Joan Liew Lee Ting

CSCS, CISSN, CPT

Director: Fitness Factory Pte Ltd

Awards: IFBB Pro athlete, 4x Asian Women Bodybuilding Champion

Certifications: BCom (UWA), Dip. Sport and Wellness Management (NYP), Dip, Health

Studies (Nutrition) American Institute of Arts and Science,  CSCS, CISSN, ACE-CPT, EIM Singapore, NASM-FNS, FISAF CPT, Mastermind In Sports Nutrition (WE Nutrition Conference),


A professional bodybuilder, an internationally accredited personal trainer, entrepreneur, and author, Joan Liew started her fitness journey at the tender age of 17. In 1998, she began her career as a personal trainer and by 2000, she received her first Gold Medal at the Asian Bodybuilding Championships. Joan has since been running fitness clubs around the region, working her way up to the role of a Fitness Manager with a team of 40 trainers under her lead by the age of 24 in Singapore. 

Joan consistently enhanced her skills with knowledge through certification courses and workshops over the years, obtaining a Diploma in Sports and Wellness Management, a Diploma in Health Studies (Nutrition) and a degree in Commerce (Marketing) and various international certifications including CSCS (NSCA) and CISSN (ISSN).

In the competitive circuit, Joan is the first Singaporean to be awarded the IFBB Pro status in 2017. She has also garnered a total of 5 Gold Medals in various USA-NPC and Asian level competitions, has represented Singapore in the World Amateur Women Bodybuilding Championships in Spain and has been invited to judge several local and international competitions. Today, Joan runs her own boutique fitness gym, Fitness Factory- the first gym in Singapore specialising in Personal Training. Together with Augustine, Joan has developed the Joan & Augustine Personal Strength Training Program. She has also published a book β€œThe Skinny Sumo Wrestler in 2019”.

Joan served in the Advisory Board for various fitness publications. Joan was an adjunct lecturer at Nanyang Polytechnic, and is also an appointed lecturer and examiner for ISSN Sport Nutrition Specialist and FISAF Personal Trainer Certification Courses.