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A place to share proper fitness and nutrition tips and knowledge. Don’t worry, they are all in layman terms for simple reading. Hope you can find something that benefits your health here!
20 Easy Meals To Meet Your Daily Protein Intake (Part 1)
Want to have your daily optimal protein intake? We have 20 high-protein meal ideas you can prepare anytime and possibly find in Singapore as well if you choose to eat out.
7 Exercise & Nutrition Tips When Fasting During Ramadan
The fasting month has begun and here are some simple tips you can follow if you wish to stay healthy and fit during Ramadan. Find out when is a good time and intensity to exercise during Ramadan, what foods to eat or avoid, and what to do if you are not hitting your goals.
3 Obstacles In Sustaining A New Fitness Lifestyle
As we all know, setting new goals and resolutions at the start of the year often results in us not achieving them. This is because suddenly switching up our routine can be hard to sustain. These are the top 3 obstacles most people face when adopting a new lifestyle, and here’s how you can overcome them.
How To Lose Weight While Improving Your Gut Health
Do you wish to have better gut health while being able to lose weight at the same time? With good microorganism composition and diversity living in our gut, you will have a stronger immune system, heart and brain health, improved mood, better sleep, effective digestion, and may even prevent some cancers and autoimmune diseases. Find out what are the 3 simple ways we can implement to improve our gut health.
The Full Collection: Discussions About Health & Fitness Topics
Home workouts and running outdoors have become a new norm during this circuit breaker. However, not everyone has adequate information to plan and execute their own workout routine effectively. Therefore, our live talk show, SFFseries, will be a reliable avenue for viewers to gain knowledge and learn practical habits which can be applied to their daily lives.
How To Plan Your Own Exercise Routine?
We have seen many people turning to the internet for workout videos and programmes, or simply heading to the park for a jog since the start of the circuit breaker. However, most people were unable to see any more improvements after exercising for a few weeks and have lost motivation. Here are 3 simple tips that can help you get back on track and give yourself a sense of empowerment by planning your own exercise routine!
Can We Still Exercise During Covid-19?
The answer is YES. Most of us are afraid of catching the virus and besides washing our hands regularly and practising good personal hygiene, boosting our immune system can also reduce our likeliness to fall sick. This includes resting well, eating a healthy diet (does not include packets of instant noodles and canned foods), and exercising regularly.
If you are not sick, there is no reason why you should stop exercising. Besides doing a home workout, here are some helpful tips to keep yourself safe when exercising in public/shared spaces.
Exercises You Can Do While Spring Cleaning
As much as we wish that we could have special powers to help us with spring cleaning, it might not be that bad. During this period, we are busy with preparations and may be pressed for time. Other than just removing dust and getting rid of clutter, we can think of it as clocking in an exercise session as well. Burn calories and tone your muscles while doing your chores. No need to wait till after Chinese New Year to start your fitness journey!
Run Injury-Free
In the past, running was necessary for survival. For many years our ancestors ran to hunt for food and escape from danger. Although our chances of survival now (thankfully) are not determined based on our running skills, we still run for plenty of reasons: health benefits, improve heart function, de-stress, catching the bus, and many more.
There’s no reason running will hurt us if we run correctly.
How To Differentiate A Good Trainer From A Great One?
Here comes the big question: How do I know if he/she is “The One”? Of course, I’m referring to Personal Trainers (PTs). There are hundreds of PTs in Singapore which makes it hard for us to choose from. Besides stating the obvious (trainer has to be qualified), how do you make sure that the trainer you are paying for is better than the rest?
How Piloxing Changed Nana's Life
We all feel uncomfortable when we step out of our comfort zone and try something new. However, this is also when we are far from our element and get to experience and learn the most. Remember that one time when you were pleasantly surprised by something you tried out and even found yourself liking it?
The same applies to trying out new fitness classes.
How Can We Avoid Poor And Excessive Eating During Social Gatherings
Sustaining a consistent diet and exercise plan can be a challenging task, especially when our work, personal commitments and lifestyle get in the way. Often I am asked by individuals trying to lose weight about the best way to eat at social gatherings. Are there any ways to prevent or minimise weight gain during a social gathering that serves abundant and decadent food? Here are five strategies that can help you manage your eating when you are next out with your colleagues, friends or family.
Exercise Equipment For Beginners
Just started your fitness journey but found the gym too intimidating? Don’t worry, you can begin with these equipment as you build up on both your fitness and confidence level. Read more to find out!
What Type Of Fitness Classes Are Best For You?
With a huge variety of fitness classes offered now, we are spoilt for choices. We know that it can be quite overwhelming to choose what type of classes to attend first or by which order is best for beginners. Using four popular fitness classes as an example, I am going to share with you how to categorize them and what will benefit you depending on your fitness goals and fitness level.
What Diet Works For You?
When we think about weight loss, the biggest question asked is which diet works best, and you’ll get a bunch of answers. Cut the carbs, go keto, gluten-free, eat the horn of a unicorn, mix this herb you’ve never heard of into your food, drink this miracle shake that will totally change you into a supermodel.
Let me tell you a tiny secret: Every commercial diet available in the market right now works. They all come with pictures stating results, and in most cases, the popular ones are real, actual results. But there are some factors you should look at before jumping on the bandwagon.
Home Workout Targeting All Your Major Muscles
Here are 5 beginner-friendly exercises you can do at home to build on the foundation movement and learn how to activate your major muscles (chest, legs, core, back). We will share with you what are the common “but I feel this muscle leh" and where are the places you are actually supposed to feel. Have you been doing your basics right?
5 Habits To Kickstart A Healthy Lifestyle
Learn 5 EASY TO IMPLEMENT habits into your daily routine to kick start a healthier lifestyle. It’s really not that hard if you are ready to do something about it!
Do We Really Need Personal Training?
Yes...and no. It all depends on the individual. The most common reason I hear from some who says no to personal training is that they can just go online and source for an exercise program easily. If so, have you ever wondered why you still spend that money to see a doctor and not just “go online and search”?
5 Reasons Why People Don't Work Out
Have you ever wondered why you could never maintain your workout lifestyle or what may be affecting you to not work out even though you know it’s important? We have listed 5 common excuses for not exercising and our solutions on how to overcome them.