As all my personal training and fitness bootcamp clients know, my staff and I can’t stand NOT getting them results. And the MAIN factor that stops committed clients from getting results is toxicity.
That means that if you eat, sleep, exercise and have good habits and STILL don’t get great results, toxicity is probably what is stopping you.
If you are eating prata and cookies, then no detox, no exercise gadget and no personal trainer can help you.
The reason detox is important is that our environment is not as clean as it should be. We have plastics, heavy metals, allergenic food, pesticides, and it is estimated 80,000+ chemicals that are man made and which our body is not designed to handle.
The only effective way to detox plastics (and it helps all other stuff also) is through far infra red saunas. They are touted as “weight loss tools” because they burn up to 600 calories per hour… but I prefer exercise for that! We are using the saunas to get rid of bad stuff so that our bodies can function fully.
Toxins get in the way of our cells producing energy (they reduce the efficiency of mitochondria) – so we feel sluggish, our metabolism drops, the reactions in our body happen slower, we can’t lose weight, burn fat, or gain muscle mass – all because our cells are not as energetic as they should be.
I got only the best brand! “Heavenly Heat” – why? It got the most recommendations by natural medicine doctors and fellow coaches that I respect. It cost’s up to 10X the price of other brands or sauna options… but I think it’s an investment that my personal training, and fitness boot camp clients will appreciate. Nothing but the best stuff for them!
These saunas keep a relatively low temperature (40-50 deg C – instead of up to 100 deg C in regular saunas) so you don’t run out screaming after 5 mins…
It uses NO GLUE and NO LAMINATED WOOD – If you use glue or laminated wood, the toxins from their production will get into you while you sit in the heated enclosure. That is NOT what we want during a detox session.
It uses focused Far Infra Red (FIR) Heaters not “carbon” synthetic ones which spread the power out too much and dilutes the FIR output. This means you get a better heating, sweating and detox effect.
It has heaters targeting every part of your body ( there are 7 heaters for just 1 person).
Proper ventilation so the toxic air gets out properly and you don’t need to use the DOOR as a FAN
Glass door/windows – plastics are poison!
VERY IMPORTANT - I will provide each person a set of customized anti-oxidants, liver support and detoxification supplements to maximize their sauna time. Without these your body will not be able to effectively remove all the toxins that the sauna stirs up. (This is one of the key value added benefits of doing your detoxification here rather than anywhere else!)
I look forward to using this health and energy boosting method to get our clients even better results!
It is normal for customers to compare products before buying or signing up. That is totally the right thing to do. And one of the things they as me, is “what makes your Singapore fitness boot camp better than any of the others around?” What they are actually asking is “why should I join this one and not any of the many other options”.
Besides the quality of coaching and the positive environment, the key component of the science based training program itself that makes our weight loss and fat burning program so effective is that we have an emphasis on strength.
Yes we do circuits of various kinds, we do interval training of many varieties and we do teach nutrition and lifestyle habits that boost energy, improve sleep and even get our diabetic or cardiovascular health clients come off the drugs they have been using for years.
But we never neglect the ONLY physical attribute that improves all others.
STRENGTH
Strength improves flexiblity because your body is more comfortable moving to new ranges of motion when it knows it is strong enough to control itself in that extreme range.
Strength improves endurance because it improves efficiency and “ease” even when you are doing stuff like marathons or triathlons.
And strength improves fat burning because fat burning is about doing alot of work in as short a time as possible.
For a simple example, lets say I can lift a maximum of 100kg one time. Perhaps in 10 mins I could lift 50% of that 50kg 50 times. Thats 2500kg of total weight lifted.
But lets say I am strong enough to lift 200kg one time. 50% of that is 100kg! And if I lift that 50 times in 10 mins, that is 5000kg. Twice as much work done, that means more fat burned.
It’s not as “simple” as that of course and there are alot more things going on… but the idea is the same.
Get strong – And your fat burning workouts get more effective – You burn more fat, and lose weight from your fat stores faster.
And strength doesn’t mean “size” when we train for strength, it’s possible to do so without getting too “big”. Our female clients haven’t complained:)
Check out what a strong 48kg woman looks like. Certainly not “huge” or un-feminine by any means. Below is Marilou Dozois-Prevost of Canada, a lifter in the under 48kg category (hey that’s a weight many ladies want to be at!)
This is what a strong 48kg looks like
So everybody, being strong makes you more lean, more fit, more firm, more toned, and more of everything good. It also improves your bone density, and makes you have a stronger immune system… that’s why even though people come to bootcamps for weight loss, we incorporate strength training as well. That’s why I’m happy to say our boot camps for fat loss are held in a fully equipped gym where there is stuff to not only help you burn fat and lose unwanted weight, but also to get strong so that you can maximize your results and your potential.
Why do you exercise? Of course people tell me that they do it to look good, to stay healthy, to feel better, to fit into their clothes again, to show off to their old schoolmates at a reunion, to look good on their wedding day… true.
But when it comes down to it, each time you do a piece of exercise, it has to have a purpose.
Any exercise is better than watching TV all day… but you and I are both busy and don’t have time for sub-optimal training.
Each weight that you lift, each set of sprints that you do, each time you change workouts MUST HAVE A PURPOSE. I strongly discourage “random or buffet training” because if you train like that, you have NO CLUE if you are on your way to reaching your goals.
Are olympic lifts like the snatch and the clean good? Yes!
How about lifts like the squat, deadlift and presses? Yes!
Chinups? Yes!
Kettlebells… well sometimes:)
Sprints? Yes!
Alot of things are “good” but its like food… if you wanted to have a nice dessert you might choose ice cream, cakes, red bean soup, bananna pancakes, pies, or any number of yummy foods.
Each nice on its own… but when mixed together and put into a blender, you get a messy slop that is yucky.
So each time you choose an exercise – choose it for the muscles it trains.
Each time you choose a rep range – choose it for its training effect and total time under tension.
Each time you choose a rest interval – choose it depending if you want to develop power (rest longer) or capacity (rest shorter).
Each time you plan a series of workouts, they are designed to build on each other for maximum progress, not to be a “surprise” that varies so often that you have no chance to track and assess.
Each time you perform a rep – do it precisely and correctly, or else you have no idea if you are progressing!
I have had clients who claim to be able to do huge numbers of kipping chinups but their actual max chinup was very unimpressive. That makes them actaully weak… even though their skill at kipping seems to imply that they are good at chinups. They train properly for a few weeks and their max chinup goes through the roof…
Guess what? So does their kipping chinup:) It does not work the other way around.
A Rep is NOT a Rep unless it's done properly and consistently
Don’t worry, all these factors are taken into account in the Singapore’s best personal training programs as well as our fitness bootcamps. Your results are guaranteed because your progress is tracked, assessed and measured. There is no luck involved. Just results. Period.
Here are some of the wonderful ladies who joined our very first bootcamp term. They wanted to try out barbells which are not really part of the boocamp exercise program but they were so enthusiastic so Edwin and I decided to teach them!
No matter who it is, personal training clients, athletes, group training clients – Everybody needs to think about what they eat. I have had many guilty looks when I ask my clients what they had for lunch.
It takes time to wean yourself off bad foods.
I just read an interesting article in TIME magazine. About “Why we eat so much”. Sure to us in the fitness industry those things should be common sense but it was an interesting read with nice pictures of food.
The main point I took away form it is that food is mental. It is a habit. And to achieve great health and a great physique, you need to break the bad ones and build great new ones.
I always talk to my clients about the “rubber band” that is the 28 days it takes to build new habits. If you just do 1 week (which is how many “quick fix” solutions work”) you are just stretching the rubber band a bit but then it returns to normal and there are no long lasting effects.
When you push through and build great habits for 28 days or more, the rubber band is broken and you are free to live your improved life. That is what I work a lot with my clients on.
We teach habits not calorie counting.
“Eat a breakfast of meat and nuts, plus a few fish oil capsules” is a habit.
“Eat 30g of protein, 30g of healthy fats and less than 25g of carbohydrates” is a CHORE!
We want life long habits because nobody does chores for very long!
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