Of fitness and fulfillment

I am not the most astutely fitting person to dispense sound advice on health and wellness topic. I never acquired the palpability to discuss talks surrounding medical science actually, and just rely on my friends who are by the way fitness authorities. I have lots of them in fact.

So let me share to you some of the things that I have learned from them and had been doing it as my axiomatic contribution to keep myself human temple in shape:

1) Eat lots of veggies. Eating high calorie foods is probably the hardest thing to resist, but soon after, you have to make sure that you eat veggies twice the amount of the high-calorie intake you have had

2) If you can, resist red meats. But since I hop from restaurants to restaurants every day or so, this has beyond my rudimentary exercise. So what I did is just to chew my meals properly and drink Yakult for better digestion after every meat-based meal.

3) Drink lots of water, less soda(or any carbonated drinks). I must admit, I used to drink one liter of Coke after every meal, until after college graduation, I was diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus, that epic saga has been my continuous battle up to this day. But I was advised to drink ionized drinks(Gatorade for example) by my friends instead of soda. Still, water is the best.

4) Exercise regularly. I am hitting the gym four times a week. Sweating it all out and burning calories seemed to be one of the best experiences after a sinful indulgence. I ran at least a straight 3-5kilometers at a 10.5speed at the treadmill before pumping weights.

5) Sleep well. Oh yes, you can't have a good gym-ing session without getting good sleep.

Trust me, there's a bit of fulfilment after every gym-ing session.

A Celebrity Gym

For me to be able to maintain relatively normal shape while being a self-professed foodie, I hit the gym thrice a week at the least.

True enough, Gold's Gym is a fitness haven for most celebrities, a convergence point of those who, at their intermission find time to work out, as this is a lot closer to the country's two rival TV stations, GMA7 and ABS-CBN.

No wonder in my most of my fitness sessions, I always bumped into with celebrities and renowned characters. And most of the time, these people have terrific PR skills, as they are always warm, exchange funny antics, and smiled at everyone. Maybe their interpersonal skills are honed because of their TV exposure? Or that they are forced to smile to obtain leverage of patronage for their upcoming shows. Hahaha, I am so sinister. But such a gesture is appreciated.

But to tell you honestly, unlike their studios, this is a place where they are as ordinary as WE are. People just mind their own businesses without prying eyes as to who they are running aside with in the treadmill stations, or stretching beside with in the group exercise rooms. Although I don't really frequent myself in the group exercise room because that is where most women stay. While us men preferred to thrive on the weights area.

So who says you need to be in the studio to find stars. Hit the gym and you'll find them there.

This picture was taken a the locker room wall of Gold's Gym in Victoria Towers where I am frequently gym-ing at.