcamp portion, I’d like to thank everyone involved in this excellent project.  Chief Trainers Zhywee and Faz- always working hard to get your team together to ensure the best for our clients…  on and off the training... Read more...

Lose to Win Week 10 and 11 – Motivation and Challenge

8 weeks BEFORE Fitness Bootcamp Day 1 (source: HPB) Dear Lose to Win Bootcampers, Friends, Teammate and Buddies, Well this is the second last week of our Lose to Win fitness bootcamp. It’s the final lap to assessment day, and in our books – the final lap to Your first day of leading to the second chapter of your fitness lifestyle. Two themes – Motivation and Challenge.. two important... Read more...

Lose To Win Week 6 – Assessment

My dearest Alpha and Bravo Bootcamp warriors, Well done! You’ve reached the halfway mark. In a couple of hours time, you’ll get to assess your fitness levels and BMI levels. The trainers are all super stoked (just like teachers / parents sending their kids for their prelims exams.. haha) and pretty impatient to find out your ‘results’. FYI, we’re more interested in the... Read more...

Lose To Win Week 5 – OUTSTANDING

If Raghu have been burning an average of 1000 calories every workout, So have YOU!!! OUTSTANDING Not Good, Not Excellent but Outstanding. That is what myself and the other Fitness Professionals from  see in EACH ONE OF YOU this week. It’s mid week through Week 5 and we’ve seen a lot of you putting in a lot of effort to RAISE YOUR STANDARD from Excellent to Outstanding by: Cutting... Read more...

Lose To Win Week 3 – Take Massive Action!

Bootcampers OEII…. Superb work! Your dedication to getting fit is truly inspiring and I have to say that most of you are shining stars – not only that you have a high level of motivation for yourself, but to cheer your teammate on, to nudge them a little further, to work and move together as a TEAM. Let’s now take it a notch higher and increase the tempo – let’s progress... Read more...

Lose To Win Week 2 – Integrity and Urgency

This post is dedicated to the participants of the The Lose To Win Challenge 2009, the Singapore version of ‘The Biggest Loser’ Dear Friends, Great Job this week! Intensity have been revved, there’s less talk and more action. We can see it in your eyes – You DO want to work hard and smart to achieve your fitness goals. I bet you can see it in the trainers too – how much... Read more...

Lose To Win Week 1 – Learning Mode

This post is dedicated to the participants of the The Lose To Win Challenge 2009, the Singapore version of ‘The Biggest Loser’ LOSE TO WIN CHALLENGE LEARNING MODE Wow! It’s been a great week with you guys. The Lose To Win Challenge is picking up speed and the trainers are excited and happy to see all 305 participants so enthusiastic about their exercise programme with us. Just a... Read more...

Inviting All Personal Trainers and Clients with Personal Trainers – Personal Fitness Training Facility at TeamFitnessGuru @ Ulu Pandan

Personal and Group Fitness Training Studio @ Ulu Pandan PROMOTION Open to personal trainers and clients with personal trainers. Only $48 per month for Client Only $48 per month for Personal Trainer Joining fee of $50 is waived during promotion period, so no joining fees for now. Rates are based on promotion and may increase in the future. To secure the low price of $48, sign up for the 3 month or... Read more...

Muscle soreness – how to reduce it?

Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness What is delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)? The muscle soreness that you’re feeling is called Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). It is a kind of  muscle pain (’good’ pain, not sharp pain) -  muscle soreness occurs 12-48 hours after exercise and sometimes later.  It happens usually at the beginning of a new an exercise program after a dramatic... Read more...

Is exercise really an effective means for weight loss? – Time don’t think so

Last Friday, an article appeared in Time magazine making statements that we believe run counter to fact and the public interest. The article claimed that exercise, contrary to the research with which we’re all familiar, is not an effective health tool, particularly as it pertains to weight loss. While an ACSM member and expert was consulted for the story, he agrees that his research and opinions... Read more...

Strength Training Guidelines (ACSM)

At Team Fitness Guru, our workouts that we prescribe to our clients are based on research based guidelines for a safe, effeective and efficient strength training protocol, which are provided by the fitness authority – the American College of Sports Medicine. Here’s some strength training recommendations that they made, 8 to 10 exercises for major muscles 1 set of each exercise 8 to 12... Read more...

Many exercise without raising metabolism

Too many people think that a normal 30 minute walk a day is enough to raise metabolism, I even see personal trainers not giving enough push to their clients during their workouts. Here’s a review of a research from the University of South Australia about exercise intensity and metabolism. ___________________________________________________________________ Many people believe that exercise controls... Read more...

Fitness Personal Trainer Certification – which one?

I have one of the best professions in the world – I help others change and improve their lives as a fitness personal trainer, teacher, lecturer and consultant here in Singapore. If you love fitness and want to pursue a job like this – you’d want to first get yourself certified by a reputable academic institution – one that provides you with the education that covers all aspect... Read more...

Prevent & get rid of side stitches

Side stitches are a pain, no pun intended. Side stitches, which is also known as exercise related transient abdominal pain (ETAP) is caused by stretching the ligaments which extend from the diaphragm to the internal organs, expecially the liver. The movement of running while you breathe in and out cause the ligaments to stretch. Check out the recommendations from Les Whitley (personal trainer) and... Read more...

How to gain weight at the right places

While most of those who attend our fitness bootcamp want to lose weight (fat), there are those who want to gain weight. Here’s Corey Ritter (Personal Trainer from Atlanta, USA) explaining some basic but powerful principles that you can start employing in your daily lives in order to gain weight. Copy and paste this into your notebook – these are the things you need to do to increase body... Read more...

How to choose a good Personal Trainer?

In most countries, there are no regulations for the personal training industry, ANYONE can be a personal trainer. As such, you need to be very careful in choosing one.  Having the wrong personal trainer can be dangerous (read: Permanent long term injuries).  My team and I have had new clients getting us as their trainers as the ones that they had were either not producing results or causing them... Read more...

Bootcamp your way to Fitness

Originally written for Women’s Weekly Magazine, December 2009. Bootcamp Your Way to Fitness. Written by Sharm. Q1. How long have you been running bootcamp classes? I’ve been running bootcamps since 1998. Back then, they were simply called ‘Outdoor Group Fitness Training’.  Essentially the workouts are similar – I employ both resistance, aerobic and anaerobic exercises in my workout... Read more...

Postural control

I’ve just finished presented a review paper on postural control at NTU – part of the presentation is about doing crunches effectively. Do allow me to share you with here. It is more effective doing crunches on a fitball than on a flat surface. While we can do regular crunches on flat surface, Garcia 2000 found that doing crunches on labile surfaces such as the fitball modifies the way... Read more...

How can exercise improve your mood?

Feeling down? We always hear/say that working out improves our mood – here’s some scientific stuff that you may want to know what working out does to you. 1) Makes you smarter! – Brain imaging studies show that exercise boosts activity in the brain’s frontal lobes and the hippocampus. Exercise keeps these brain-derived neurotrophic factor cells healthy in a way that even playing... Read more...

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