Last July 19 at the Unilab Bayanihan Center in Pasig City, Fitness First concludes their 2012 Fitness First New You Achievement Awards by presenting the 15 contestants that undergone remarkable transformations after taking up a healthier lifestyle. They undergo months of workouts and balance diet with the help of their respective personal trainers in Fitness First to qualify and be fit on their respective categories. The competition that tested their determination to have healthier lifestyle is divided into five categories with three contestants each includes Shape (Joel Guinto, Maria Armel Torre, and Cristina Del Rosario), Sports (Haidi Acuña, Gerardine Kun, and Alejandro Paez), Health (Maricar dela Cruz, Margarette Guzman and Richard Mitra), Strength (Pure Lozada, Rosalinda Tajonera and Bert Tajonera), and Staff (Lieza Valerio, Archie Gabaleo, and Mary Rose Guese).
Each contestant has a story to say on why they choose to take the challenge to being fit and healthy with the help of Fitness First. Most of them shared they want to shed excess weight in order to perform more of their duties in work and also their fast recovery from ailments that they had before.
In each category one will be awarded as the winner and aside from that there will be one will be named as the ultimate champion for this year’s Fitness First New You Achievement Awards and became the new face of the company. The winners are Cristina Del Rosario for Shape Category, Richard Mitra for Health Category, Pure Lozada for Strength Category and Lieza Valerio for Staff Category. While the ultimate winner of the 2012 Fitness First New You Achievement Awards is Haidi Acuña who is also the winner of the Sports Category.
Ms. Acuña will now become the face of Fitness First that will inspire everyone to have a healthier lifestyle and the determination to remain fit in all times. Aside from the being the champion in the competition, it is also a rewarding for Haidi who is now waiting for her second child and for being fit and healthy it really came true for her and her husband who really work hard to achieve it. She also proves that women can do what men do where she participated in a Death March Marathon that started in Pampanga and ended in Tarlac. During her question and answer she mentioned that she is very thankful for having a very supportive husband that understands her.
All the winners of the 2012 Fitness First New You Achievement Awards receive prizes from Fitness First and their sponsors. Their trainers will also have prizes and recognitions for being part of the big change in the lives of winners.
