Get Fit For Your Valentine

Kgomotso Molelekeng | Monday January 27, 2014 16:13

 

Not even the rain could stop the fitness enthusiastic men and women of different shapes and ages who had come together with the intention to shed a few kilos. The first task of the day was warm up with a few excises that many enjoyed doing before hitting the road for a 10km walk that started at Airport Junction to BBS mall and back.

One of the walk organisers, Collins Omondi told ShowTime that they decided to partner with Herbal Life distributors in Botswana so that they sensitise people on the dangers of not excising and promote fitness.

He said Valentine was deliberately picked as the lover’s day is just around the corner. “Most people when they talk about valentine, they are focusing only on dressing up and not having healthy habits. Our aim here is to help people to be fit so that when they celebrate valentine, they celebrate it the healthy way more importantly maintaining a health life,” he said.    

Omondi added that although they expected a lot more people turn up for the walk, they were happy and impressed with the number of participants. “I suppose the rain somehow made other people to miss the training but we were happy with more than 20 people that showed up even though we anticipated for 50 people,” he said.

The fitness walk is planned to continue every weekend and is open to all public members including children. “People were happy with the outcome of today’s walk and they suggested that we keep doing it every Saturday so next week we will also be having another fitness walk and hopefully many will attend,” he said.

He explained that the intention of the whole programme is to bring families together under one goal of promoting fitness. “We want to contribute to a healthy society by getting the whole family be fit that is why it is open to everyone,” he said.    

Kabo Modimootsile, one of the walkers confessed that ever since attending the fitness walks that started in December, his life has improved for the better. He said that the Herbal Life products have also helped him in maintaining a healthy life style.  

Herbal life distributing Botswana is an international nutrition company majoring in weight management and wellness. The company has been operating for 33 years now and it came to Botswana in 1995.