Last
February 7, 2013, one of the leading health maintenance organizations Medicard Philippines represented by Dr. Nicky Montoya, officially signed and joined hands with METAfit founder and famous Sports and Fitness Science Specialist, Coach Jim Saret to create the
Medicard-Metafit Fitness Boot Camp. Present in the contract signing were Ms.
Kate Cruz-Joaquin, Medicard Philippines Marketing Manager; and Biggest Loser
Pinoy Edition finalists and METAfit coaches, Raffy Tan and Hazel Chua.
Left to Right: Hazel Chua (Biggest Loser
Pinoy Edition Finalist), Coach Jim Saret (METAfit founder), Dr. Nicky Montoya
(Medicard President) and Kate Cruz-Joaquin (Medicard Marketing Manager).
“We (at
Medicard Philippines)
are trying to be pro-active in promoting health…” shares Dr. Montoya, President
of Medicard Phillipines. “Here’s a real program where we ask our members to
join; that should promote a more active and healthy lifestyle.”
“If you
have the nutrition, the exercise and the psychological motivation, putting that
together, it fits into what we are trying to promote.” Dr. Montoya further
expounds.
In
fact, Coach Jim Saret believes that the Medicard-METAfit Fitness Boot Camp is
the first of its kind when it comes to fitness programs. “It’s a really good
match to have the physical with the medical side, for any fitness and wellness
program of any person… METAfit together with Medicard is the first one to offer
all components of a total health and wellness.”
Left to Right: Grace
Siongco (APEX-Metafit) Hazel Chua (Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition Finalist), Coach
Jim Saret (METAfit founder) Raffy Tan (Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition Finalist),Coach
Toni Dimaguila-Saret (APEX-Metafit) Dr. Nicky Montoya (Medicard President) and
Kate Cruz-Joaquin (Medicard Marketing Manager).
METAfit
and Medicard Philippines
are known in the country to help Filipinos reach their health goals, whether to
lose weight or to be medically healthy. Before the partnership, these two
industry movers are doing great works on their own, but they felt there was
something lacking. Coach Jim couldn’t agree more, “It’s a perfect combination
for a METAfit program because we are providing the physical, the motivational
and the nutritional program but what’s missing basically is the medical side of
this.”
The
12-session program is designed to cater to all types of individuals and fitness
backgrounds. The idea of the program is to acquaint participants with basic
work-outs; and depending on their capacity and determination, they will
progress to more advanced routines until they graduate. Fitness goals will also
be laid down, however, as Coach Jim states, participants should not be worried
as he, and his team will support them every step of the way, under the medical
care of Medicard. Coach Jim guarantees that at the end of the course, many
would be surprised by their own bodies’ capabilities.
Joining
the METAfit team are Raffy Tan and Hazel Chua. They will work as motivators and
facilitators of the boot camp with Coach Jim’s lead.
The sold-out
Medicard-METAfit Fitness Boot Camp will start on February 25, 2013 at the Medicard Lifestyle
Center in Paseo De Roxas corner
Buendia, Makati City. Medicard members, as well as
non-members who signed up for the boot camp couldn’t wait any longer; they are
very excited and looking forward to maximizing their body’s potentials.
Not
even on its first session yet, many are already inquiring about the next boot
camp. With that, the team behind the Medicard-METAfit Boot Camp couldn’t wait
to get started… for sure; people can expect many more boot camps in the near
future!