By Chris Lim “I’m getting old” “I’m starting to feel my age.” “I’m too old for that.” Sounds familiar? Look at this people who didn’t give up their health even over age 40. These people are like you and me, with career and family commitments. ...
Nutrition
February 19, 2012
Are you really too old to be healthy?
February 02, 2012
Food As Information
Would you agree that this is a pretty average Singaporean’s daily food intake? Breakfast: Bread with kaya, milo Morning snack: Biscuits from the office pantry or a curry puff from the store down stairs Lunch: Cai-Fan from the food court Afternoon snack: More pantry food ...
January 16, 2012
Here is How to be Younger, Healthier, and Leaner
By Tobias Kananggar In our gym, we preach a low-carb diet for our personal training and fitness bootcamp client. One of the reasons is because of insulin. Insulin, as much as we need it, causes our cells to be aging faster if the amount is ...
January 11, 2012
Carnitine – Underappreciated Key For Fat Loss
By Chris Lim First, what’s Carnitine? It’s a nutrient that is found in mostly red meat like beef or lamb. What does it do then? There’s no disagreement about what it does to the body. Carnitine is the “escort” for fat on its journey into ...
January 11, 2012
Why We Overeat According to David Kessler
By Melvyn Yeo Have you ever noticed the things that you tend to overeat and not overeat? As experienced by our personal training and fitness bootcamp clients, foods that people mostly overeat without a limit have the combinations of sugar, fats and salt. In comparison, ...
December 31, 2011
Biosignature In Singapore – Melvyn Yeo
By Melvin Yeo It had always been a dream of mine to complete the Biosignature modulation by Charles Poliquin, a renowned Olympic strength coach. With the chance to do it in Gold Coast this year, I immediately seized the opportunity to do it. I had ...
December 28, 2011
Know your body, Know your carb intake
“Should I eat a low or no carbohydrate diet? I heard it is good for controlling my blood sugar…” “Should I eat a high carbohydrate diet? I heard it is good for energy.” At my personal training gym in Singapore, I have have heard both ...
December 15, 2011
5 Great Gifts For Your Fit Friends
By: Coach Jon This Christmas season, I would like to share with you what fit people buy for each other. In fact, if somebody got my some of these gifts I would be very happy! Here are my top 5 gifts (under 70 dollars) that ...
December 05, 2011
Getting a Good Nights Sleep In Singapore
Sleep is critical to health, happiness and productivity. I don’t think any health professional would disagree with that! However “go and sleep more” doesn’t really work well for many people. From our client records, I would say that about 75 percent of our fitness bootcamp ...
December 05, 2011
Zinc And How It Can Help You
Because of the way food is grown in today’s world, and the poor food choices that many people make, there is a higher tendency for people to have deficiencies in micro-nutrients. It is therefore possible to be “well fed” yet, at the same time, malnourished. ...
