Performance & Lifestyle

At KD Trainer, we firmly believe in the value of investing in a personal trainer. As a personal training company in Penang, we understand the numerous benefits of working with a dedicated fitness professional. While it may seem biased for us to advocate for the importance of personal trainers, our belief is grounded in the tangible results and transformations we witness every day. Take Edwin here, for example. He’s a manager in a bank that made an investment with us. If he thinks it’s a good buy-in, you should too! And we have also [...]

Even as personal trainers, I'm sure there is one thing we can all agree on: strength training is a fantastic approach to improving your health and staying in shape, regardless of your age or your fitness goals. And when it comes to being healthy into old age, strength training is particularly important. However, if you're like most women (and many men), you might be wondering why this kind of training is so beneficial. The truth is that resistance training—which involves doing activities like lifting weights and squats—has a number of benefits for people of all ages and abilities. So let's go [...]

Hey, let us first tell you that it is OK to have new years resolutions no matter what people say. It is a great way to kickstart what may be the year that you get to see the best version of yourself! So, in our opinion, YES you definitely should have a new years resolution but more importantly, you have to stick to it. We will be using cat memes this time because it is the year of the Tiger! Rawwmeeooww...   It's one more day to January 1st, and we're sure that you're feeling great about the new [...]

Most successful people will highly likely attribute their success to a regular exercise routine.   Tony Robbins - Trains every day with his personal trainer on building a capacity for sustained energy. Barack Obama - Runs three miles a day as a young man and to this day makes time for 45 minute workouts before assuming his duties. Gary Vaynerchuck - Hires 2 personal trainers that follow him around the world so he can train everyday. Oprah Winfrey - Does 4-5 times of strength training and 6 times of cardiovascular training per week. Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg, and Tim Cook [...]

How To Get Fit During The MCO   For the year 2020, we were blasted with many new acronyms - COVID, MCO, WFH and the list goes on. And if you're well aware of what's happening around the pandemic, you'll know it is more important than ever that we start taking care of our health and bodies. The data has shown that people with Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) are the biggest victims to this virus. Source: PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) & WHO (World Health Organization) Well, that's the bad news, but for the good news, all of them also [...]

7 Worst Fitness Advice You’ve Heard (That’s total B*LLSH*T!) “Follow this trick to lose 10kg in 2 weeks” ‘I read it on the internet so it must be true…’ Is it though?   We fitness professionals get our daily dose of laughter from reading the headlines of social media/WhatsApp health and fitness posts. It used to be from the cover of fitness magazines in the old days, how times have changed.  But something never changes - b*llsh*t fitness tips.  Realizing that people still fall for the same “too good to be true” advice - your run of the mill fitness influencer [...]

Eat Your Stress Goodbye - Stress Reducing Diet When you’re stressed out, the foods that you’re turning to are most likely going to be traditional ‘comfort’ foods – think big meals, tapaus , fast fatty foods, sweet foods, and "unhealthy drinks". Let’s face it – we’ve all found some comfort in a tasty meal and your favourite drink (usually sweet and savoury or alcoholic) when we’ve been stressed out or upset about something. There's nothing truly wrong about that but know that, this isn’t a good permanent solution. When you’re turning to unhealthy foods you can feel better temporarily, but in [...]

Exercises and strategies to tone your legs, thighs & hips!   Check out our best fat loss tips, used by KD Trainer’s most successful clients. And learn how to slim down your thighs, hips, and legs.   Let’s clear one thing up first: The idea of spot-reduction, or specifically losing fat from a certain body part, is a MYTH.  It is simply a fact that exercising a certain body part does NOT cause your body to bias fat burning on just that part.   That’s because fat loss happens only when you’re in a net negative energy balance, a.k.a calorie deficit. [...]