Inside Track: April 2016

Featuring Ms. Gii Hipolito. Photo Credit: Jah Sales

BUDDY FIT GYM: YOUR BEST FITNEST BUDDY

By: Daryl Canillas Pagaduan

Whether you are a hardcore body-building enthusiast, a health-conscious soul, or a self-loving individual who wants to look better, enrolling in a fitness gym is an excellent decision to make. However, fitness gyms are different from each other –so of all the fitness gyms that opened in the City, where should you enroll?

Are you looking for a total-body workout that totally kicks butt? Buddy Fit Gym caters a popular form of kickboxing known as AEROBIC or CARDIOVASCULAR KICKBOXING, which combines elements of boxing, martial arts, and aerobics to provide overall physical conditioning and toning. Unlike other types of kickboxing, cardio kickboxing does not involve physical contact between competitors — it's a cardiovascular workout that's done because of its many benefits to the body.

In 2013, I started my adventure in the fitness world because of the encouragement of my friend David Ugale who is a body-building enthusiast. Together we hopped to different fitness gyms within Tuguegarao City to search for the best fitness gym. For this, I have chosen (5) five evaluating areas specifically: 1. Fitness Programs Offered, 2. Trainers, 3. Gym Equipment, 4. Environment, and 5. Cost.

With all the gyms I tried, Buddy Fit gym is my choice. Here are the reasons why:

Promoted as both a physical exercise philosophy and also as a competitive fitness sport, CROSSFIT WORKOUTS incorporate elements from high-intensity interval training, Olympic weightlifting, plyometrics, powerlifting, gymnastics, girevoy sport, calisthenics, strongman, and other exercises. According to a recent study from the American Council on Exercise, CrossFit burns more calories in a shorter period of time compared to other form of exercises.

1. AS TO FITNESS PROGRAMS OFFERED.

Buddy Fit Gym boast (6) Six Fitness Programs –giving you different arrays of effective fitness plans to choose from. It offers the classic Weight Lifting Program, Crossfit Program, Boxing/Kickboxing Program, Kettlebell Fitness Program, Insanity Workout, and also Mix Martial Arts Program. In fact, it is the only fitness gym in Tuguegarao City that caters (6) six fitness programs. So whatever your fitness goals are, you are assured that Buddy Fit Gym has the appropriate program to achieve them.

BOXING as a fitness activity enables the average person to hone those high level of athletic prowess: strength, speed, agility, hand-eye coordination, endurance, nerve, and power, just to name several required attributes, all without having to take a punch. If you’re hoping to get in great shape and improve your health, you just might want to try it at Buddy Fit Gym.

2. AS TO TRAINERS.

Buddy Fit Gym houses two of the most skilled and well experienced Fitness Trainer within the City –Coach Mike Sarsale and Coach Ryan Villarosa.

Coach Mike Sarsale is very hands-on on the fitness trainings and programs of his clients. He dedicated himself in improving his knowledge, and skills on fitness by reading piles of articles on fitness and even on the anatomy and physiology of the human body to make all the fitness programs he is offering to his clients more effective and efficient.

Coach Mike Sarsale is actually a Marine Engineering graduate who worked in KorPil Shipmanagement and Manning Corporation for seven years before he decided to open Buddy Fit Gym in 2011. According to him, fitness training has been his passion since he was a teenager and this is why he left his more lucrative work in the shipping industry and dedicated himself in training and guiding fitness aficionados in Tuguegarao City, and also in increasing his knowledge about fitness. On the other hand, Coach Ryan Villarosa specializes on mix martial arts and boxing.

3. AS TO GYM EQUIPMENTS

Honestly, Buddy Fit Gym does not have those fancy and state-of-the-art weight lifting machines. Most of its gym equipment are “free-weights”. But as Arnold Schwarzenegger once said, free-weights have better impact on muscles than machines since the entire heaviness of the weights is placed on your muscles and you have greater range of motions. Nonetheless, Buddy Fit Gym has all the equipment suited for your fitness, toning, conditioning and body building needs.

KETTLEBELL WORKOUTS offer all the benefits of dumbbell training, plus a few more. The super-thick handles challenge your grip, and the position of the weight in relation to the handle works your core extra hard. They're ideal for explosive exercises that work major muscles, burn body fat, and build power, but they also add a new dimension to classic moves like chest presses and flyes.

5. AS TO GYM ENVIRONMENT

The thing that I love the most about Buddy Fit Gym is its warmth and friendly atmosphere. In fact, Buddy Fit goers had not only developed a strong bond of friendship but they had also established a family. With Buddy Fit Gym, going to fitness center is not only for fitness but it has also become a way to relax and have fun with new found friends. Another good thing about this gym is the fact that simplicity is observed. Here, you don’t need to wear expensive attires. You can wear any of your outdoor clothes with which you are most comfortable. After all, wearing Nike from head-to-toe will not make you bigger, sexier and stronger (got that?).

INSANITY WORKOUT is a total body workout that requires no gym or equipment –you will be using your own body weight for resistance. The program is based on a fitness method called "max interval training." Max interval training has you work as hard as you can for 3-minute intervals, with 30-second periods of rest in between. According to the Insanity web site, exercising at this extreme intensity level will help you burn up to 1,000 calories an hour.

5. AS TO COST

Buddy Fit Gym is absolutely very affordable. There is no membership or registration fees collected. Their monthly rate is only P300.00 for students and P400.00 for non-students. Their one (1) day session is only P30.00 for students and P40.00 for non-students. For their Boxing/Kick Boxing Program and Mix Martial Arts Program, it is only for P75.00 for students and P100.00 for non-students. This is good already for (2) two hours of boxing session and unlimited weight lifting session (that is if you still have the energy to do so).

As hot as Tuguegarao’s Weather! Gii Hipolito worked his body to perfection. Want to have those abs or toned body figure? Well, work your butt off lazy ass.

Always remember that Fitness Center is not the only one you will need to become bigger, bolder, stronger, sexier or healthier. You will also need dedication, perseverance and self-discipline. So what are you waiting for -pump your muscles, shred fats, push your limits and boast your better self to the whole world.