Daniel Kang | Hygieia Strength & Conditioning

Daniel Kang

by Shaun Pang, SSC | Nov 6, 2025

Game-Changing Barbell Clinic with Coach Shaun. I attended the barbell clinic at Hygieia with Coach Shaun, and it was a complete game-changer for my training. At 40, my goal isn’t to compete – I just want to stay strong and healthy so I can enjoy quality time with my little one. This session gave me the tools and confidence to do exactly that.

Shaun’s coaching was clear, precise, and tailored to my body , not just a list of generic cues. He broke down the squat, press, bench, and deadlift with a focus on efficiency, safety, and proper technique. The difference was immediate. I actually filmed myself before and after the session and the improvement in form is night and day.

We worked on key things like bar placement, bracing, cadence, and bar path. Shaun patiently corrected what I was doing wrong and explained why each change mattered. He also gave me a clear novice program to follow, gear advice, and follow-up notes that reinforced everything I learned.

If you’re someone who wants to lift well, stay injury-free, and train with intention – whether you’re new or just want to reset your form – I can’t recommend this enough. I left the clinic feeling more capable, confident, and motivated to keep getting stronger.

Bio

My interest in fitness started when I was around 19 years old. Being overweight for most of my growing up years, I decided to do something about it. After months of not being able to achieve the desired results, I began poring through books and articles about training and nutrition. The more I read, the more interested I became in this field, and got better results when the the newly discovered knowledge was applied. After 1 year of persistence and hard work, I lost 24kg and felt fantastic. The sense of achievement motivated me to pursue a career in working with people to help them achieve their own fitness goals.

After achieving my weight loss goal, I tried a variety of training programs for a few years, looking for a new goal to train towards. After aimlessly moving around from program to program, I chanced upon a book called Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training, written by renowned strength and conditioning expert, Mark Rippetoe. Little did I know that this book was about to change my life and coaching career.

At that point, I had experience training with barbells and was relatively familiar with it but never have I come across any material that gave such explicitly detailed explanations of how to perform the barbell lifts. I devoured the book and modified my lifting technique and program. In just a few months, I was pleasantly surprised by how much stronger he had become. I now had a new goal to work towards – getting strong.

With full confidence in the efficacy of the Starting Strength methodology, I began coaching my clients using this program and got them stronger than they ever thought was possible. The consistent success my clients achieved through the program cemented my confidence in Mark Rippetoe’s teachings. I then decided to pursue the credential of being a Starting Strength Coach and I’m currently the first and only certified coach in Singapore and South-East Asia

In my 9 years of experience, I have given talks and ran programs at numerous companies and worked with a diverse group clientele of all ages with a variety of goals. Today, I specialise in coaching people in their 40s, 50s and beyond because it brings me a great sense of satisfaction to be part of the process of improving this demographics’ health and quality of life by getting them stronger.