Meet the Pasarela Trainer of Aces & Queens for both its Bb. Pilipinas 2020 and Miss Universe Philippines 2020 ladies – Ian Mendajar – during one of the sessions with some of the ladies at Gold’s Gym in McKinley Hill. They were also joined by the beauty camp’s head Gerry Diaz.
Left to right: Chiara Markwalder, Alexandra Dayrit, Lou Dominique Piczon, Carina Cariño, Cindy Obeñita, Patricia Babista, Pauline Amelinckx, Hannah Arnold, Riana Pangindian and Paula Ortega.
The shoot of the Bb. Pilipinas 2016 Primer at Gold’s Gym Acropolis (Photo credit: Angelo Mendez)
Bb. Pilipinas 2016 has started shooting for the pageant primer to be aired on ABS-CBN by early April. My friend, Angelo Mendez – Marketing Manager of Gold’s Gym – uploaded the photo above of the filming made at the fitness hub’s Acropolis branch.
It won’t take too long before we see them doing the usual visits to the sponsors and supporters of the competition, including a scheduled trip to a beach out of town. This should also form part of the OBB that will be used for the finals.
Watch out for my upcoming blog posts about the personal accounts of the other Binibinis on how their journey has been so far. I started with Binibini 26 Jennifer Hammond earlier today. The rest will follow in succession soon! 🙂
Coach Bench Ortiz training the KF bets for Bb. Pilipinas 2016 at Gold’s Gym (Photo credit: Angelo Mendez)
It’s never easy joining Bb. Pilipinas, let alone taking part in any respectable beauty pageant of regional or national scope for that matter. The days and nights of constant coaching/training, hours upon hours of strict fitness routines in the gym, measured meals with highly-targetted nutritional value and sustaining a winner’s disposition all throughout are more than enough to break down the less-disciplined wannabes from the dedicated joiners.
Kagandahang Flores (or KF) has already collected years of experience and expertise in transforming simple but very promising Filipinas into fierce soldiers of beauty. And the group is nearing the final touches on the group of women who will be fielded for Bb. Pilipinas 2016.
At Gold’s Gym, coach Bench Ortiz and Marketing Manager Angelo Mendez have teamed up to supervise and meticulously train the KF bets in preparation for the screening and eventual acceptance as Official Candidates for this year’s batch. It’s more than just achieving the right bodies, but also maintaining a fit and healthy mind in maintaining the “pageant-beast” mode in all aspects.
In just a few weeks from now, you will see the final results. And boy, you will definitely applaud their efforts in reaching the best versions of themselves. 🙂
More training photos for the KF ladies at Gold’s Gym (Photo credit: Angelo Mendez)
The winners of BODYCON 2015 for Gold’s Gym (Photo credit: Bench Ortiz)
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Gold’s Gym, a BODYCON 2015 Search was held last night at The Grand Ballroom of Novotel Manila Araneta Center. Sixteen (16) male and (15) female contestants vied for the major titles of Mister and Miss Gold’s Gym plus Mister & Miss Shape and Mister & Miss Muscle and Fitness.
The Female winners:
Miss Shape Runner-Up – Karen Ibasco
Miss Shape 2015- Cherry Ann Kubota
Miss Gold’s Gym runner-up – Nadia el Bakir and
Miss Gold’s Gym 2015- Cassie Umali
The Male winners:
Mister Muscle and Fitness Runner-Up – Allan Guinto
Mister Muscle and Fitness – Arnold Aninion
Mister Gold’s Gym Runner-Up- Bryann Foronda
Mister Gold’s Gym 2015 – Rein Talosig
The top winners received P150,000 each,
and will be the cover of Gold’s Gym Magazine, Shape Magazine and Muscle & Fitness. A trip to the USA is also included where they will attend the Gold’s Gym International Convention.
This is how Pia’s body actually looks now. Thanks to John Cuay for all the expert help and fitness guidance.
Pia and John Cuay: An Excellent Tandem
“Just the visibility of her six packs and tone thighs, and she’ll be ready to show Miss China the perfect Ms Universe body.”
Those are the exact words of Fitness Guru John Cuay after uploading a photo grid showing the body of Miss Universe Philippines 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach. No filters. No nothing. Just plain hardwork and determination for both the trainer and the student.
The focus is unshakeable. And you can tell that, despite the increasing levels of difficulty by the day, Pia never complains. Sure, she gives updates of her “ordeals” in jest, but that’s just to show everyone that she continues to be up for the challenge. And will never ever let up.
See what the use of a chair can do to help Pia achieve her body below. 😉
A happy Janicel Lubina goes through her gym routine with a very positive Aura (Photo credit: Angelo Mendez)
Janicel wearing Christopher Munar accessories
Thank God it’s Friday, dear readers! Start of another long weekend for everyone in the Philippines.
For today, we really have to thank Gold’s Gym for taking care of the health and fitness needs of our Bb. Pilipinas 2015 Queens. Take for example Bb. Pilipinas International 2015 Janicel Lubina. She has been silently going through all her exercise and weight routines without fail. Thanks to Angelo Mendez, Marketing Manager of Gold’s Gym Philippines, for taking quick snapshots of our beautiful Miss International 2015 bet who is getting stronger and sexier by the day.
There is a lady being gym-trained by KF (Kagandahang Flores) right now. But for which pageant, the indications are not specific yet. But with her medical background (according to her FB records, she was a Medical Physicist at St. Luke’s Medical Center) and academic reach (she went on to take Graduate Studies at the University of Santo Tomas), it doesn’t require loads of deep thinking to arrive at the conclusion that she could really be bound for Miss World Philippines 2015.
Her purpose could very well be in her field of specialization if ever.
Bb. Pilipinas Supranational 2015 Rogelie Catacutan during the Dairy Queen TVC Press Launch (Photo credit: Bruce Casanova)
What’s up with Bb. Pilipinas Supranational 2015 Rogelie Catacutan nowadays? A lot. Aside from fulfilling her duties and responsibilities to BPCI, our lovely Cebuana has been constantly devoting much of her free time from personal appearances and the like to constant workouts in the gym and dedicated fitness training with Bench Ortiz of Gold’s Gym. And this girl doesn’t mind if she’s not hitting 100% energy and perkiness during her scheduled sessions. She knows fully well that there is no room for laziness whatsoever.
Rogelie’s eyes are on Krakow, Poland and how she will transform herself to the ultra-competitive Philippine representative for Miss Supranational 2015 scheduled on December 4 at the Sports Hall in Krynica-Zdroj for the second year in a row. But prior to that, all pre-pageant activities will take place in the Malopolska Region (or Lesser Poland) where Krakow is the capital city.
Rogelie religiously doing her fitness training with Bench Ortiz at Gold's Gym Acropolis (Photo credit: Angelo Mendez)
Keep up with the instilled discipline, Rogelie, and you will definitely reap the rewards of your hard work before Christmas this year!
I know that you want to continue bringing more honor to your fellow Cebuanos and the rest of the country. And your Tito @normant will be supporting you all the way!
Miss Universe Philippines 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach as pictured by Jonas Gaffud
Pia being “punished” in the gym by John Cuay (back)
Miss Universe Philippines 2015 Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (beautifully captured by Jonas Gaffud in the photo above) continues with her daily training with John Cuay at Gold’s Gym. And mind you, the fitness program designed for her is physically punishing but for a really good cause.
John’s description of the first video below:
“It pays to functionally train one’s core! Pia did a 4 level intermediate core challenge. SUPINE – MERMAID – KNEE – STAND! Short term goal is met this month, which sorta put a smile on my face. Significant changes as far as numbers in the waist and thighs are concerned. We are on the track people! Yahooooo!!!
Good job Miss Universe Philippines 2015”
PS: I want Pia to wear something loose when she works out, wala lang, just for the BASHERS!
#StrongerWithGolds #projectphysiqueMU2015
courtesy of The Emerald and John Cuay
John’s description of the video below:
“Workout of the day! – “2 direction leg circles, roll over, and partial V pose at the end range”
The 29 core muscles are made sure to contract all throughout this particular workout. The extremities are isometrically contracting as well. The V pose at the end is to make sure that every muscle of Pia’s body is being worked out. 1 out of 20 exercises that she did earlier at Golds Gym Glorietta.”
courtesy of The Emerald and John Cuay This is how Fitness Guru John Cuay (left photo with Pia) described the video above:
“Pia’s workout for the day weighted pelvic raise to stimulate the muscle fibers of the hamstring, glutes , the core ( more on the posterior musculature) . She did 4 sets of 20 reps. One of her 15 weight training workouts that she did at GOLDS GYM GLORIETTA.“
Keep in mind that this is just one of the fifteen (15) weight training workouts John Cuay has designed for Pia. There are fourteen (14) other demanding routines our Queen has to regularly go through, like other variations of core functional training exercises (see video below) and mermaid rotations.
courtesy of The Emerald and John Cuay
This is how John captioned the routine above:
“Pia is doing a core functional training exercise. This is a 2 opposing extremity pillar rotating table top. Working in every muscle of her body. In this picture the prime mover is the left glutes and hamstring once she reach her end range. The core works as the stabilizer all throughout. The purpose for this specifically for Pia is to stimulate leaness on her glutes and hamstring, simultaneously working the 29 muscles of the core together at the same time, both for strengthening and to improve trunk stability ( u wonder how Ara Arida effortlessly twirled in swimsuit during MU 13? – cores conditioned)…
PS: this is an advance level core workout, I do not recommend this to anyone who is not core conditioned.“
Truly, being Miss Universe Philippines is never easy, let alone being a national beauty queen.
But Pia is not complaining. She’s in it for the long run! 😉
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Meet the Pasarela Trainer of Aces & Queens for both its Bb. Pilipinas 2020 and Miss Universe Philippines 2020 ladies – Ian Mendajar – during one of the sessions with some of the ladies at Gold’s Gym in McKinley Hill. They were also joined by the beauty camp’s head Gerry Diaz.
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