Immuvit Run Against Time's 4th leg puts participants' strength and stamina to the test

MANILA, Philippines - Participants in the fourth leg of the Immuvit Run Against Time faced a tougher and more grueling challenge that helped them determine their true physical age.

For the latest leg held at Bonifacio High Street, US-certified coach Jim Saret designed a one-kilometer Meta-Fit run composed of five stations.

Meta-Fit Run is a combination of running and short and intense workouts. This kind of workout has been scientifically proven to help the body release somatotropin or growth hormones that somatopause brings about.

Somatopause is the weight gain and metabolism slowdown stage that typically happens when one hits his or her late 20s and 30s.

Each station had an assigned fitness routine that the participants had to perform: single leg squats, push-ups, squats, burpees (a full-body exercise similar to a squat-thrust), and lunges.

Beginners completed 10 repetitions of each exercise, while those in the advanced category had to accomplish twice that.

Seventeen-year-old Ramil Ramos topped the male category of the Meta-Fit run while 38-year-old Desiree Almonte finished first among the female runners.

Prior to the run, Saret held a Meta-Fit challenge, wherein volunteers carried out as many repetitions as they can of each routine for one minute. Their performance was then measured to determine the difference between their real age and physical age.

“Their Meta-Fit exercise really helps you improve your physical fitness, so you actually perform better than your actual age suggests,” said 35-year-old Cecil Macogay, whose physical age was pegged at 29.

Macogay won the Meta-Fit challenge along with 33-year-old 10k runner Regge Nugal, whose physical age was measured at 25.

The winners of the Meta-Fit run and challenge received limited edition “Defying Aging” singlet and gift certificates from Health Express.

“The Immuvit Run Against Time is a very good and effective campaign because it promotes a healthy lifestyle. Aside from that, the product they are endorsing, Immuvit, is tried and proven. I have been using Immuvit for the past four months, and it really strengthens my body’s resistance and immunity,” said Nugal.