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Habits Of Getting Really Lean

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by coachjon on April 29, 2010

When it comes to fat burning, and fat loss, there is always this “no man’s land” between “I’m not fat” and “I’m really lean and beautiful!”. For most men this happens at about 12-19% body fat, and for women between 18-25% or so. No doctor will complain that you are about to die of an [...]

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Singapore Gym & Health Questions Q&A

by coachjon on August 10, 2009

Here are a few questions that I was asked by our personal training and Singapore boot camp fitness clients last week. I hope these answers help you with your health, fitness, weight loss and fat loss goals too. What seafoods are ok and not…for example I love prawns and crabs ..are they ok as meal [...]

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Why Singapore Needs Fitness Coaches Not Internet Experts

by coachjon on April 1, 2009

If you go to any internet fitness, health or beauty forum you will see a multitude of different opinions on what program is best for your fat loss, weight loss, muscle building, or sports training goals. The majority of these posts are by 14 year olds with no training experience to speak of, and since [...]

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Crossfit Singapore – I did the “Fran” workout for fun

by coachjon on March 22, 2009

Crossfit is a pretty popular training system across the world. It’s not really so much a system in Singapore, but rather its done by individuals in their own training sessions. I tried the crossfit workout named “fran”. This workout is done as fast as possible: 1.    21 thrusters with 95lb weights (I used a 50kg [...]

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Singapore Fitness Instructor Explaints EPOC

by coachjon on March 10, 2009

Yesterday I got another bunch of emails asking me cardio questions and all the time I tell them that interval training is the best way to do it. This can come in any form. Swimming, sprinting, skipping rope, lifting weights etc… It is because of Excess Post Exercise Oxygen Consumtion (EPOC). This burns calories for [...]

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Singapore Fitness Instructor Teaches You To Push Through Discouragement

by coachjon on March 8, 2009

One of my clients was recently feeling “down”. She has been training with us for a month and has been pretty good sticking to a fat loss kind of nutrition lifestyle. The thing is… fat loss doesn’t happen in a straight line “1kg per week”. Most of the time it happens in stages. Not 150grams [...]

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Observations Of A Singapore Fitness Instructor

by coachjon on March 6, 2009

As a fitness instructor here in Singapore I always take a look at how Singapore residents behave so I can help them achieve their fat loss, weight loss and fitness goals better! Here are some my observations about the way us Singaporeans approach their health and exercise. We DO have the time – If only [...]

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