Gymless Fitness Revolution Blog

To most people, the concept of Environmental Fitness is something relatively new and unfamiliar. However, in its essence, it simply means: programming and structuring a fitness workout in your immediate environment: one that is ultimately familiar , convenient and accessible to you. And to most of us living here in Singapore, such an environment can be anything and anywhere : from our own homes to an outdoor park, from a nearby children's playground to even a public car park. Let's look in detail some of the more common locations for environmental fitness training, and the types of tools/props available in these environments that could be utilized for a great workout! A) Home Workouts ANY space in your home - sitting/dining area, bedroom, balcony, garage, backyard, etc - could be effectively and creatively used to give you an effective workout. Add to that: common-place furniture such as chairs , tables , stools , bed frames etc to every-day household fu...

Having had the privilege and honour to work with a large diversity of fitness clients throughout my 10-over years as a Fitness Coach and Personal Trainer in Singapore, I dare say I have encountered almost every conceivable fitness request out there (barring perhaps the most bizarre ones!!!). If I were to freely generalize, my clients may be grouped generally into 3 main categories: 1) Those who come to me for purely aesthetic reasons, 2) Those come to me for functional (practical) reasons, and 3) Those who come to me for a little of both. For those who seek out our fitness services for purely aesthetic reasons, are the individuals who are usually dissatisfied with how they look - their outward appearance and bodily-aesthetics - and are looking to transform themselves into a BETTER version of who they are now - usually into the  ideal figure or physique that they have in mind....

The recent Singapore school holiday period served up a great opportunity for me to practise what I always preach - in terms of fitness programming and working-out while traveling. Being a great believer in improvised fitness programming - training WHEREVER you are - (especially with regards to vacation travels or while on the roads), I certainly relished the opportunity to put into practice what I always share with my clients in my Travel Fitness Program  .... As it is, during the recent June holidays, as part of our "Bi-Annual Family Get-Away" ritual, my wife and I decided to bring the kids over to neighbouring Malaysia - Genting Highlands - for a cool retreat, away from the sweltering heat that had engulfed Singapore for the past few weeks. Aerial Overview Of Genting Highlands As Seen On A Post Card Though the trip was for less than a week, still I knew I had to get my travel workout routine p...

To most people, a flight of stairs is just THAT - an environmental object that can be used to take you from a lower point to a higher point, or vice versa. But to a fitness professional and a gym-less training advocate like myself, I like to see beyond the humble usefulness of stairs in our daily lives to something more extraordinary , to something that can be surprisingly and tremendously useful to the average man/woman who wants to lose weight , fight flab , increase speed or agility , or to simply improve overall fitness ! Stair-Training: A Great Form Of Fitness Workout Frankly, in my personal opinion, I think that stairs training has been greatly over-looked by the Singapore fitness community at large - even by us, the so-called gym-free brigade . Perhaps it 's due to the fact that stairs are such common place environmental objects that few if any, really pay much attention to them, much less even think of using them as a fitness training tool. ...