How does one coach train three or four people at once?
By running stations instead of a single workout. The coach sets up three or four stations in the condo gym, each a movement pattern (squat, hinge, push, pull, carry), and each family member does their version at their load while the coach moves between them. Everyone works, nobody waits long, and the coach's eyes are on whoever is doing the most technical thing at that moment. It is small-group training with people who already share a schedule and a lift lobby.
Two people is a buddy session, covered on the buddy training page. Three to four is where stations become necessary, and where the coach's planning matters more than in a 1-to-1.
How is a 1-to-3 session structured?
Ten minutes together, forty minutes of rotation, ten minutes together. The shared warm-up gets everyone moving and lets the coach check in on niggles. The rotation is three rounds of three or four stations, roughly three minutes each. The finish is a short shared conditioning piece or a stretch, depending on who is in the room.
| Minutes | Block | What each person is doing |
|---|---|---|
| 0-10 | Shared warm-up | Bike or brisk walk on the treadmill, hip and shoulder mobility, one light set of each pattern |
| 10-25 | Round 1 | Station A goblet squat, Station B dumbbell row, Station C push-ups or dumbbell press, Station D farmer's carry |
| 25-38 | Round 2 | Same stations; loads adjusted from round 1, the coach spends longest with whoever needs form work |
| 38-50 | Round 3 | Same stations; the teen adds load, the parent on fat loss shortens rest, the beginner keeps the same weight and adds reps |
| 50-60 | Shared finish | Short conditioning (step-ups, bike intervals) or a stretch and a note on what to do before next time |
How do you handle mixed goals in one session?
The movement patterns are shared and the variables change: load, reps, rest and tempo. A father losing fat and a son adding muscle can both do a dumbbell row; the father does more reps with shorter rest and walks more on the other days, the son does heavier sets with longer rest and eats more. The mother building strength adds load slowly to a goblet squat while a grandparent does sit-to-stand at the same station.
- Father, fat loss: the same stations, shorter rest, a daily step target and hawker choices from the hawker fat-loss guide.
- Teen, bulking: heavier sets, longer rest, more food; form checked every session. See training for teens.
- Mother, strength: progressive load on squat, hinge and press, tracked in kilograms week to week.
- Grandparent, mobility: sit-to-stand, step-ups and supported balance at the same stations, at their own pace.
What does family training cost per head?
Buddy and small-group rates on our roster start from S$45 per person per session; each coach sets their own small-group rate and we confirm it before you book. For comparison, most 1-to-1 sessions are S$80-S$130. Packs of 10, 15 or 20 sessions take 5%, 10% or 15% off that coach's rate, sessions do not expire, and you pay by PayNow before the pack starts. The pricing page lists live rates and the cost guide has the wider market.
Ask two things before you buy a pack: what the rate is if only two of the family turn up one week, and whether the coach charges a venue fee if you move from the condo gym to an ActiveSG gym. Both answers should be in writing with the pack.
A worked example makes the per-head logic clear. If a coach's small-group rate is S$50 per person, a family of four pays S$200 for the hour, and a 10-session pack takes 5% off that, so S$190 a session, paid once by PayNow before the pack starts. The same four people booking four separate 1-to-1 hours at S$90 each would pay S$360 a week. The numbers are illustrative; the coach's own rate is the one that counts.
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How do you schedule a family session everyone can make?
Pick one fixed weekly slot and one flexible one. Families that keep going usually train together on Saturday or Sunday morning before 10am, when the condo gym is empty and the heat has not built, and add a weekday evening after 7.30pm for whoever is free. School terms, CCA, tuition and NS in-camp training all move things, so give the coach 24 hours' notice and the session moves at no charge.
Plan around the calendar you already have. The June and December school holidays are the easiest weeks to add a third session; the weeks before PSLE, O-levels and A-levels are when the teen drops to one. If a son is enlisting, the family slot carries on without him and he rejoins on book-out weekends. Paid sessions do not expire, so a quiet month costs nothing.
Does a small condo gym have enough equipment for four people?
Usually, yes. A dumbbell rack to 20-25kg, a bench, a cable stack and a treadmill or bike is what most Singapore condo gyms have, and it covers every station above. The coach brings bands, a kettlebell and a mat for the gaps. If the gym is a single room with two machines, the session moves to the function room, the pool deck or the living room and works just as well. Check the MCST guest rules first; the condo gym guide covers what to ask the management office.
When should a family member train 1-to-1 instead?
When they need the coach's full attention: injury rehab, a pregnancy, a first-ever technical block, or a senior who is unsteady enough that the coach must be next to them for every rep. In those cases the family session continues for the others and that person books a separate 1-to-1 with the same coach, which keeps the plan joined up. A coach who says a family member should not be in the group session is doing their job.