by dailymuscle on March 12, 2010
As I was working with a client at one of the gyms in KL a couple of days ago, I bumped into another personal trainer (which doesn’t happen very often because there aren’t as many freelance trainers as you think!)
Today was different though - it was more than the feeling of just ‘bumping’ into another trainer, but this particular trainer happened to be someone I coached for a few classes a few months ago, and she then went on to complete her personal training preparation course, sit for her exams, and today, she’s out there working with a client as a certified personal trainer. [click to continue...]
by dailymuscle on February 22, 2010
Looking for that ’secret Taylor Lautner’ workout you can’t seem to find anywhere? Then you are at the right place.
I like observing ‘celebrity workouts’, and how people perceive them. Often, people tend to focus on the exact things their favourite celebrity did to get that Hollywood-approved physique - for example, how many reps did he/she do, how many sets, what time of the day did they work out - exactly what and how much did they eat, and so on. And we do that hoping that we too can look like our favourite celebrity.
I’m here to tell you that there ARE OTHER factors that come into play in your typical celebrity workout that we don’t realise, besides some celebs getting on performance enhancing drugs (come on… this is Hollywood - what did you think?).
To show you an example, today we’ll explore one of Hollywood’s latest physique phenomenon to hit the screen with an awesome transformation - Taylor Lautner, who took only a year between the first Twilight movie and it’s sequel ‘New Moon’ to go from scrawny to brawny.
Yes, you can pick your jaw up from the floor now. [click to continue...]
by dailymuscle on February 11, 2010
This blog post is more on a personal note, but nevertheless, something I’d like to share because I think it speaks volumes about what a Personal Trainer-Client relationship can be. So, if you’ve been dreading your workout sessions with your trainer at the gym… I’d like to enlighten you that there’s actually light at the end of the tunnel. Read on… :-) [click to continue...]
by dailymuscle on February 5, 2010
Often, I am asked about my experience and what it is like to be a Personal Trainer - especially when I’m someone who actually quit a well paying secure job in an IT company here in Malaysia to pursue doing something I love.
Today’s blog post is just some light reading that may give you a glimpse on some of the things I enjoy as a trainer/coach currently working with people from all walks of life. So here they are, in no particular order. [click to continue...]
by dailymuscle on December 9, 2009
If there’s one thing I learned at the Asia Fitness Convention, it’s that the human body has incredible potential, and most of us have great potential to really excel in a sport.
Push yourself hard enough in the area you are weak, and your body has no choice but to respond. (but push yourself stupidly and you’ll end up injuring yourself like a Biggest Loser Asia team member, but we’ll save that for another blog post). Terms like Maximum performance, speed, power, and evasiveness - it’s almost as if you were describing a 40 million dollar fighter jet… but nope, it’s our body that I’m talking about.
I guess I’ve learned how to appreciate the body in a whole new way - even the way we walk, balance, sit, jump, and run - the simple things we do everyday without a thought can be improved to create a super-efficient body if we only trained it to.
In the new Integrated Fitness Training(TM) Model introduced by the American Council on Exercise, much emphasis is now being placed on getting the basics right for an individual wanting to train to see results. Even if that person is an athlete, or just a recreational exerciser, it is now recommended that the trainer takes a look at the basics for a start, focusing on client Stability, Mobility, and building a good aerobic-base. Get these right and strong from the beginning, and we’ll be able to push our bodies harder and stronger without injuring ourselves easily.
The rationale behind this is that if one has not even trained our body to do the basics correctly, and to even just move correctly (especially for a new exerciser) - then what business do we have adding more load to the body and immediately progressing to heavy resistance training, which will only further reinforce any poor technique, postural imbalances, etc that one may have? [click to continue...]
