Singapore, SINGAPORE, Nov. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Catalyst Performance, a personal training studio in Singapore for adults who train for the long term, today celebrated one year since it opened at Manulife Tower in Singapore’s Central Business District. In its first year the studio reached seven-figure sales, became the first fitness brand to win the SME AI Impact Awards, and was quoted twice by CNA Lifestyle as an expert source on training.
From left: Jeremy Soh, Head of Performance and Ops; Bervin Manoharan, Co-Founder and General Manager; and Dr Luqman Haris, MBBS, Head of Training Systems, the founders of Catalyst Performance, a personal training studio in Singapore.
Co-founders Bervin Manoharan, Jeremy Soh and Dr Luqman Haris opened the studio in November 2025 with one promise: every client is measured, not guessed at. A year later, over 1,500 people have completed the studio’s free two-minute online Healthspan Audit, and every personal training client trains on Catalyst Coach, the app the studio built for its own clients.
“We opened with a simple idea. If you train for the next thirty years, you should be able to see whether it is working,” said Bervin Manoharan, co-founder and general manager of Catalyst Performance. “Many people arrive expecting a body transformation with an end date. The look comes with the work, but it is a stop on the journey, not the destination. What a transformation gym sells as the finish line is a pit stop for us. A seven-figure first year tells me professionals in the CBD want exactly that: a coach, a number and a plan they can check.”
A first year in numbers
- Opened in November 2025 at 8 Cross Street, Manulife Tower.
- Seven-figure sales in the first 12 months.
- Over 1,500 people completed the free online Healthspan Audit.
- Winner of Adoption Excellence at the SME AI Impact Awards 2026, organised by IMDA and the Singapore Business Federation. Catalyst Performance is the first fitness brand ever to win the awards and the only one among the 2026 winners.
- Every personal training client on Catalyst Coach, the studio’s own app on the App Store and Google Play.
In the media
National media turned to the studio’s founders as expert sources in its first year. In August 2026 CNA Lifestyle quoted Manoharan in a report on heart screening for people who train for endurance races such as HYROX and marathons. In September 2026 CNA Lifestyle quoted Dr Luqman Haris throughout a report on why women may need to train differently from men. Earlier in the year, SethLui ranked Catalyst Performance fifth in its guide to the best personal trainers in Singapore, and Little Big Red Dot published a hands-on review of the studio.
“Muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness are among the strongest predictors of healthy ageing,” said Dr Luqman Haris, MBBS, Head of Training Systems at Catalyst Performance. “Journalists ask us about women’s training and heart health because we measure strength and cardiorespiratory fitness in every client. Our coaches see the whole person, not just the last session.”
The award: a studio that built its own software
The SME AI Impact Awards recognised the software Catalyst Performance built for itself. Every client starts with the Catalyst Healthspan Assessment, the studio’s proprietary four-pillar evaluation of body composition, cardiorespiratory fitness, stability and strength. The four pillars are measured at intake and again every 16 weeks, and they roll up into one Healthspan Score the client sees in Catalyst Coach. The coach builds the programme from those results, and the client logs every set in the app.
Each bioelectrical impedance (BIA) body composition scan is read into the client’s record by Catalyst’s own OCR software, which reads the scan report downloaded from the InBody app and checks every value against 14 arithmetic rules before it is saved. The studio built that reader because InBody charges a paid subscription before a studio can reach its own clients’ scans through its API. Catalyst Performance is now moving to equipment partners with open APIs, so the studio owns its data in full.
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