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Wellograph: The first Sapphire Crystal Wellness Watch

INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW, Las Vegas, January 5, 2015— Wellograph, the first sapphire crystal wellness watch, is pleased to announce the launch of their refreshed OS featuring all-new watch capabilities, the Wellograph 2.0 mobile app and new stylish colors and…

Exclusive Interview: An Honest Mistake – Darren Teh’s Fitness Journey

By night, Darren Teh is known as An Honest Mistake’s founder, guitarist, and vocalist – jumping about on stage with his guitar singing his heart out. By day, he’s an English lecturer at Lim Kok Wing University. Besides that, he…

It’s A Wrap : The Complete Guide to Wrist Wraps

Apart from looking fancy on the gym floor, fitness gear and accessories also have other important roles when it comes to showtime. The right pickings help you raise the bar (literally) in terms of both performance and appearance.  These include…

What Running Shoes Should I Buy?

When you think controversial issues, you would think of euthanasia, abortion, gay marriage, but, certainly not shoes. In the running world, shoes have caused such a stir, who would have thought that. The Barefoot debate has been an ongoing battle…

Crossfit Techniques for that V-Shaped Back

If you walk into any gym, you’ll see easily 80% of guys working out their chest or biceps. While these are definitely the “show muscles”, if you want to cut an impressive figure in a suit and tie, you’ll need…

Toning Your Glutes with Crossfit

Everyone wants a tighter, perkier butt, unfortunately your buttocks, or gluteus maximus, tends to be a very stubborn muscle when it comes to growth and development. It’s a large, strong muscle that’s used in a wide variety of daily activities including…

Exclusive Interview with Benjamin Goh from The Vanguard Strength & Conditioning

“ I used to be a complete introvert, reserved and rather much kept to myself. One day, my Coach suggested that I participate competitively at an event organized by the gym. I balked at the idea, strongly declaring that I…

Rocket-powered bicycle outrun Ferrari 430 Scuderia at 207 mph (333kmh)

Frenchmen Arnold Nearcher and François Gissy have developed and raced a rocket-powered bike that just broke a world speed record for the vehicle class, hitting a brisk 207MPH (333 km per hour). It’s not the fastest two-wheeler of any kind, but the…

Maximising Intensity in Crossfit – Drop Sets, Super Sets and More

Is your goal to become fitter, stronger and healthier, or to become leaner and more muscular? Well, this is something of a trick question – with Crossfit, you don’t have to choose. In terms of fitness goals, the cardiovascular and…

How to mentally and physically deal with injuries

If you are serious about fitness and exercise unfortunately, at some point, you are going to suffer an injury. Injuries are either acute which means that they come on suddenly and are usually caused by a specific trauma e.g. a…