People nowadays are really making sure that they stay healthy and lead an active lifestyle, so gyms are coming up with different ways to attract more clients. Gone are the days of doing purely weights. So now, people measure their level of fitness in various manners.
Enter Under Armour’s “Test of Will,” which had its Philippine leg last weekend at the Glorietta Activity Center.
Started in 2016, Test of Will is an annual Southeast Asia-wide fitness challenge in celebration of human performance, functional fitness and the training lifestyle. The modern and uniquely urban fitness challenge is accessible to everyone with the will to train and a drive for competition.
Some of the athletes and celebrities who joined the event were Filipino-American Bellator fighter AJ Matthews, Alliance Gym’s top coach George Castro, UAAP football player Kali Huff, volleyball player and TV host Gretchen Ho, actor JC de Vera, MMA fighter Mark Streigl, fitness expert Elle Adda, and three-time world Jiu-jitsu champion Meggie Ochoa.
Participants witnessed MMA fighters AJ and Mark slug it out in the four-minute challenge. Striegl won 119 to 101 in terms of total repetitions.
The event is designed as “the most advanced urban fitness challenge,” and it offers athletes the chance to compete in a simple circuit consisting of Burpees, One Arm Thruster, TRX Rows and Sandbag Throw.
The side events also included an arm wrestling challenge and a fitness session with Elle Adda.
Each competitor was scored based on the maximum number of repetitions they can achieve within 60 seconds. The highest-scoring man and woman of the national heats from each respective country will be sent to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 6 to face-off with other representatives from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei.
This year’s overall champion of the regional finals will walk away with S$2,500 cash prize, and will also get free head-to-toe gear.
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