MANILA, Philippines - Running and fitness enthusiasts recently joined Immuvit’s Run Against Time campaign at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.
The event aimed to encourage and educate people on how they can maintain their youthful vitality and vigor well into their somatopausal years (late 20s and early 30s).
Over a hundred participants joined the event, which consisted of a two-part program packed with lectures from US-certified Coach Jim Saret and lifestyle change coach and extreme outdoor sportsman Bobby del Castillo, and a 3K Cardiovascular Endurance Training Run around Bonifacio High Street that saw the country’s top runners Cris Sabal, Aileen Tolentino, Isidro Villadosal and Maricel Maquilan joining the participants.
Valerie Sison, assistant brand manager of Pascual Consumer Healthcare Corp., maker of multivitamin supplement Immuvit, meanwhile, said the idea behind the event was “to promote the idea that despite somatopause being inevitable, we can do something to manage it proactively.”
“We know that eating well-balanced diet keeps our body healthy and strong. But because of our hectic lifestyle, sometimes it is not enough. People in their somatopause phase will also need the right multivitamins like Immuvit,” she said.
Immuvit is the only multivitamin in the market that contains the powerful combination of CoQ10 and two ginsengs — Korean RPC and Siberian ginseng.
“Basically, somatopause is the weight gain and metabolism slowdown stage that typically happens when you hit 30 and above. It’s going to happen, whether we like it or not,” said Saret, who is also the speed and conditioning coach of the RP Smart Gilas national basketball team.
In his lecture “Discovering the Fountain of Youth: How to Age Younger,” meanwhile, he shared his knowledge on somatopause, the parameters of fitness, and what it really means to defy aging.
One of the highlights of Saret’s informative talk was a demonstration of his exercise program designed to combat aging: Meta Fit.
Meta Fit is a short but intense workout that enables one to burn up to 600 calories in just four minutes of exercise. More importantly, it has been scientifically proven to trigger the release of somatotropin, a growth hormone whose decline is directly related to somatopause. The intensity of the workout was evident in the faces of the audience who took part in the demo.
Del Castillo, on the other hand, underscored the importance of developing good habits in fighting aging in his lecture “Anti-Aging, De-Aging and Aging Gracefully: Debunking the Myths of Nutrition and Supplementation.”
He also gave tips on how to set the right goals and having proper diet and nutrition to be able to achieve fitness.
The 57-year-old Del Castillo is one of the best examples of age-defying fitness. He is currently preparing for his one-man expedition across the South Pole as part of his campaign against climate change. For one month, Del Castillo said he will be pulling a 150-kilo sled seven hours a day, in one of the most unforgiving places in the planet.
The Immuvit Run Against Time event was also made possible by Runnr and Avida Land Corp.
Immuvit Run Against Time will hold its second leg this Sunday at the Greenhills Shopping Center. Interested participants may send in their name, age and contact details to immuvitrunagainsttime@gmail.com. The first 100 registrants will get a free Immuvit Run Against Time singlet.