ABOUT ME:
RICHARD ALBERT
BSc (Hons), HMS, CPT | Kuala Lumpur
I'm a Certified Human Movement Specialist, Personal Trainer and psychology undergraduate, living in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I was born in Hungary in 1983. At the age of six I started to train karate and later on I also competed in judo, football, basketball and track and field until the end of my high school years. At the age of eighteen I joined the military and served for five years before I moved to London in the UK.
For the first couple of years I struggled to find time to work out and suffered from frequent knee injuries. I always tried to ‘push through the pain’ but it just never really worked, and in the end I stopped doing regular exercise. Eventually, I ended up living an unhealthy lifestyle: smoking, lack of sleep and living on processed or fast-food. I often felt tired and ill, so I decided to take control of my life again. First, I got trained as a chef just to learn how to cook! Eating clean, healthy, home cooked food was a major turning point in my life. I also joined a Muay Thai gym and I started hiking a lot, while doing my degree part time next to a full-time job.
After graduating I completed a course to become a Certified Personal Trainer by the National Academy of Sport Medicine (NASM). During my course I particularly became interested in knowing about how to avoid injurie and learnt that muscle and joint pains very often originate from poor movement patterns and lifestyle habits. I ditched the idea of ‘no pain, no gain’ and started to concentrate on creating better quality workouts and learnt about corrective exercise and human movement science. Hence ‘Better Move Fitness’ was born.
Better Move Fitness is official vendor for:
WHAT I DO
CORRECTIVE EXERCISE
Corrective exercise is a mixture of fitness and physical therapy. Its main goal is to keep you injury free and eliminate the underlying cause of almost any kind of joint or muscle pain (knee, low-back, shoulder, etc.)
STRENGTH & ENDURANCE TRAINING
The foundation of any kind of resistance training program, which combines stabilisation and strength type of exercises. A must if your goal is to lift heavy weights safely in the future or if you simply want to improve your muscular endurance.
SPEED, AGILITY AND BALANCE WORKOUT
An important part of a comprehensive training program, especially when it comes to power type of movements such as jumps or changing directions rapidly. Have full control over your body, improve your speed, coordination, reflexes and teach your body how to stabilise itself.
CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONING
Do you want to improve your running or stamina? Whether it's about running a half marathon, preparing for a football game or a boxing fight, cardiovascular endurance is a determining factor of success. But most importantly it will strengthen your heart, lungs and improve your circulation.
WEIGHT LOSS COACHING
Does exactly what it says. I will help you to identify methods and lifestyle changes that can help you to lose weight safely and gradually. Although these methods are slower to bring results, they are based on losing body fat rather than dehydration. This means your weight loss will be permanent and sustainable.
ONINE PERSONAL TRAINING
Why wouldn't you take an advantage on technology, and save time and money while working out online? You'll get the same assessments, consultations and results that clients who train live 1-on-1. Online sessions are scheduled via video calls, and furthermore you'll get your individualised workout program with direct links to videos that you can always check to ensure proper form is followed.
CERTIFICATES AND EDUCATION
HUMAN MOVEMENT SPECIALIST
This course from the Brookbush Institute of Human Movement Science is accredited and pre-approved by the most reputable fitness institutions in the USA, Canada and the UK (ACSM, BOC for Athletic Trainers, AFAA, REP UK, ISSA, NASM, PTA Global, CanFitPro). During my course I learnt about functional anatomy of muscles and joints, movement assessments and corrective exercise techniques including:
Muscle release and lengthening (myofascial release and multiple stretching techniques);
Muscle activations (isolated, integrated and reactive);
Self-administered joint mobilisations;
Muscle physiology;
Goniometry, Manual Muscle Testing, dynamic and static movement assessments;
CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER
The personal trainer certificate by the National Academy of Sport Medicine (NASM) is considered to be the "gold standard" in the fitness industry for many reasons. Gaining the certificate requires the most comprehensive knowledge of functional anatomy, human movement science, kinesiology, and physiology, which are the most important when it comes to movement assessment and program design.
AFC CORRECTIVE EXERCISE SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE
The Corrective Exercise Specialist course by the National Academy of Sports Medicine covered the following topics:
- Muscle Activation and Movement Integration: The new warm up.
- Muscle Assessment and Strengthening
- Essentials of Corrective Exercise
- Essentials of Coaching Functional Training
- The Core and What It's For
- Partner Assisted Stretching
CERTIFIED TRX COACH
The TRX suspension trainer is one of the best single exercise tool that can be used anywhere and can provide a challenging exercise program to anyone. It was first developed and used by US Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick.
You can also find me in the Official TRX Directory.
CERTIFIED IN MYOFASCIAL RELEASE WITH FOAM ROLLER
Myofascial release is a powerful tool that has become extremely popular in the world of fitness and physiotherapy. Knowing how to release muscles with a foam roller will bring you the following benefits:
- Decreased risk of injury;
- Better and faster recovery;
- Improved tissue health;
