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October 14, 2009

Body and Soul’s “Feel Good Now”

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Thank you for joining us!
The Body and Soul team held an exclusive health event on 10th October which brought together health food specialists, a nutritionist, fitness specialists, a cooking demonstration, food samplings and fitness assessments – everything that you needed to get back on your fitness path. 

Our listeners renewed their understanding of healthy eating and fitness at the ONAKA Healing Kitchen, this was what our listeners learnt.

 

 

Health Talk: Life is Sweet Without Sugar

Nutritional Therapist Pooja Vig from the Nutrition Clinic helped our listeners figure out how sugar affects energy, cravings, weight and children’s behaviour and concentration. Understanding the role of the Glycemic Load of food and discovering how to design our diet using the right foods and supplements.

 

Cooking Demonstration: Healing Through Food

Healthy-food specialists from the ONAKA Healing Kitchen show our listeners how to prepare a simple yet delicious meal. We joined them in their Open Kitchen and said goodbye to oily and unhealthy preserved and processed options and savoured the goodness of whole and organic  ingredients. 

Fitness Analysis
Fitness specialists from Unleash Fitness Gym gave us an overall assessment of our weight, flexibility, strength and measurements. They showed us how to begin our fitness regimen the safe and effective way.

October 8, 2009

Feel Good Now!

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The Body and Soul team invites you to an exclusive health event which brings together health food specialists, a nutritionist, fitness specialists, a cooking demonstration, food samplings and fitness assessments – everything you need to get back on your fitness path. 

Renew your understanding of healthy eating and fitness. 

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Venue: ONAKA Healing Kitchen

8A Biopolis Grove, #01-17/18
Immunos @ The Biopolis
Date: 10 October 2009
Time: 10am to 12.30pm

Tickets: $20 per person
(incl light refreshments and goodie bag)
Call 6359 7314 to book now.
NB: There will be no refunds for bookings once confirmed

Click here for location map
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Health Talk: Life is Sweet Without Sugar

Nutritional Therapist Pooja Vig from the Nutrition Clinic helps you figure out why how sugar affects energy, cravings, weight and children’s behaviour and concentration. Understand the role of the Glycemic Load of food and discover how you can design your diet using the right foods and supplements.

 

Cooking Demonstration: Healing Through Food

Healthy-food specialists from the ONAKA Healing Kitchen show you how to prepare a simple yet delicious meal. Join them in their Open Kitchen and say goodbye to oily and unhealthy preserved and processed options and savour the goodness of whole and organic  ingredients. 

Fitness Analysis
Fitness specialists from Unleash Fitness Gym give you an overall assessment of your weight, flexibility, strength and measurements. They will show you how to begin your fitness regimen the safe and effective way.

 

 

WIN!

Two lucky participants will be chosen for an exclusive Fitness and Nutritional Programme (6 weeks) including

-         $200 gym pass and training session

-         6 week personal and phone consultations with a nutritional therapist to rework your diet and understanding of food.

 

At the end of the 6 week period, join Daniel and Janice on Body and Soul to tell us how it has given you the health boost you needed. 

 

http://www.938live.sg/Events/EDC090923-0000192/Body_and_Soul_s_Feel_Good_Now#

September 21, 2009

Skinny Legs = Heart Disease?

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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26025722-401,00.html

“People with thigh sizes below 24 in (or 60 cm), even after other factors like smoking and high cholesterol  were taken into account, showed higher levels of heart disease. It is thought that narrow thighs could be associated with too little muscle mass and this may help doctors identify at-risk patients.”

Luckily i have 25.5″ thighs. But i wonder which healthy woman will have 24″ thighs or bigger? Probably none. Something to ponder over…

August 31, 2009

Fitness Workshops @ Unleash Fitness Gym

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“This program is perfect for those who wish to learn on their own and go on a fitness program independently”

Unleash Fitness Gym at Horsecity is organizing weekly fitness seminars that covers all basic topics on fitness and training. 6 main workshop topics will be rotated every 7 weeks and on the 7th week a fresh topic will be introduced. Our premium level personal trainer will be conducting the workshop.

The 6 main topics include:

Lower body exercises

Upper body exercises

Arms, calves & trapezius exercises

Core training

Program design

Nutrition

Sample topics on 7th week include:

Olympic weightlifting

Programs for effective fat loss

Programs for effective muscle building

Nutritional supplementation

Injury prevention

Golf performance etc.

All exercises will be demonstrated with free weights such as dumbbells or barbells or just bodyweight. No fancy machines needed. This is important as you can replicate our workouts with only the basic equipment such as those in condo gyms.

After attending all the 6 core topics you can then graduate to train on our own, hence the name DIY Fitness! There is no other place where you can attend face to face workshops to learn the basics of how to perform exercises and design your own fitness program. Whatever your goals are, you will benefit from attending our whole series of workshops.

Each one hour long workshop pass costs only $20. Buy 5 passes and get one free. Each workshop is limited to 10 participants.

Unleash Fitness Address: 100 Turf Club Road #01-02K, Horsecity (before Turf City)

Stay tuned for more information on our website!

August 12, 2009

Unleash Fitness Gym Now Open!

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Dear friends, Unleash Fitness is finally in operation. Come visit us for a unique gym experience that is second to none. Set up in a stable that used to house horses just 3 months ago, we let you escape from the fast pace of modern life and settle into a more laid back and closer to nature environment that is perfect for a gym location.

At Unleash Fitness, we focus on using free weights, instead of machines, to help you achieve the best physique of your life. Coupled with a host of different training tools such as the slide board, sledge hammers, tire and many more, you will never have a boring workout again with us.

Sign up for a no obligation, 7 day free trial with us today!

Visit our website: Unleash Fitness Gym or call +65 64631401.

We hope to be able to serve you as our member in the near future.

July 26, 2009

How Easy It is to Go Off Your Diet

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A person is required to have a 3500 kcal deficit in their diet in a week  before he/she is able to see weight loss of 1lb. That translates to 500 kcal a day. To put that into perspective, you will need to cut out about 1.5 bowls of rice a day or add 1 hour of moderate intensity treadmill work to generate a 500 kcal deficit.

Now you go on a diet adding exercise and eating less rice. So far so good. However, you also add a medium sized packet of potato chips or some kind of junk food into your diet everyday. It is easy to eat that little snack and think that you’re still on track, simply because the snack is not very filling and is very tasty. You munch it up in less than 3 seconds. However, what you might not realise is that these sinful snacks are actually very dense in calories. For eg. a medium sized packet of potato chips can contain 400 kcals. Have something like that everyday and you have already blown the 500 kcal deficit you have set for yourself. On days when your friends come over and you have 2 snacks; now you’re on your way to packing on more fats, when all the time you think you’re on a ‘diet’.

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What is the take home message here? First, learn to read food labels. Look at the number of calories each snack contains and if you do need to snack, choose something with lower calories. In addition, you can have a ‘cheat/reward’ meal once in a while but make sure you don’t overdo it. So be strict with yourself all days of the week at all meals, except for 2 meals a week where you can have something you will not normally have, like an ice cream. That meal helps to keep you sane on a diet.

So, if you are not losing weight, try to take a closer look at what you are eating. A harmless cookie here and a tablespoon of ice cream there can slowly add up and eat up that deficit that you are aiming to work towards.

Happy dieting!

July 16, 2009

Win a One Year Gym Membership Worth $899 or 2 Half Year Memberships for 2 Persons Worth $998 | Unleash Fitness

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Simply log on to Unleash Fitness Facebook Fan Page, be a fan then post a picture that inspires you to build a better body on wall with the word ‘Enter Contest’. One lucky winner will walk away with a one year membership worth $899 / 2 half year memberships for 2 persons worth $998!

Hurry up! Contest ends 16/8/09

Visit Unleash Fitness Gym Website for more information about the gym.

July 12, 2009

Gym Review: Jurong West SSC ClubFITT Gym

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Today we’ll talk about Jurong West ClubFITT Gym which is pretty new and very spacious. It overlooks the swimming pool which provides a pretty good view. If you are into machines, they have a good variety of them and of good quality.  They have a really good piece of equipment which is the modified glute ham raise. Great for your glutes and hamstrings and it is not found at other SSC gyms I believe. Also they have a small ladies corner (see pic) so ladies will like it there. However, it can get very packed during peak hours. Common mistake again like with the other SSC gyms include having a squat rack instead of a power rack. I won’t comment on the users there as I myself seldom train there.

6/10 for this gym.

Address: 20 Jurong West St 93 (648965)
Contact No: 6515 5256
Operating Hours: 7.00 am - 10.00 pm (Mon/Wed/Fri), 8.30 am - 10.00 pm (Tue/Thu), 8.30 am - 8.00 pm (Sat), 9.00 am - 8.00 pm (Sun), 9.00 am - 5.00 pm (Public Holidays)
This gym has a floor area of 955.4 sqm.

July 4, 2009

Gym Review: Seng Kang ClubFITT Gym

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Sengkang gym is pretty new and the place is spacious. However, as with the other SSC gyms, this place can be quite packed during peak hours. There’s a decent number of good quality cardio machines, 2 free weight areas (one heavy one light) and one section full of machines.  The strength equipment are not bad but dumbbells can go heavier. The atmosphere there is pretty commercialised, just like all the other newer SSC gyms. Most of the crowd there are into health and fitness. Big bodybuilders are a rare sight. I’d like to note that the full time fitness instructor there is very friendly and approachable.

I’ll give this gym a 6/10 (the squat rack sucks. Get a power rack next time)

Address: 57 Anchorvale Road (544964)
Contact No: 6315 3577
Operating Hours: 7.00 am - 10.00 pm (Mon/Wed/Fri), 8.30 am - 10.00 pm (Tue/Thur), 8.30 am - 8.00 pm (Sat), 9.00 am - 8.00 pm (Sun), 9.00 am - 5.00 pm (Public Holidays)
This gym has a floor area of 355 sqm.

June 26, 2009

Gym Review: Bedok ClubFITT Gym

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Dear readers, I will be posting a series reviews of gyms around the island. Today, I’ll start off with the one I’m most familiar with: Bedok Gym. This is the place where I first started training and I am still training there on a regular basis.

Bedok gym doesn’t have the newest of equipment but people there are generally friendly and that alone provides a very comfortable environment to train in. What I think is lacking is perhaps a decline bench press, a seated calf raise and chest supported row (hint hint Bedok Fitness Centre Management). A prominent figure at Bedok gym is Uncle Pang Nai Seng. This veteran bodybuilder who competed in Mr. Universe in the 1960s now coaches at Bedok gym. His total dedication to bodybuilding and fitness can easily be seen as he spends most of his time at the gym providing quality advice to his disiciples.

The gym is generally quiet in the mornings and afternoons but can be quite packed at night. Most of the crowd there are into fitness and there are not many ‘hardcore’ bodybuilders.
I would give Bedok gym 7 out of 10 stars.

Address: 5 Bedok North St 2 (469645)

Contact: 6244 5387

Operating Hours:
Mon/Wed/Fri : 7.00am - 10.00pm
Tue/Thur : 8.30am - 10.00pm
Sat : 8.30am to 8.00pm
Sun : 9.00am - 8.00pm
Public holidays : 9.00am - 5.00pm

Bedok Gym has a floor area of 260.15m2

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