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New equipment gives new workout options but this stuff still reinforces the basics, as it should.

Strength and power training with intelligent programming that also delivers conditioning and fat loss results! Gotta love it!

We are up and running!
New hours
M-F 7am-9pm
Sat-Sun 10am-4pm

Opening special for the month of April: open gym access for NT1000. Come try us out for a month of open gym and if you like it, become a full member in May. Hope to see you soon!

Watch my client Jessie squat 70kg 20 times!

It’s stuff like this that makes me love training women for strength. I had no idea she was going to do 20. She did 10 last time. But she felt confident on that last set and just went for it. It was a max set after 2×5 at this weight so her depth is a little bit off but what a great set it was. I was so surprised that I stopped counting. Haha.

Women aren’t thought of as strong but they can be and often they are easier to train than men. One of the differences is that women are easy to coach if they are interested in strength training because they come with few hangups. So little of strength training literature is aimed at them that they haven’t read as much BS as the guys usually have. And they are much more open to training the all important posterior chain. Most guys in the gym want to train biceps, chest, and abs.

I tell ya — I love my job. 🙂

Testimonial – Tamryn, former member and ongoing fan of Formosa Fitness

I spent three months as a student in Taipei in 2012. During this time, Formosa Fitness became my favorite place to train. I was worried that I would not find the right environment to maintain my fitness levels and continue to develop my training goals, so even before arriving, I did some research and was extremely happy to come across Formosa Fitness. After my first session, I was not disappointed. Dave Chesser and his team are pushing forward their knowledge and passion for functional strength and power training with time-efficient, structured programs that continue each week to challenge your body and build up physical and mental well-being – whether you are just beginning to realise what your body can do or if you are a CrossFit contender. Their philosophy and approach is shared by leading trainers around the world, including the US and Australia. What I discovered, though, is that it is unique to Taiwan; what an opportunity. How could you not train there?!

I never get tired of hearing things like the comment below from clients. This is a testimonial from a recent client. We love helping you guys out and hope to keep bringing you the best in fitness and nutrition that we can! Thanks for the wonderful compliments!

Just wanted to add here that I met with Dave last weekend to discuss my training options, and I could not be more satisfied.

I have the ‘skinny guy’ problem, where I’m not out of shape in any way, fairly athletic, but I just can’t put on any muscle mass. Dave taught me some new techniques with correct posture and form and gave me a workout routine that will help me build muscle mass instead of just burning calories. He also taught me more effective (and time saving) stretching techniques and gave me some nutrition advice and ways to limit wasting the precious amount of calories in my system. I generally can get out of the gym in around 30-40 minutes depending on how many people are in there, and I feel like I’ve received a real workout thanks to the full-body exercises Dave recommended for me. When you can feel every major muscle group in your body pulsing you know something is right.

It’s been about a week now and I have already starting adding weight to my workout, which is a sure sign that I am progressing way more than before. Dave is a real pro, and I recommend that anyone who is serious about their fitness goals should definitely meet with him.