Train With Wayne

Train With Wayne

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1:1 & Group Training in Singapore, Personalized.

10 years of training experience, over hundreds of

06/21/2026

If you want to copy your favourite influencers and wake up at 4am to go to the gym just to look hardcore, think again.

Are you sacrificing your sleep because of that?

Remember insufficient sleep = less gains. Our muscles dont actually grow during our workouts, but when we sleep. Chronic lack of sleep increases your cortisol levels and it affects your energy levels, your muscle growth and recovery.

Unless you are truly operating on a full day schedule and the only time you can get your workout in is at 4am, then by all means. But also remember, skipping a day of workout just to get sufficient sleep can actually be better for your gains long term. Details is in the nuance. Plan wisely.

06/17/2026

They say Uniqlo tshirt is Singapore men's national attire 🤷

Photos from Train With Wayne's post 06/16/2026



10 weeks apart,
and still going strong.
Not slowing down anytime soon.

Nothing extreme,
no pills no injections.
Just stacking good habits one at a time
to build something sustainable long term.

This is the result of great work ethics (from Deepak), accountability and professional guidance.

Swipe left to see the changes.

*This can be you too if you allow yourself the chance*

06/14/2026

Let's talk about alcohol consumption.

Heres a personal strategy that I use to keep in shape (and for my clients who drink) while having the occasional (heavy) drink nights.

Compensation strategy

1. If you know that you are having a big night of drinks, severely limit your calorie intake on the day itself. Example - eat only pure lean protein to keep your calories low like chicken breast, lean white fish (skip fatty fishes like salmon), lean pork, lean turkey etc.. you get the drift.

2. Calculate your daily protein requirements, take your bodyweight in kg x 1.78. Eg. 82kg x 1.78 = 150
150g of protein daily.

If your daily protein target is 150g of protein per day.
150g of protein x 4 = 600 calories.

You can use protein powder to achieve this as well
* Keep this number tight so u have more calories for your alcohol intake. If your daily maintenance calories are 2000, then 2000-600=1400.

You now have 1400 calories allowance for drinks. 1400 = 14 shots of hard liquor/2 bottles of wine/6-7 pints of beer.

3. I recommend doing this on the day of drinking itself, rather than compensate the next day. Always practice discipline first before 'reward'.

4. Remember this is just a compensation strategy and should not be used regularly, as alcohol affects your sleep and recovery. Alcohol is essentially empty calories (that does nothing to feed your body) and if you are serious about your fitness goals, you should ideally allocate all your calories to nutritious food. If you abuse this regularly, your fitness progress and gains will be negatively impacted. Use it for your occasional heavy drinking sessions.

5. It may be unrealistic for some people to avoid alcohol completely, so you can implement this strategy as part of a balanced routine that still allows you to include drinks in your routine.





06/11/2026

Having a training buddy can be a double-edged sword if your fitness routine depends solely on them. They show up, you get your workout. They don't, you miss it. That's one quick way to ensure your progress stays short-lived.

You should develop your own training routine regardless of whether your buddy shows up. If they do, great it's a bonus. If not, you do your own thing anyway. You take the driver's seat of your own success.

Alternatively, you can hire a trainer to accelerate your progress and shorten your learning curve. Hiring a trainer is always more beneficial for your progress than relying on a training buddy because:

1. They're being paid to show up so you have someone dependable to count on

2. They keep you accountable.

3. They tailor your workouts specifically to your needs and goals.

4. Especially for beginners, learning the fundamentals with proper technique ensures you don't injure yourself. Your friends can't guarantee that, especially if they're also beginners or just casual gym-goers.

That being said, I still enjoy training with friends every now and then to keep things fun but one thing's for sure: my success is not dependent on them. And it will never be.

06/09/2026

"If I want to lose weight, I can just eat less without working out???" ❌❌❌

If you diet without resistance training (aka building muscle)

1. You lose muscle along with fat. You become skinny fat, and you end up lighter but with a worse body composition.

2. Your metabolism drops. This makes maintaining the weight loss harder over time and makes fat regain easier once you stop dieting. Which is why you see people rebounding and gaining more weight than they lost if they didn't do it right.

3. Diet only gets you smaller. Diet + training get you leaner, stronger, and more functional and healthier. More muscle mass = longer lifespan.





06/06/2026

If you feel worse in your 30s than you did in your 20s, you are doing it wrong.

Build a routine and lifestyle that makes you feel younger, stronger, (and wiser of course) and you will wake up every day knowing you can only get better from here.

What do your weekends look like? Junk food, alcohol, mindless consumption? Or outdoors, movement, real food, and quality time that actually restores you?

đź’ˇBalance matters.

A good framework is the 80/20 Pareto principle -
On point 80% of the time, flexible 20% of the time.

But if you are not reaching your goals, heres why.

If you are consistent on weekdays and lose it on weekends, that's not 80/20.

Mon–Fri ✅ Sat–Sun ❌ = 70/30
Mon–Thu ✅ Fri–Sun ❌ = 60/40

06/03/2026

Less than 50% of PTs out there have visible abs.
Less than 10% of the regular gym goers have visible abs.

Here's why...

05/31/2026

Your grandmother ah ma machik nona babushka trying to give unsolicited diet advice but do you even lift ah ma? 🤷

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