Personal Trainer Singapore – Coach Jonathan Wong

Waiting For A Train To Halmstadt

After 16 hours of airplanes and airports and another 3 hours of train rides, I arrived in Halmstad, Sweden for Coach Charles Poliquin’s Sports Specific Training course. We will go through 5 days of program design, principles and application of stretching, strength training and periodization for maximum performance in sports.

Central Train Station At Malmo

We will learn the approach to take to bring a person from being weak and injured all the way to world class (if he or she has the potential to do so). Day one will be on all things in the shoulder and throwing sports. Day 2 will be all things related to jump training, and Day 3 will be all things related to spring training. Day 4 and 5 will be integration of all these ideas into a program.

On each day we will learn from Charles’ experiences. And the lessons are structured to teach the steps to bring a person from injured to Olympic level.

Sounds fun… oh yeah we will also be training 2 times per day… I just bought some protein powder here to help recovery. I think I will need it!

Veggies, Roast Beef, Smoked Salmon, Cheese - Trying to stay lean here!

Smoked Salmon For Dinner, No Fridge So Had To Eat It All!

I was thinking about this recently. Most of us have degrees/diplomas/certifications in many things. But when it comes to the true value of education, I find many people lacking.

The love for life long learning is WAY more important than the degrees we hold. Nothing wrong with having degrees! In fact many of my best friends have PhDs to their name. But don’t lose sight of the journey that gets us to the degree.

The education where correct habits and character are learnt is more important and ensures more success in life than the degree itself.

Same thing with fitness. Im proud of the clients who lose 17kg a month (he was very overweight or else this would not be safe!), jump 50cm more in their broad jump after training with us for a few months, lose inches in weeks and fix their posture and movement problems quickly with the right corrective exercises. In fact, with some of the acupressure and muscle stimulating techniques we use from Coach Charles Poliquin’s Instant Muscle Strengthening Techniques (PIMST), clients can gain 20 degrees or more of flexibility, or up to 50% more strength within a FEW SECONDS.

But those are “degrees” are simply a client’s short term results. Important yes, but not as important as the life and habits that they find. These they take with them forever and are worth way more than more chinups, a leaner waistline or a better broad jump.

I’m far more interested in education. The love for learning can be grown with the right coaching and the right environment. So can the love for making wise and healthy choices in life!

Check out our Curves & Core Fitness Bootcamp, our Personal Training, as well as our athletic training programs to get a life long piece of fitness education.