
Our next Featured Fitness Instructor Louis Yiau is also a strength and conditioning specialist. He has worked as an Athlete Physical Conditioning Specialist in the National Sports Council (NSC) of Malaysia for nearly five years and has helped many elite athletes from national teams of various sports get into their best shape and form for competition.
Today Louis is in Singapore in search of more opportunities and is ready to offer his expertise with his many years of high quality experience to help people achieve the best physiques of their lives, be it for competition or not. Louis is well trained in all the important aspects of fitness including weight training, nutrition and rehabilitation. We even think that he might be over qualified as a fitness instructor!
Louis’s Qualifications and Technical Experiences:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Science
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Certified Physical Conditioning Specialist (CPCS) Level I and II, National Sports Institute of Malaysia, National Sports Council of Malaysia (NSI/NSC)
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*Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), USA
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Certification on Sports Trainer Level I, (NSI/NSC)
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Certification on Sports Paramedic Level I, (NSI/NSC)
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C.P.R Certification, National Heart Institute of Malaysia/St.John Ambulance of Malaysia
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Taekwondo Black Belt Kukkiwon 3rd Dan, World Taekwondo Federation (WTF)
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National Referee, Malaysian Taekwondo Federation (MTF)
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Taekwondo Specific Coaching Level I and II
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Members of Research Committee, (NSI/NSC) - 2006
*Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) – The CSCS is the only strength training and conditioning certification to be nationally accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)(USA) and has been nationally accredited since 1993. The prerequisite for obtaining this credential is a Bachelor’s degree. It is considered by many as the highest level of certification for a fitness instructor or strength and conditioning coach.

This is his impressive professional work experience:
Aug 2002- Dec 2006 Strength and Conditioning Specialist
(Youth and Sports Officer)
The Jungle Conditioning Center, National Sports Institute (NSI), National Sports Council (NSC), Under Youth and Sports Ministry of Malaysia

Jul 2002-Dec 2006 Taekwondo Head Coach
Malaysian Intervarsity Games (Masum)
University of Malaya Taekwondo Team, Malaysia
2005-Dec 2006 Performance Team Leader (PTL) for Karate-Do
Doha 2006 Project, National Sports Council (NSC), Malaysia
Strength and Conditioning Specialist for National Karate-Do and Taekwondo Teams
Asiacom 2006 Project, National Sports Council (NSC), Malaysia
2004 Strength and Conditioning Specialist for National Taekwondo Team
2004 Olympic Games, National Sports Council (NSC), Malaysia

He has also worked with Elite Athletes on:
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Weight Management Programs
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Weight gain or loss in order to prepare athletes in their best conditions to compete in their respective weight categories
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Maintain lean body mass without losing key components of physical fitness
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Dehydration, re-hydration techniques to control body weight before weight-ins
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Strength Training
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Neuromuscular adaptations and increase maximum strength (1RM) as primary training goal during preparation stage for most of the elite athletes
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Increase muscle Cross Sectional Area (CSA) or muscular hypertrophy
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Unilateral and bilateral strength development
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Power Development
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Increase power output based on athlete’s foundations and needs. Vertical and/or horizontal displacements are the key performance indicators
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Olympic style Lifting; complex training
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Training to shift muscle fibers from type I to type II
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Endurance Training
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Speed and Agility
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Reaction time, acceleration, speed endurance, counter movements, Ground contact time
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Flexibility and Coordination
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Injury Prevention
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Exercises to reduce muscle imbalances
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Strength ratio between agonist and antagonist muscle groups
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Warm up and cool down procedures
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Recovery ( stretching, sports massage, contrast bath
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Rehabilitation
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Diet and Nutrition
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Sport Specific Conditioning
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