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Why a fresh start might be sabotaging your fitness progress

January 10 Health, Sports & Fitness

It’s very tempting to slam on the gas pedal whenever you start off a fitness regime. After all you’re fuelled with fresh enthusiasm and want to reach your goals the soonest possible. Only, after a few weeks, you find...

Playful training

November 28 Health, Sports & Fitness

Priya Kulasagaran checks out how trampolines can offer a fun yet high-energy workout at Jumping Fitness Malaysia Having been an adult for quite a number of years now, it is not often that I get the license to feel as fre...

Climbing over age barriers

August 8 Health, Seniors, Sports & Fitness

As the oldest woman to scale Mount Kinabalu, Madam Chee Moy Chun speaks to Priya Kulasagaran about how to keep fit and healthy well into your 80s. “People just don’t want to listen to me when I tell them to move arou...

HSC Medical Centre becomes country’s first mobile health centre

Fitbit Introduces the Alta HR fitness wristband

May 18 Health, Sports & Fitness, Technology

Fitbit Introduces the Alta HR fitness wristband Fitbit has introduced Fitbit Alta HR and new advances in sleep tracking, giving you actionable insights and guidance in the Fitbit app to make more informed decisions about...

Goal getter

March 16 Health, Sports & Fitness

It takes some planning to achieve a goal and this also applies to our fitness, diet and lifestyle. Here’s how you can match your workout to your fitness goals to increase your chances of achieving them. Being healthy i...

7 Fitness Rules to Break

July 13 Health, Sports & Fitness

You’ve probably heard the saying, ‘rules are meant to be broken.’ Well, it definitely to fitness ‘rules’ that masquerade as facts! “Women shouldn’t lift weights or they’ll become manly”, “Protein powd...

Top 8 Fitness Trends of 2016

April 5 Health, Sports & Fitness

Aching to be on top of this year’s fitness trends? Here are the latest routines that could help you reach your fitness goals. The benefits of living a fit and healthy life are widely known which may explain why gyms ar...

Hottest Fitness Trends

August 19 Featured Stories, Sports & Fitness

The Latest and Most Popular Fitness Classes and Devices As with most things in life, monotony leads to boredom. The same goes for exercise and fitness routines. If you keep doing the same old thing, you may...

The (Surprising!) Benefits of Exercise

August 19 Bodywise, Featured Stories, Sports & Fitness

Going Beyond Tipping the Scales Right before dawn, when most people are still sleeping soundly, Carol Wee awakes. In the stillness of her home, she starts her day by unrolling her exercise mat, and works ou...

Exercise in Disguise

June 10 Health, Sports & Fitness

By Edeline Anne Goh The Zumba® Story The story of how Alberto “Beto” Perez, discovered Zumba® Fitness could be a happy accident or pure luck. Either way, Zumba® Fitness has turned countless couch potatoes into fit...