Nicknamed the Iron Man Chef, Heman Tan is Singapore’s celebrity chef whose life story has inspired many. From humble beginnings, Chef Heman struggled in primary school due to dyslexia and an infection that left him mostly deaf in his left ear. In secondary school, he fell into bad company and joined a gang, which led
-> Continue reading Running for Hope with Chef Heman Tan
The Bloomberg Square Mile Relay is back for its 7th edition and 25% of each team’s race fee goes straight to The Extra Mile charity programme, delivered by local partner SportCares. SportCares utilises the power of sport and physical activity to address social challenges in Singapore. Participating companies are also encouraged to select a cause
-> Continue reading Bloomberg Square Mile Relay 2019
Soak up the sun at the Singapore Sports Hub this 13 July 2019, from 10am to 8pm, during the inaugural summer-themed Sports Hub Community Play Day – Summer Sports Jam. Held at OCBC Square, the event will feature innovative workout activities for the whole family. Registration to all activities is mostly free and open to
-> Continue reading Summer Sports Jam at Singapore Sports Hub
Calling all running enthusiasts! This July, Hong Kong Tourism Board has invited Ultra Trail Champion Stone Tsang to Singapore to share some personal tips and training techniques. Hailed as one of the best trail runners in Asia, Stone is a two-time top 10 finisher of the Ultra Trail World Tour and the top Chinese finisher
-> Continue reading Workshop With Ultra Trail Champion
Whether you’re a seasoned yogi or a beginner, your yoga mat should be comfortable and easy to maintain. We spent one month talking to over a dozen yoga instructors and sweating, stretching, and savasana-ing it out in our offices, homes, and yoga studios to find the very best. How We Chose the Best Yoga Mat
-> Continue reading How to Choose a Yoga Mat
REVIVO Wellness Resort in Nusa Dua, Bali has partnered with GenePlanet to be the first wellness resort in the world to offer a unique wellness service and bespoke retreat based on your DNA. NutriFit is REVIVO’s preventative DNA testing service package which is also part of its personalised nutritional retreat. Based on the results of
-> Continue reading Get a Personalised Retreat in Bali with DNA Testing
As we can tell from the Special Olympics, sports can be actively engaged by individuals with impairments and that includes those who are visually impaired! While it is a challenge, it can be conquered with training, support and guidance. Get the change to meet and be inspired by the TEAM Singapore para-athletes at the Visually
-> Continue reading Visually Impaired Sports Awareness Carnival 2019
In times gone by, the exquisite sport of fencing and horseback riding used to be reserved only for nobility and members of royalty. Golf also had the reputation for being a rich man’s leisure activity that was elitist and reserved only for wealthy bankers in the upper echelons of high society who could afford the
-> Continue reading Traditionally Noble Sports to Try
Kenneth Lee is an Assistant Vice President in the DBS Corporate Development and Ecosystems team, where he looks after the bank’s Mergers & Acquisitions as well as Ecosystems partnerships. He joined DBS 7 years ago as a Graduate Associate and it was through a friend’s recommendation that he joined the bank’s corporate dragon boat team,
-> Continue reading From Injuries to Dragon Boat Captain
Meet Lim Xiaowei, a Relationship Manager for the SME Banking in DBS, and she loves outdoor activities. The 30-year-old started dragon boating back in her polytechnic days where her friend pulled her in to join, starting her journey with dragon boat racing and she is now the coach of DBS Asia Dragons ladies team as well
-> Continue reading Gaining Body Confidence Through Dragon Boating
Any traditional medicine doctor would tell you that the stomach is one of the most important parts of your body. The reason being, the stomach is the key to a healthy body. It has a connection with the other parts of the body. In Western medicine, a popular phrase is always used to describe the
-> Continue reading Managing Your Blood Sugar
The moment every athlete wants to avoid. POP! A muscle gives at the gym or on the track, leading to weeks of rehab. Sometimes it’s not even a single moment, but rather, countless hours of overuse that leads a muscle to strain or tear, these medicine balls has been proven to be ideal for faster
-> Continue reading Muscle Recovery: Essential to Your Next Workout
Asserting yourself at the workplace can a challenge, especially if you have colleagues who tend to be confident and domineering. Employees are under pressure to perform, to handle more, and to always be functioning at their best. In this competitive, dog-eat-dog working world, it might sometimes feel like you’re running a never-ending race, hoping that
-> Continue reading Unlocking Your Professional Potential
For a lot of us, finishing a workout at the gym usually means going through a prolonged process of showering, getting dressed, and getting home where we may or may not grab something to eat, depending on our mood. Regardless of whether you’re an athlete or just someone who’s trying to shape up a bit,
-> Continue reading 5 Key Post-Workout Nutrition Tips
How do you start your day? By hitting the snooze several times on your phone? Rolling over to check the influx of social media interactions on your phone? Or a nice big stretch, a deep breath and a smile? Starting your day off well sets the tone for the rest of the day. But it
-> Continue reading Daily Pilates Workouts to Do At Home
Most of us are aware of the importance of sleep, yet we hardly get the required number of z’s with our hectic schedules. Findings show that 7.5 to 8.5 hours is essential to circumvent feelings associated with sleep deprivation. Most people, however, seem to be getting a lot less sleep than in the past, which
-> Continue reading Is Sleeping in Workout Gear a Good Idea?
We all know that what you eat is important. But what about when you eat especially when you are on a workout routine? Apart from that, not fuelling up before you workout is like driving a car on empty. You won’t have enough energy to maximise your workout and will limit your ability to burn calories.
-> Continue reading What to Eat Before and After a Workout
You have been good with your exercise regime. You’re seeing the effects: weight loss and toned muscles. You pat yourself on the back and feel that you deserve a break. Or maybe you have suffered a bad injury and need time to recover. A day turns to a week, other priorities have taken over, you
-> Continue reading Your Body Without Exercise for a Month
Whether you are walking for fitness or weight loss, you should walk fast enough to achieve a fat-burning walking pace. Walking at a brisk pace is a moderate-intensity cardio exercise. But what exactly does it mean to walk briskly? The speed of a brisk pace is different for each person as it depends on your heart
-> Continue reading What Speed to Walk at to Burn Fats
Unable to wake up early in the morning? Are you skipping your plan to go for a jog? Making excuses not to workout because it is raining? The best news is you can now workout without having to get off from bed with our compilation of “lazy” workouts for you to do in bed at
-> Continue reading Exercises You Can Do In Bed
‘Tis the season to be giving and the Singapore Sports Hub is turning it into a celebration with family-friendly activities as well as charity runs so that participants can play and give! Held at the OCBC Square, the two-day event is a jolly time for the community to be entertained, engaged and to show support for
-> Continue reading Singapore Sports Hub Community Play Day
Christmas, New Year, followed closely by Lunar New Year. The festive period brings with it celebrations (and a hint of drama) with loved ones and, of course, indulgence. Not treating yourself to all that amazing festive food would be criminal and it would be bad advice. A better suggestion would be: don’t over-indulge. So here
-> Continue reading Tips on Keeping Healthy Over the Festive Period
We usually find ourselves hitting the gym to shed off a few kilos or get ourselves healthier. But did you know that regular exercise is one of the most effective ways to improve your mental health? Regular exercise directly affects the brain by increasing brain volumes in certain regions and fostering neural growth and connections.
-> Continue reading Exercise & Mood
We may think that we are far from reaching mindfulness in a busy world where we are constantly engaged in household chores, work and planning for the weekend. Are you noticing how you’re feeling right now? Did you get enough rest this morning or were you able to focus your thoughts on the present moment?
-> Continue reading Exercises that Promote Mindfulness
Hiking is one of those activities that with the right equipment bought based off of verified reviews can make the entire trip quite pleasant. Hiking provides you with an opportunity to get outdoors, take in beautiful sights and sounds, become one with nature, and really leave all that hustle and bustle, as well as the
-> Continue reading How to Prepare Physically and Mentally for a Long Distance Hike
You’ve had a particularly fruitful session at the gym, sweat pouring down the face, muscles pushed to their maximum. You feel good, full of energy, in fact, you’re on top of the world. The next day, however, you can barely lift your arms and your legs feel like jelly. It’s as if a steamroller has
-> Continue reading What You Need to Know About Muscle Soreness
Following the popularity of our Diet Fads article (thank you everyone!), we’ve decided to explore another trend over the years: crazy fitness fads. You remember those – they left you in awe when you first heard about them, but after months, when you didn’t see any results or realise that you had a weird muscle
-> Continue reading Fitness Fads that Left Us Laughing
Everybody needs a bit relaxation and a break from the stress of everyday life. Most Australians prefer to spend their free time in wellness retreats and spa centres. It helps them keep healthy, balanced, and fit. In cities such as Melbourne, there are a lot of great places for relaxation, both within the city centre
-> Continue reading Top Wellness Retreats in Melbourne
The world is moving at such a fast pace these days that it’s hard to keep up. There seems to be no time for things that we regard as trivial, such as focusing on ourselves and our needs – in other words, self-improvement. We are too busy keeping up with everyone else, staying busy and
-> Continue reading 10 Steps to Treat Yourself Better
You’ve found yourself a workout buddy and he or she could also be your life partner. The problem is your workout partner would rather lift a pint of ice cream than a set of dumbbells. Before you give up on him or her completely or nag them into action, try these tips to help spur them. After
-> Continue reading How to Nag Less and Be a More Supportive Workout Buddy
If there is a lot of walking or sitting in your life, you are bound to suffer from aching joints. Aching joints do not only affect senior people as people of all ages suffer from painful hip, knee and shoulder joints which is why most of the people who work in construction use detailed knee
-> Continue reading Ways To Relieve Aching Joints
Walking is one of the best forms of exercises. You don’t need a gym membership and walking is something that you do every day. Since it is part of your daily routine, you don’t think much of it but walking has a lot of effects on your body and health, especially if it’s at least
-> Continue reading Ways To Walk 10,000 Steps
Many of us tend to neglect the type of food we consume before or after exercise. Fuelling your body pre-workout enables you to adequately handle the physical stress of training. What and when you eat after exercise is equally as important. While the pre-exercise meal can ensure that adequate carbohydrate stores (known as glycogen) are
-> Continue reading How to Fuel Your Body For Exercise
Too lazy or the weather is not favourable to head to the gym? Not to worry, here is a compilation of simple workouts with Lucy that are both easy and efficient – at the comfort of your home. So you can now Netflix and burn instead of chill! Tricep Dip Tricep dips improve your upper
-> Continue reading At-Home Workouts When You are Feeling Lazy or Due to Bad Weather
Trying to kick start your fitness journey? This boot camp is a fantastic way to start losing fats and improve your overall fitness. Rapid-fire sequences of movements are designed to get you into shape while working out in a boot camp style. With its high energy exercises, it is guaranteed to target most of your
-> Continue reading HIIT Fitness Bootcamp in the Park (Mount Faber)
This class introduces students to the Aerial Yoga silk hammocks. You will explore a repertoire of poses. You will learn about breathing, mental focus, and safety measures used in Aerial Yoga class as well as becoming comfortable with being suspended off the ground and inversion. You will experience the peace, tranquillity, and exhilaration that aerial
-> Continue reading Aerial Silk Hatha
PILOXING® cardio fusion that incorporates cutting edge research and fitness techniques to burn maximum calories, build lean muscles, and increase stamina. The PILOXING® program uniquely blends the power, speed, and agility of boxing with exhilarating dance moves and targeted sculpting and flexibility of pilates. These techniques are supplemented by the use of weighted gloves, further
-> Continue reading Intense Piloxing Session
We advocate greater tranquillity in the outdoors. But we also preach ‘Silence is Golden ‘. SILENCE and OUTDOORS, not a match made in heaven, but they’ve made it down the aisle! Come witness the GOLDEN marriage between the 2 in this fully immersive Silent Yoga experience where we eliminate any external distractions, delivering only the music and
-> Continue reading Silent Yoga & Citylights – One Fullerton Heritage
Exercise aims to improve your health and wellbeing. Some benefits of exercise can be seen in minutes, while the rest takes months or even years. With so many names of various types of exercises, we give you the low down of some of the more popular ones and what their benefits are. Interval Training (aka
-> Continue reading Different Types of Exercise and Their Benefits
This yoga session is designed to make your children smile! Our event focuses on building a healthy lifestyle as a family, and exploring the creative minds of your child! The Kids Story Telling Yoga is designed for children of age 5 to 12 however, if you wish to participate, tickets are available for both parents
-> Continue reading Kids Story Telling Yoga
Living from your Heart – Kundalini Yoga & Meditation workshop There is a great Chinese Proverb that says, “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” How will your life be like if you begin living from your heart and do what felt best for you?
-> Continue reading Living From Your Heart – Kundalini Yoga
Stop, smell the roses, AND strengthen your muscles! Kai’s Boot Camp combines HIIT and Circuit training with the great outdoors to give you a motivational workout with real results. Alongside himself, a rotation of experienced trainers will guide you though this bloomin’ intense workout. This friendly class is perfect for bootcamp first-timers, fitness fanatics, and
-> Continue reading Botanical Battleground HIIT Bootcamp
HIIT barre, which combines the toning benefits of barre workouts with the cardio benefits of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) for one explosive workout. This quick routine will strengthen your entire body while getting your heart rate up. Develop long lean muscles while improving your flexibility and balance as we work with basic ballet moves. You’ll
-> Continue reading HIIT the Barre
Every self-proclaimed fitness guru will instantly know hundreds of tips for a speedy and painless recovery. And it’s because of those ‘gurus’ that people often have a hard time figuring out what tip actually works and how. Well, if you want to avoid those fake professionals, have a look at some of the tips that
-> Continue reading Workout Recovery Tips That Actually Work
Are you a soon-to-be Mum experiencing everyday discomfort and always worrying about what to eat to have a healthy loving child? Have no fear! End your worries with an incredible content from Ananda Marga! We wish for all expecting mothers to have a smooth and worry-free pregnancy while enjoying their time to the fullest! Here
-> Continue reading Yoga and Dietary Talk For Expecting Mums
The ASICS Relay celebrates movement through an inclusive marathon experience focused on the motivational strength of teamwork, bonding and unity instead of individual endurance to complete a race. Recognising the massive popularity of running in Asia, the ASICS Relay encourages all aspiring runners and fitness explorers from all walks of life to attempt their first
-> Continue reading Final Leg of ASICS Relay 2018 to be Held in Singapore
In partnership with Singapore Tourism Board, District 1 Yoga is excited to be part of Singapore Food Festival 2018 to bring back one of our iconic event, Beer Yoga & Citylights. This time, we will be pairing with Trouble Brewing to bring you SFF branded beers as a festival collectible! Stay tuned! BeerYoga is the
-> Continue reading Beer Yoga & Citylights (One Fullerton Heritage)
If you have been eating the same amount of food and exercising regularly but not losing the weight, there might be several reasons – you might be hitting an exercise plateau, have a medical condition or…you may not be sleeping well. We all know how important sleep is and sleep depravation can have serious issues
-> Continue reading Is the Lack of Sleep Making You Fat?
Muay Thai Boxing is a Muay Thai base class that is sure to make your heart rate skyrocket and cause you to engage multiple muscle groups, packing a calorie-burning punch and kicks in each session. Besides learning the basic skills of a Thai boxer that combines both cardio and resistant training. This high intensity interval
-> Continue reading Muay Thai Boxing – Full Body Workout
Do you find yourself having “no time” to stay healthy? “Tough” to find like-minded people who love a good sweat? “Too busy” to have a social life? Connect with others who appreciate the importance of staying healthy while pursuing our many ambitions. Get a run in; rotating partners during the HIIT session means you get
-> Continue reading SweatWork! Run X HIIT
