Personal Training @ Genesis Gym, Singapore :: 1 Year Later

It's been a year since I signed up with Genesis Gym for my personal training program and started my ongoing fitness journey. Yes, I actually stuck with it for a whole year!!

For those of you who have been following along, you'd probably remember how difficult some parts of the journey has been. There were a few downs, but a lot of highs too. Especially when I progressed in my fat loss, conquered my doubts or learnt a new exercise technique!

When I first started, my main focus was on weight loss. I hoped in losing weight I would get fitter, and be more energetic to keep up with our busy lifestyle and with Lil Pumpkin, who is only going to get bigger and faster too. And of course, let's be realistic, I wanted to look better too hahahah #typicalvainpot

With that in mind, I told Coach Jon {founder of Genesis Gym and the guy who I had my first consultation with} that I wanted to lose 10kg. He didn't agree or not, or even give me a timeline.. but he did tell me that to lose fat efficiently and to keep it off long-term, I had to build muscles too.

Fantastic. I'd love to be stronger and have some muscle definition in my body too!

1 year later.... I have not lost 10kg. Is that a total loss? Did the program not work for me? Did I not achieve my goal??

Not really. I still reckon that my personal training experience so far has been successful. You can see from my photos what an obvious physical change I had gone through!! Other than putting a B&W filter, adding some text and blurring some of my tattoos, I've not photoshopped my body and this is what I look like in real-life at this moment in time #whatyouseeiswhatyouget

When I first started, I was 62.2kg and had a body fat percentage of 32.12% and lean body mass of  42.22kg. One year later, I now weigh 58.7kg and have a body fat percentage of 17.01% and lean body mass of 48.72kg.

Honestly, my 1-year results could be better if I had really stuck to the nutrition plan but I'm such a weakling when it comes to delicious food and I had a very *ahem* goooooood break in Japan a week ago haha. I hit 16% body fat & 50kg lean body mass before I left for the holidays actually.

For the first time on my blog, I'm even going to show my frontal shots *shy*

It is kind of embarrassing to bare my fats and all on the internet but I'm pretty proud of what I've achieved and really want to show you how my body transformation went. I earned every bit of that fat loss and muscle gain with sweat, blood and tears.

Let me just say upfront too though that even when I had 32.2% fat, I still loved myself and my body.

It is precisely because I love myself and my body, I want to take better care of it by letting it get stronger, healthier and nourishing it with better food as much as I could.

The techniques and know-hows of which I've learnt through my personal training program, and the extra reading I've done because I was motivated from what I was being taught from my trainers.

It's not just a physical change, but a mental shift in perspective too. After a year of training and learning more about fitness, I'm not so obsessed mindful about losing weight or the number on the scales. I didn't lose 10kg and that is fine. I want to be strong, not skinny. I'm even more interested in getting fitter and getting a better body composition.

Anyway being fit doesn't have a deadline. It is about being fit for life. Healthy for life.

The next few months will be even more exciting as I set out to reach new strength targets, start regular Muay Thai training again & complete my Crossfit Level 1 Trainer course. Stay tuned and hope you'll be inspired to start your own fitness journey too, if you haven't yet.

Thank you to those that have been with me on mine and showered me with encouragement whenever I was down or feeling weak xox Happy Gym-versary to me and I'm gonna give myself a pat on the back for thriving in the gruelling, yet oh-so-rewarding fitness year I had!! ❤

P.S. I think some of you are wondering - is Genesis Gym or even personal training suitable for you? Well, if you are like me and need a little extra push from professionals to get you going, maybe! But really, I wouldn't know and if you'd like to find out, make an appointment for a consultation with them. Their personal training program worked for me but I know some folks who thought it wasn't suitable for them too.  

Have a look at my posts below to see what I've been going through the past few months. I can honestly say that I love the trainers {especially Jen, JJ & Brandon} for their patience, experience and generosity in sharing their strength-training and healthy-living knowledge with me. They never hard-sell any of their gym packages and their focus at the job is purely to help clients reach their fitness goals. 

If I didn't enjoy my time at the gym so much, I wouldn't be there so often and keep at it for so long, that's for sure haha.

Follow my Fitness Diary posts here or on Instagram {#AiFitnessDiary}.

One-on-On Personal Training Updates:

The Beginning - First 4 Months
Girls Can Pull-Up Too!
Finally, I Have Visible Abs! 
Holiday Workout - No Gym No Problem!  
Lessons learnt from Being Injured
New 2 Months Challenge   
2 Months Challenge Results - Lowest Body Fat Composition Ever! 

Genesis Gym Personal Training Updates:
The Beginning - Signing Up for Personal Training

Week 1 - Getting the Right Form for Fitness

Week 2 - The Right Trainer Matters

Week 3 - Keeping Fit Needs Brain & Brawns

Week 4 - Reality Check

Week 5 - New Workout Programs, New Challenges
Week 6 - Program Progress Report
Week 7 - Training with a Weak Back
Week 8 - Keep Calm & Gym On
Week 9 - Making Sense of Trap Lifts, TRX & Med Ball Slams

Week 10 - Workout Max Out
Week 11 - Rolling in the Deep
Week 12 - Program End Report
Week 13 - Start of Cycle 2
Weeks 14 to 16 - Slow & Steady
Weeks 17 to 20 - Milos Giant Sets
Weeks 21 to 24 - Cycle 2 Program End Report
Weeks 25 to 28 - German Volume Training & MetCon Workouts
Weeks 29 to 32 - What Doesn't Kill You
Weeks 33 to 36 -  Cycle 3 Program End Report
Personal Training - Results 1 Year Later

Wendler's 5/3/1 Program to Reach Strength Targets
15% Body Fat Target Reached!
Good Bye Genesis Gym

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored or paid post. All views expressed are my own.

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