TRICIA YAP
Tricia Yap
CEO & Founder | Limitless Health
Phone:
+852 9534 7978
Email:
Address:
Limiteless Health
12th Floor
86-90 Wellington Street, Central
Hong Kong
About
Tricia Yap is the founder of Limitless, Hong Kong’s premier functional medicine and fitness concept that integrates functional medicine health coaching and personal training alongside empowerment through education. With its unique concept and despite being a newcomer, Limitless has already been listed as one of the top personal training gyms in Tatler Magazine in April 2021. Tricia was the founder of fitness concepts such as Warrior Academy and Bikini Fit as well as part of the founding team at Goji Studios as the Director of Fitness. She holds qualifications in strength coaching, CrossFit, nutrition and functional medicine.
Her first venture, an all-female health and wellness community called Bikini Fit, combined with her experience as one of the pioneers of female mixed martial arts in Hong Kong, has launched her as a key advocate for female empowerment and a key influencer in the women’s wellness space. She is now recognized as one of the most accomplished health and fitness experts in Hong Kong, and has featured in media such as Manulife Move at Home series, HK Tatler, TimeOut, Elle HK, Vogue HK, CNN, SCMP, Bloomberg, ViuTV’s G1 Fight Club series, and as a KOL in Adidas, TVB’s BigBigChannel, 2XU Ambassador and more.
Tricia is also a writer and speaker on entrepreneurship, health and wellness with experience at TedXWomen, The Women’s Foundation, General Assembly, etc as well as numerous podcasts around the world.
Known for her philosophy of a holistic and balanced approach towards lifestyle, nutrition and training to help clients towards optimal health, performance and body composition, Tricia takes her professional development seriously and has surrounded herself with industry experts worldwide. She has completed private mentorships with Eoin Lacey from the Irish Strength Institute, Wolfgang Unsold from YPSI in Germany, and has attended numerous workshops and seminars under the world’s best coaches such as Andre Benoit, Daine McDonald, Stefan Ianev, Steve Cotter, Peter Lundgren.
Tricia previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Sydney and Hong Kong. She completed her Chartered Accountancy in 2009, and holds a double Bachelors in Commerce and Science with majors in Finance, Accounting and Information Systems from the University of Sydney.
Qualifications
INL Education
Advanced Microbiome Stool Testing Masterclass Course (2021)
International College of Applied Nutritional Science (ICANS)
Nutritional Medicine Profile (2020)
Functional Medicine Coaching Academy (Institute of Functional Medicine US)
Functional Medicine Health Coach (2019)
Metagenics Institute
12th Lifestyle Medicine Summit Taipei (2019)
Your Personal Strength Institute Stuttgart Germany
YPSI A-Licence Trainer (2015-16)
YPSI B-Licence Trainer (2016-17)
Advanced Body Composition in HK (2017)
English Week at YPSI (2018)
YPSI Online Mentorship Program (2020)
Irish Strength Institute Dublin Ireland
Functional Medicine for the Professional Trainer (2013)
ISI Mentorship Program (2017)
ISI Advanced Body Composition for Real World Success in HK (2018)
ISI Female Health Mentorship Program (2019)
ISIS Scientific Fat Loss (2020)
Functional Anatomy Seminars
Functional Range Conditioning Specialist (2018)
Canadian Strength & Conditioning Center
Andre Benoit Strength Academy (2016)
Poliquin Education International
PICP Level 1 & 2 Performance Specialist (2016)
Clean Health Education Australia
Advanced Nutritional Program Design (2015)
Lab Analysis for the Personal Trainer (2015)
International Kettlebell & Fitness Federation
Certified Kettlebell Teacher Level 1 & 2 (2014)
Gorilla Strong
Kettlebell Lifting for Extreme Fitness (2013)
Suples Training Systems
Certified Bulgarian Bag Instructor (2014)
CrossFit
CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (2014)
CrossFit Weightlifting Certificate (2015)
CrossFit Kids Trainer (2018)
National Academy of Sports Medicine
Certified Personal Trainer (2012)
Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (2008)
Graduate Diploma of Chartered Accounting
University of Sydney (2000-2005)
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) & Bachelor of Commerce (Finance & Accounting)
Golden Key International Honour Society Member
Work Experience
Limitless
CEO & Founder | September 2020 – Present
LifeHub
Consultant | June 2020- December 2020
Goji Studios
Co-Founder & Director of Fitness | March 2017 to January 2019
Warrior Academy (Presently named to: Goji Elite)
Co-Founder & Director | July 2016 to December 2019
Bikini Fit
Founder & Director | November 2012 – December 2015
Integrating functional medicine and fitness in a personal training environment, Limitless uses a health centred approach to help people transform their bodies. We help people transform for life, not just for a photo. Our clients experience an increase in energy, mental clarity, decreased stress levels, they experience better sleep, digestion and improve their quality of life. We do this by incorporating strength training, fitness, physio-science, functional medicine and nutritional medicine and combining this with a client-led health coaching approach and decades of experience.
Providing Lifehub’s health coaches education on functional medicine concepts and assistance in developing the overall health coaching model.
Key founding role in launching the Goji Studios concept which included planning equipment and flooring layouts, developing compensation and commission incentive structures, hiring for personal training teams across all 7 locations. Overall oversight of Fitness department which includes managing costs, promotional strategies, developing the in-house professional development arm (Goji Academy), mentoring “fast track” performers, and reporting to C-Level team and Board of Directors.
Working closely with clinical and nutrition team, Younibody, and F&B team, Youni, to provide an integrated offering to Goji Studios clientele and providing training and education from the fitness and wellness side to these teams to increase engagement with personal training teams.
Warrior Academy is HK’s first wellness and lifestyle driven boutique gym that integrates fitness, martial arts and food. Not only does the Academy offer small group classes, semi-private and personal 1:1 training, nutrition and lifestyle consulting across fitness and martial arts, but it also has its own onsite kitchen and communal space called The Elephas that provides coffee, shakes, healthy meals and desserts, and customizable meal plans.
The Academy has hosted educational seminars featuring international industry experts and martial arts coaches such as Wolfgang Unsold, Muk Venkataraman, Steve Petramale, Gezary Matuda, etc
Bikini Fit was HK’s first female specific health and fitness community which held outdoor group training and also provided its members with a high level of engagement through 1:1 consultations, educational seminars and Facebook support groups. Bikini Fit’s philosophy was to offer quality training beyond bootcamps, and help women empower themselves through education and belonging to a like-minded community.