by coachjon on August 22, 2010
The Singapore health and fitness industry is (unfortunately) well known for scams, fakes and frauds in products and information. Unfortunately, much of this mis-information is passed along by well meaning people. But when it comes to your health, your fitness and your results, it can be hard to tell the truth from the fakes especially [...]
by coachjon on May 5, 2010
As people who are interested in maximizing our health and life, we have to beware of what I call the “online attitude”. That attitude is that we can get whatever we want for free. Download free music, movies and books. Take whatever you like, it is easy to get whatever you want. Besides the legal [...]
by coachjon on April 3, 2010
There is always the question asked ask by people who know that I own a personal training gym and fitness center. “I can’t make it to your gym, what should I do at home?” – Should I buy a TRX suspension trainer like I see at all the outdoor fitness bootcamps, how about kettlebells, how [...]
by coachjon on February 13, 2010
Although the quality of the coach who designs your personal training or weight loss fitness program is the top priority, I would admit that the quality of your fitness program design is influenced by the tools available to the coach. Imagine…If you only gave me a 5 kg dumbbell, I would run out of useful [...]
by coachjon on January 19, 2010
I have been away from home for 11 days! Every day is 10 hours of lectures and training. Specialized training for stressed people, ladies, children and how to heal back injuries. Coming up over the next 7 days – nutrition and detox, anatomy and power training Am doing my best every night in the hotel [...]
by coachjon on January 7, 2010
I will be away for more than 2 weeks starting tomorrow. I will be another set of 25-30 hour trips to the Rhode Island where the temperature is currently -2 to -8 deg C… I’m not even sure I have the right clothes for this! But its ok:) all for the love of knowledge. There [...]
by coachjon on August 3, 2009
Have you heard about these glyconutrients being sold in Singapore? Apparently they are great for your health and are so recent that few people even know about them! (The biblical saying “there is nothing new under the sun” comes to mind…”) The idea is that there are “essential sugars” that we all need for optimal [...]
by coachjon on July 23, 2009
I was very troubled to read this news report about the trend among young people in Singapore. They love to be thin, not just “not fat” but really really thin. There are problems with this. To get that thin you need to starve yourself. And the “method” of slimming these guys/gals use is not safe. [...]
by coachjon on June 24, 2009
Many of the clients who sign up for our personal training programs or athlete performance programs, want to do better in a marathon or triathlon. There is of course nothing wrong with that in itself. If you do these activities for personal satisfaction, or for a good cause. But really…long distance activity isn’t that hard [...]
by coachjon on May 25, 2009
There is a school of thought that says you should train to maximize difficulty without regard for techinque (let technique deprove as the workout progresses because it’s not as important as making things “hard”). I don’t believe this is optimal. Here is the logical and wise train of thought… The purpose of training in the [...]