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fi tness
The HEALTH | NOVEMBER, 2018
Sarah Ariffi n at the gym.
Guavapass
introduces
exciting
birthday
discounts
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Carrying weights as part of Sarah
Ariffi n’s strength and resistance
training.
Working out
as a couple
Sarah Ariffi n with Nurulhadi Samiputra fi nds working out together more benefi cial .
Sarah Ariffi n speaks of what got her motivated
and how she works out with her husband
Y
OU’VE seen them
before: that married
couple that looks so
in love and connected
that they seem more
like honeymooners.
The secret to that
crazy-in-love vibe they’re giving off
could be that they’re getting physical –
and I don’t mean in the bedroom.
Fitness celebrity on Instagram,
entrepreneur and mother of three;
Sarah Ariffin who began working out
regularly with her husband; Nurulhadi
Samiputra since Hari Raya this year,
revealed that the both of them are the
biggest supporter of each other yet the
competitor of the other.
“We motivate each other but we
don’t teach one another, because he has
his own routine as he knows his body
best and I have my own. But by him
being there and me being with him,
indirectly and subconsciously we are
competing and supporting each other.
This helps a lot.”
However, on days where her hus-
band has to work on shift, he works out
at his place of work.
“We take a break once a week. For
me, it has become a lifestyle.”
The motivation
“I wanted to be stronger. I haven’t fully
optimised my strength. I know that my
body is capable of doing something
more, and for the fact that I wanted to
tone up my body. It was nothing to do
with losing weight.”
Sarah emphasised that it is crucial
for one to start from a positive phase
– to make peace with yourself first,
which was what she did.
Daily routine
An avid salsa dancer back in her hay
Her routine today
consist of 120 sit-ups
and 120 push-ups
compared to when
she started three
months back where
she used to do 30 sit-
ups an 30 push-ups.
days had resulted in a knee injury thus
she avoids the threadmill and is not
into cardio.
“I take my own pace and don’t go
for classes and synchronized exercise
regimes. There is nothing wrong with
that. Everyone have their own prefer-
ences, but for hubby and I, we are into
strength and resistance training, so
we use weights – dumbbells and other
equipment to specifically target areas
that we want to tone up.”
Her routine today consist of 120
sit-ups and 120 push-ups compared to
three months back where she used to
do 30 sit-ups an 30 push-ups.
“It’s amazing. You would be able
to see the transformation from your
body, by starting with just these two
exercises. People often say that certain
exercises are not effective for them. But
to actually benefit, you should actually
adhere to certain posture, the sitting
composition – as in sit-ups. You can’t
simply go up and down – as you won’t
feel nothing. So what you need to do is
to focus on your abs and make sure that
your crunches touches the abs. That’s
where you get the full impact.”
“Another thing about working out
is consistency. It’s good if you could
do it three times a week, but if you
could do it more – that’s better. Again,
fitness – there’s no quick fast rule about
fitness. You have to take your own pace
because everyone’s body is unique,”
she said.
UAVAPASS, the leading provider
of boutique fitness classes to
thousands of users across 12
global cities, is turning one in Malaysia
and to coincide with its birthday bash, it
has started a six week ‘Be Like Victoria’
Challenge’.
The challenge which began in October
15, will take members on a six week fitness
journey till November 26. It is open to
everyone no matter what their fitness
level is.
“All you need to be is a GuavaPass
member,” revealed GuavaPass general
manager Diane Chia.
“The goal is simple: book and complete
three classes per week, and each week
receive an exciting prize from sponsored
partners like Zalora, Grab and PurelyB,
plus perks from GuavaPass. Top custom-
ers from each market globally will stand
a chance to win the grand prize which
will include USD 50 worth of GuavaPass
credits and other exciting perks!”
Stair
climbing
STAIR climbing is easy to build into your
life and make a habit of.
The reason why stair climbing is so
easy to adopt as a daily habit is that it fits
in with modern urban life, over 90 per
cent of which is spent indoors.
Stair climbing is recommended by
doctors and health authorities worldwide
because high-quality studies show that
climbing just eight flights of stairs a day
lowers average early mortality risk by 33
per cent, seven minutes stair climbing a
day can halve the risk of heart attack over
10 years and just two minutes extra stair
climbing a day is enough to stop average
middle age weight gain.