Elorde Boxing Fitness Gym

By Chef Ed Dychauco
Pots And Pans

ASIDE from good foods & good eats, I figure out that we should also be very concerned with our body, our health and well-being. And one place I got to visit lately is exactly what I have in mind for a long time, a boxing and fitness gym rolled into one!

Located on the second floor of Stonestown Building is Elorde Boxing Fitness Gym, an Elorde-franchised business. For those who are unfamiliar, Flash Elorde is a well-respected and bemedalled boxer in the 60s. This is a place for everyone who is into fitness, whether trying to lose weight, gain weight, tone their muscles or just plain exercise.

John-john B. Jose of Paranaque City, Metro Manila opened this franchised business last June of 2007. Being sports-minded and having much adrenaline to utilize, John-john is into several outdoor sports like basketball, swimming, running, jogging, hiking, thrill biking, and boxing. So it is not surprising for him to open a fitness gym here in the city of Golden Friendship. At 42, he looks really young for his age!

Aside from the regular cardio work outs, Elorde Boxing Fitness Gym also offers muay Thai boxing and boxing. Several well-trained instructors (gym: RJ Racines and Marlon Mandonahan), muay Thai (Ronald Ocangas, Jay Malubay, Lars Ampit), boxing (Felix Estremos Jr. and Donnie Mabao) are available to teach and assist. Here, one learns how to do proper elbows and knees punching and kicking, the Thai boxing way.

For cardio workout, the gym boasts of electric thread mill machines, stationary bicycles and cross-trainers while free weights include Smith machine, leg machine, lat machine, leg press, chest (Picdic) machine, cable cross-over and dumbbells (2 lb to 60 lb).

Boxing and the like promote self-discipline, self-esteem, create skills in self-defense and can burn up to 1000 calories per session (about an hour), according to John-john. Not bad. Not bad at all! No wonder a lot of people now are into this type of sport. I also found out that more women are engaged in this activity, both for boxing & muay Thai!

For the record, all of their muay Thai & boxing instructors have won in several regional and national (gold and silver medalists) like Philippine national championship Olympic Games, 1st Universiad competitions, national boxing tournaments and have also represented the Philippines abroad. And mind you, all these skilled boxers are native Kagay-anons! Wow!

Having talked to a few of these guys and knowing more about these contact sports, I should say this is THE place to be for everyone who wants to learn and even excel in this kind of sports. With professional trainers like them, one is sure to get to do the right thing, in the right manner and of course, have fun minus the potential injuries that might occur.

One year registration is P1,000 plus a monthly fee of P1,500 for combination fitness, P1,000 for muay Thai or boxing and P750.00 for fitness gym. They also offer special rates for those who come in between 12 noon to 4 p.m. The front desk clerks, Ms. Carmen Megalbio or Ms. Cherry Mae Pangan would be too glad to help you once you get inside.

Elorde Boxing Fitness Gym is located on the 2nd floor of Stonestown Building, Upper Carmen (besides Xavier Square), Cagayan de Oro City and can be reached at (088) 8591435.

So, what are you all waiting for? Come, enjoy and get fit now!

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