Your New Gym for Your New Year Fitness Goals

Stark Fitness’ first ever fitness club in San Antonio

As we recover from the pandemic and restrictions are being lifted, it is time that we also prioritize our health and wellness this coming new year. It means having a 

Go-to fitness clubs have become a necessity for people who want to achieve being fit and healthy. Stark Fitness, one of the fastest-growing health and fitness brands, expands its service to provide a healthy fitness lifestyle for every Filipino. Now, they want to continue redefining people’s perception that fitness is not difficult and attainable by opening Stark Fitness’ first-ever fitness center.

Define Your Own Version of Stronger with Kinetix Lab

The premier strength and conditioning facility invites all Filipinos to be a part of their growing community

As we inch our way to building better habits in 2022, we need all the strength to power us through these unprecedented times. More and more, we realize the immeasurable value of health, giving us the motivation we need to keep our minds and bodies strong every day of our lives.

Strong body, strong mind, strong heart

“Strength, in the physical, mental, and emotional sense, is key to living a fulfilling life,” says Kinetix Lab’s Coach Marlon Lugue. 

How Under Armour’s App Offerings Help Athletes Stick To Their Health and Fitness Routines

STAYING ACTIVE AT HOME

Under Armour’s DNA is rooted in performance—and if your HIIT workout is in your kitchen instead of the gym, or you are learning how to craft nutrient-dense smoothies at home—we’re all in this together. In light of current guidelines and restrictions put in place to combat the spread of COVID-19, Under Armour is committed to empowering athletes during this new normal. Here, we’re sharing how our apps can help you be healthy and stay on track from home. 

Fitness facility launches its Corporate Wellness Programs

Santé Fitness Lab advocates wellness among professionals

Santé Fitness Lab (SFL), a game-changing, one-stop fitness center that offers holistic training programs, as well as innovative recovery and sports rehabilitation, recently launched its Corporate Wellness Programs with the aim of instilling a culture of health and wellness among corporate executives.

The Santé Fitness Lab Corporate Wellness Programs were conceptualized to offer top-notch facilities, expertise and specialized services systems to corporate organizations, companies and other business institutions.

“We envisioned the Corporate Wellness Programs to benefit today’s busy executives. We realized that given the demands and stresses of work, health and wellness sometimes take a backseat,” said Clarize Lucindo, general manager of Santé Fitness Lab.

Reinvent yourself from a couch potato to a fitness buff

Sports center brings elite training, facilities for everybody

Nowadays, lifting weights and pumping irons just don’t cut it anymore. As people become more conscious of their fitness, they are also looking for exciting ways to train and to experience working out like an elite athlete. Fitness centers are now taking the game to the next level by integrating exciting concepts features, programs, and facilities that can cater to all types of fitness and athletic experience.

No Contender Too Young Or Old For The Spartan Race

The fiercest challengers of the world’s toughest race prove that age is just a number

Age may play a role in good health and fitness, but the number alone doesn’t define athletic performance. In the spirit of International Women’s Day this March, three female contenders of the recent Spartan Race in Pampanga, show that conquering the world’s most grueling obstacle course isn’t about seniority or youthfulness—it’s about having a passion for health and the right attitude towards adversity that matter most to overcome any challenge.

Golden Fiesta kicks off ‘Heart Healthy Camp’ at Nuvali on Nov. 11

Bringing its advocacy of health and fitness closer to more Filipinos, Golden Fiesta, the Philippines’ leading cooking oil brand, is holding the first leg of the Golden Fiesta Heart Healthy Camp at Solenad 1 in Nuvali, Laguna, on Saturday, November 11.

The free-admission fitness camp is expected to gather—in a single venue—not just scores of fitness enthusiasts but legions of young professionals who want to be heart-healthy by jump-starting a fitness regimen.

Participants can choose from an assortment of fitness routines and activities that are categorized into beginner, intermediate, and advance levels to suit their varying fitness requirements. They can also listen to and engage in “Heart Talks” to be administered by licensed Nutritionist-Dietician and fitness specialist Fia Batua.

Toby’s Sports to Celebrate First National Sports and Fitness Day on October 1, 2017

The Sports Retail Giant Boosts Efforts to Promote Sports and Fitness with New Initiative

Toby’s Sports, the largest multi-brand sports retailer in the Philippines, today announced that it will be celebrating the 1st National Sports and Fitness Day on October 1, 2017. Toby’s Sports established the National Sports and Fitness Day to further highlight the positive benefits of sports and fitness activities for Filipinos of all ages. 

Apart from having the widest selection of sports products from the top brands in the industry, Toby’s Sports has also been at the forefront of the sports and fitness movement through a variety of initiatives, such as running a youth sports foundation, regularly holding sports events for amateurs and consistently partnering with other organizations that are dedicated to improving people’s lives through sports. The retail giant’s 50 stores nationwide also house a team of sports enthusiasts and specialists that are dedicated to helping customers find the right gear and assisting them in their journey to an active and healthy lifestyle. 

Globe customers get special rates to start planning and booking fitness activities

New fitness app KFIT designed to discover and plan wellness goals

Have you ever had those moments that you wanted to hit the gym or go to a yoga class but you just don’t know where to go or you feel that you don’t have the time? You can say goodbye to those moments because the solution is just between your fingertips and your mobile phone.

A start-up that is bound to change the fitness industry, KFit helps you discover, plan, and reserve fitness, beauty and wellness activities near you, anytime. Once you have the app on your device, it automatically gives access to a huge variety of activities that suit your needs, whether you want to relax at a spa, pamper yourself with a new haircut or go for a workout at a studio near you. You can choose to purchase individual fitness, beauty and spa activities, or opt for the KFit Pass, which entitles 10 fitness activities per month at only PH999.

Century Tuna Superbods gets bigger, better, and sexier as it celebrates 10 years of fitness and health

Bigger. Better. Sexier. Temperatures rise across our pulsating tropical isles in what is envisioned to be the hottest Superbods search yet: the Century Tuna Superbods Nation 2016. Making a bolder statement and an even bigger splash on its 10th year of sexy, watch out as Century Tuna Superbods take the country by storm—TEN-fold! 

With a lineup of enticing activities leading up to the finals night to be held on April 10, 2016 at the ultra exclusive Palace Pool Club, Century Tuna Superbods Nation 2016  promises to be the most anticipated happening this summer season—a health and fitness revolution to rock the nation! 

Eric Tai Flaunts His Winning Form In Muscle And Fitness PH

Athlete-turned-Showtime host Eric Tai beams with pride as he talks passionately about his personal fitness triumph.

Through sheer will power, the 6’1” hunk now sports a leaner but more defined physique of Marvel superhero proportions – a massive chest, rippling arms and a freakishly well-defined six-pack abs. Think Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and you’ll get the idea.

“I just lost 30 lbs in just two months just by abiding by a clean and healthy diet combined with exercise,” he asserts proudly.

As a fitting reward, Eric has been blessed with the opportunity to immortalize his personal triumph by landing on the cover of the maiden issue of the Philippine edition of Muscle & Fitness, considered as the world’s leading magazine on fitness and bodybuilding.

Anytime Fitness Looks to Expand through Philippine Franchise Expo

(from left to right) Johannes Raadsma, director, Anytime Fitness Philippines
 and Luke Guanlao, director - Cebu/Davao/Baguio, at the 
Anytime Fitness Booth in SMX Center during the Philippine Franchise Expo.

Anytime Fitness, the fastest growing health club franchise in the world, took part in this year’s Philippine Franchise Exhibition at the SMX Mall of Asia, looking to find strategic franchisee partners to take part in its exciting expansion in the Philippines and Pan-Asia.

Since its founding in Minnesota in 2002, Anytime Fitness has been the world’s largest, and fastest growing 24 hour, co-ed fitness club franchise with over 3000 gyms in 23 countries around the world. Since opening its first branch in Pioneer Center, Mandaluyong last September, Anytime has opened two more gyms in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig and New Manila, Quezon City. Within the next 12 months, Anytime Fitness plans to open 12 more gyms around Metro Manila. Ranked the world’s #1 franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine for 2014, Anytime Fitness has knocked franchise icons such as Subway, McDonalds, and Pizza Hut off the top spot with its proposition of 24-hour community based gym facilities.

#WhatsNewWhatsNext For PBB Big Winner Daniel Matsunaga?

After PBB All In, Daniel Matsunaga has been the talk of the town being the first non-Filipino to win the reality show. But even he entered the house, he has been known as a commercial model and linked to several celebrities. It is obvious from his physique and charm that got everybody to love him. And being a model and endorser of brands, he has to keep that image of being fit and healthy as he also practice fitness and sports as his daily routine.

And adding another hat to him is the latest endorsement of San Marino Tuna Flakes which is also a new line up of the brand which is known for its corned tuna and Paella. In the What's New What's Next Event held in Mercato Centrale, he as well as other fitness and sports heroes celebrate wellness and sports with other sports champions who stood up above the rest in their respective fields.

Loretta Bates Brings The Good News of Zumba To The Philippines

Interational Zumba Instructor Loretta Bates came to the Philippines as part of her world tour to bring the good news and fun of the fit and hip dance of Zumba. Though zumba has been here in the country for quite some time, it has a great following with a large age range as it can be done by most people from young to old.

Zumba is a dance with repetitive choreography with different levels of intensity. It can be as simple as swinging hips and sliding steps to intense and sexy that makes it a very feel good exercise. C-Lium Fibre, together with Live Love Party International, brought Loretta and her fellow Zumba Instructor for  two special Zumba sessions in Bacolod City back on October 4, and recenly  at The Playground, Ronac Art Center in San Juan, Metro Manila last October 5. 

C-Lium Brings International Zumba Expert Loretta Bates to Manila

Staying true to its advocacy of healthy living, C-Lium Fibre, together with Live Love Party International, brings world-renowned Zumba instructor Loretta Bates to the Philippines to inspire Filipinos to have a healthier lifestyle.

This October, she will lead hundreds of Zumba enthusiasts in two special Zumba sessions in Bacolod City on October 4, and at The Playground, Ronac Art Center in San Juan, Metro Manila on October 5. This campaign will teach everybody that fitness programs can be fun and exciting, too. 

SubicFitFest holds free fitness weekends in Manila

Said to be the biggest fitness event of the year, Subic Fitness Festival, happening on November 15, 16, and 17, 2013 at Subic Free Port Zone – Harbor Point, Camayan Beach and Ocean Adventure – starts its journey to Subic with free fitness sessions in Manila, all weekends of September and October. A grand festival that aims to promote a holistic approach to fitness amongst Filipinos, F&F Events, along-side Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), declares that fitness in body, mind and spirit is definitely for everyone!

Kicking off at the FTX gym along Tordesillas St., Makati, on September 6, 7, and 8, 2013, from 6p.m. to 9 p.m., the series of events will feature all the fitness disciplines headed to the main gathering. This is surely the chance for every Juan, Maria, Boyet and Nene, to have a taste of the SubicFitFest experience.

Nike Unveils Latest Running Shield Pack Collection

Though not a shoe shopaholic, I do love to (window) shop running and athletic shoes not just because of their design but the style and comfort that it brings to the feet for physical activities. And since I declared that I will be more active to help me achieve my physical goal which will make me a better and healthier.

My decision was due to the past years of unhealthy living which brought me into sickness. But now, I want to continue what I do best, dancing and running.  As as urban ninja, these are essential skills,  and these are something that I can improve since there are the activities that I do more often than going to the gym.

Jim Paredes’ secret to being at his best every day

Fans and critics alike celebrated the film “I Do Bidoo”, a movie musical that featured some of the classic OPM hits of the Apo Hiking Society. The response of the audience to the film and to the Apo’s music proved that the musical trio’s legacy is timeless. Moviegoers, both young and old, enjoyed the Apo’s music even in today’s era of hip hop and Korean Pop. 

Even though the Apo Hiking Society formally announced their retirement in 2009—and made a final series of concerts the following year—their music remains as fresh and relevant as ever: expressing Filipino romance, optimism, and light-heartedness as beautifully today as when their music first took to the airwaves. 

Get Healthy With Nestle Fitnesse This Summer!

The lifestyle choices that affect the way you feel about yourself begin with what you put in it everyday. Those who wish to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight should have whole grain foods, such as NESTLЀ FITNESSE cereal, as part of their daily menu.  High in volume and with low-calorie density, whole grains make you feel fuller longer. It contains fiber and is also high in calcium, iron and folic acid. NESTLЀ FITNESSE makes a deliciously breakfast or snack and is available in Low Fat Whole Wheat, Honey & Almond and FITNESSE  andFruit variants.

Combine the right diet with an energetic workout like the latest exercise craze, Zumba® Fitness and you can feel great about your shape day after day. Inspired by Latin dance, Zumba® Fitness lets participants sweat it out without getting bored thanks to the fusion of samba, salsa, chacha, and even Bollywood and hip-hop moves, all set to funky Latin and other modern music. Easy-to-follow, Zumba® Fitness works out all areas of the body for a maximum calorie-burning experience.

Men's Health Magazine April Issue Features Enchong Dee

Lose that gut and get your body beach ready this summer with April 2012 issue of Men's Health Magazine Philippines with swimmer-actor Enchong Dee on the cover and model Barbara baretto on the flip. 

Dee is gracing the cover for the second time and Men's Health editoes believe that his commitment to maintaining healthy lifestyle and his achievements is something readers can aspire for. "He's one of the biggest stars of ABS CBN and a fine actor. Despite his busy schedule, it doesn't stop him from committing to a workout routine to push himslef further," Men's Health Deputy editor, Peejo Pilar says.

In the cover story, Dee shares how his mindset as an athlete helped him become as successful in the field of showbiz. " I will not be who I am today without swimming," says Dee. The former national swimmer is now setting his fitness goals a notch higher by easing himself in doing triatlons. In fact running has become a regular part of his workout routine. "These days I like to run at high noon because I like to sweat," Dee says.