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What is The Edit, Catalyst's blog

The Edit is Catalyst Performance's editorial publication, a series of evidence-anchored essays on healthspan, longevity, and serious training. Founder Insights are written by Catalyst's co-founders. Health-cluster posts are clinically reviewed where appropriate, with medical content carrying a Reviewed-by line citing Dr Luqman, Catalyst's medical co-founder. The Edit is published from the Catalyst Performance studio at Manulife Tower, Singapore CBD.

A Catalyst coach records a client's balance test on a tablet in the studio, CBD towers through the window
8 min

Your Body Scan Data Is Yours: Why Open APIs Beat Gated Access

Device makers that gate customer data behind partner programmes and calls are archaic. Open, rate-limited APIs protect servers and respect the owner.

By Bervin Manoharan

An empty personal training studio in Singapore's CBD, with power racks and loaded barbells in low light
7 min

Best Gym in Singapore CBD: How to Choose, and When to Go

The best gym in Singapore's CBD depends on how you train. Three gym types compared, plus our own session data on the hours the CBD actually trains.

By Bervin Manoharan

Measuring the waist with a tape measure
12 min

Waist-to-Height Ratio: What a Healthy Number Looks Like at Every Age

Waist-to-height ratio explained: how to measure it properly, why it screens cardiometabolic risk better than BMI, what the 0.5 rule means, and the bands that matter at every age.

By Bervin Manoharan

Couple training together at a private Singapore studio
11 min

Couples Personal Training in Singapore: How Shared Sessions Work

Couples personal training in Singapore explained: how 2:1 coached sessions run, what they cost against solo training, when sharing a trainer works brilliantly, and when it quietly fails.

By Bervin Manoharan

Woman training on the cable machine with a coach's guidance at a Singapore studio
14 min

Prenatal Exercise: Yoga, Pilates or Strength, and What Each Trimester Needs

Prenatal yoga, Pilates or strength training? What the ACOG and Canadian guidelines actually recommend, what each modality contributes, and how the mix should shift across the three trimesters.

By Bervin Manoharan

Coach guiding a supported row exercise with hands-on cues at a Singapore studio
13 min

Clinical Pilates or Strength Training for Back Pain After 40?

Clinical Pilates or strength training for back pain after 40? What the Cochrane reviews and network meta-analysis actually show, which to start with for your situation, and how the two combine.

By Bervin Manoharan

Two runners training together along the Singapore waterfront
12 min

Best 5km and 10km Runs in Singapore: A First-Timer's Race Picker

The best 5km and 10km runs in Singapore for first-timers, picked by what actually matters: course, start time, atmosphere and cut-offs, plus an honest couch-to-start-line timeline for each distance.

By Bervin Manoharan

Kai Han, a Catalyst Performance coach, at a HYROX race in Catalyst kit
11 min

HYROX Stations Explained: Weights and a Podium Coach's Tip for Each

All eight HYROX stations in race order, with the official 2026/27 weights for every division, what each station asks of your body, and one tip for each from Elly, our coach with over 20 HYROX podiums and a double win at HYROX Mumbai.

By Bervin Manoharan

Runners of mixed ages training together in Singapore
14 min

How Fit Am I for My Age? Honest Benchmarks by Decade

How fit am I for my age? The benchmarks that actually answer it, decade by decade: VO2 max norms, grip strength, waist-to-height ratio, heart rate recovery and simple strength tests you can run this weekend.

By Bervin Manoharan

Person standing on a body composition scale during a measurement
14 min

How to Read Your InBody Result Sheet

Your InBody scan printout, decoded number by number: skeletal muscle mass, body fat percentage, visceral fat level, segmental analysis, the figures worth tracking and the ones safe to ignore.

By Bervin Manoharan

Spinal imaging films on a lightbox
10 min

DEXA Scan Price in Singapore: Cost, Who Needs One, Where to Go

A private DEXA scan in Singapore costs about SGD 142 for bone density and about SGD 131 to SGD 370 for body composition, with GST. Here is what the scan measures, who genuinely needs one, where it is offered, and when a simpler test is enough.

By Bervin Manoharan

Coach giving hands-on cues during a seated row at a Singapore training studio
10 min

Strength and Conditioning Coach vs Personal Trainer: Which Do You Need in Singapore?

Strength and conditioning coach or personal trainer? What each title actually means in Singapore, where the qualifications differ, and a plain decision framework for choosing by goal.

By Bervin Manoharan

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