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Bounce or Sway with New Pantene Nature Care Collection

Sway Vs Bouce.. what’s your choice?

Me? I’d go for sway any day…but would welcome bounce one a in a while (teehee).. I have a straight hair, forever straight hair..and really glad with Pantene Nature Care Smoothness and Life. my straight hair looks better now 🙂

Make your choice! Vote now and get a chance to win a free sample of your choice! And if you upload your photo, get a chance to be featured on TV! Click the image to vote! 🙂

See? my hair is all about sway!

Pantene Nature Care Collection introduces two variants for beuatiful, manageable hair that moves naturally:

Fullness and Life for the perfect bounce, Smoothness and Life for the perfect sway.

BOUNCE: Pantene Nature Care Fullness and Life gently cleanses hair while delivering conditioning benefits to each strand. In addition to the Cassia Complex, it contains avocado oil, grapeseed extract and bamboo help moisturize and revitalize hair. The shampoo works in harmony with the Pantene Nature Care Conditioner which helps to keep hair manageable, prevent frizz and maintain hair fullness. The Nature Care Conditioner comes with the dual-surfactant technology, which creates a unique ‘airfilm’ that separates the hair strands for effective and even deposition of conditioning ingredients.

SWAY: Pantene Nature Care Smoothness and Life collection restores hair’s natural health, smoothness and life form through a combination of the brand’s signature Pro- V technology fused with a nourishing mix of nature’s wonders including Cassia Complex, aloe vera, calendula and ginger. This innovative formula penetrates into the hair’s cortex and fortifies the hair shaft from root to tip maintaining optimal moisture balance in hair while reducing friction between every hair strand therefor achieving smooth shiny hair that is full of life and movement.

Another Running Spree at Run United 3

All set for the third leg of the Runrio Trilogy 2012 on September 16

Run United is back, after a nearly three-month break. And as the cliché goes, ‘the third time is a charm’. Last year, in fact, a record number of runners estimated at over 14,000 participated in Run United 3.

Run United 3, the third leg of the Run Rio Trilogy, has always been much anticipated because it offers what is dubbed as the ‘Afroman distance’ or 32k category—not usually included in other run races. Of course, on top of the other race categories: the Ceelin 500m dash, 3k, 5k, 10k, and 21k.

“The 32k Afroman Distance in RU3 can be a preparatory race for the full 42.195km category in the upcoming 1st ever Run United Philippine Marathon slated on October 28. RUPM will still have the shorter categories: 500m dash, 3K, 5K, 10K, and 21K.” said Alex Panlilio, Head of Unilab Active Health (ULAH).

Meanwhile, according to premiere race organizer Coach Rio dela Cruz, the runners’ anticipation over Run United 3 will be all worth it as new features and surprises await them on September 16. For one, there will be new routes as well as different starting and finish lines again for Run United 3 in the 21K and 32K categories, like in the previous two races for 21K.

The 32K runners will have a gun start at Bonifacio Global City (BGC) starting at 3am, an hour ahead of the 21k runners. They will be led from BGC to take their first 10k in University Parkway area, then move up to Kalayaan Flyover. Then, they will go all the way down to Buendia, take left at Roxas Boulevard, turnaround taking the roads of Vicente Sotto, Diosdado Macapagal and on to EDSA before finally turning left at Seaside Boulevard for the finish at the Mall of Asia (MOA).

The 21k will have an earlier gun start at 4am compared to Run United 2’s 430am. They will have the same route as the 32k runners, but instead of going to EDSA they will turn right after Macapagal Avenue, turning right at Seaside Boulevard and then all the way to the finish line in MOA.

“Run United 3 runners will get to run across three cities— Taguig, Makati and Pasay. Based from the feedback we got from them, they really enjoyed the experience and the new routes. The earlier gun start of both race categories will give runners a safer route as well,” said Dela Cruz of RunRio Inc., the race organizer.

Online registration for Run United 3 started on August 6 and will continue until September 2, 2012. In-store registration will start on August 13 and will be up to September 9, 2012. Registration venues include Riovana in BGC and Katipunan, Quezon City; and Toby’s at SM Mall of Asia and Trinoma.

The runners will receive their complete race kits upon registration (Active Health Sun Visor, Singlet, Bib with B-Tag and wrist tag for 500m dash runners). The wrist tag for 500m dash kid’s runner which is usually given on race day will now be included in their race kits upon registration.

Run United 3, which is for the benefit of Gawad Kalusugan and Children’s Hour, is part of the ULAH running series. Run United started with only 8,000 runners when it was launched in March 2010 and the numbers have steadily grown in succeeding events. An estimated 14,000 runners participated during its last offering— at 2012 Run United 2.

Run United 1 on March 4 started off this year’s RunRio Trilogy, followed by Run United 2 last June 17. Runners who completed all the longest distances (21k-21k-32k) in all of the three Run United races will be recognized at the RunRio Trilogy Awards Night.

Fun and exciting activities await runners and their family at the Active Health Village, new and bigger Active Kids Zone, Runners’ Lounge, I-Connect Zone, The Food Pavilion and Health, Sports, & Leisure Zones.

For further information or inquiries on race details, results, photos and discussions, please visit the following websites: www.unilabactivehealth.com or www.runrio.com. ###

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Lose More, Live More: CrossFit Training With Art and Angela

Hmm.. where do I start this entry?

I.CAN’T.WALK.

Well, I can walk but my whole body’s aching! Going upstairs is another thing.. Uh Oh.. I had this kind of “I can’t walk state” when I first tried Metafit. That’s just a 4 minute work out but coming from a sedentary lifestyle, my muscles was like WHOA! WHAT WAS THAT?!? Doing Metafit from time to time, I thought I would be spared from aches after CrossFit.. and I was wrong.

What is CrossFit? (from CrossFit Manila)

Crossfit is elite fitness for everyone at – from couch potatoes to seasoned athletes. It is a program that was originally developed by legendary coach Greg Glassman after his many years of watching, working with, and coaching all types of people.
CrossFit workouts are constantly varied movements executed at high intensity, thus every workout is different and you will rarely do the same thing twice. The workouts themselves are completely scalable, which means that a new participant and an elite athlete can complete the same workout with changes in load and intensity. CrossFit workouts will deliver phenomenal fitness in and of themselves or as a compliment to your sport-specific training regime.
Basically, CrossFit is not your ordinary workout, but it is for ordinary people looking for extraordinary results.

Indeed it was not our ordinary workout! What we had was WOD or work out of the day which is 7 Wall Balls, 7 Push ups, 7 Box Jumps and 7 Burpees. Sounds easy eh? haha yes, if you will do it just once..but if you have to do it for 10 minutes, that’s another thing!

Wall Balls is holding a 3 kg ball (heavier for the boys and fort he seasoned ones) and throwing it on the wall, while doing push up.

Push Ups, you know that already 🙂

Box Jumps is jumping in and out of the box, the push coming from within.. it was hard for me so we just step in and out 🙁

Burpees, you can find a how to at C-lium website

Here we are after the work out.. sweaty but pretty! hahaha it hadn’t kicked in.. yet!

After the work out, we had a sumptuous lunch (na located sa 2nd floor! aray kupo!) and Nutritionists Nadine Tengco and Pinoy Biggest Loser finalists Art and Angela gave us us some tips and advice on losing weight.

Miss Nadine taught us the proper way to lose weight and eating less is not one of it. She was also kind enough to discuss to us the science behind our body in terms of eating. The most important thing that I have learned from her is the most efefctive way to lose weight is to INCREASE METABOLISM, and it can happen if you eat right.

Eating right means eating every 3-4 hours a day with protein, carbs and fiber on the plate. She also mentioned that our plate should always consist of 1/2 veggies, 1/4 protein and 1/4 carbo. The science behind it is eating every 3-4 hours makes our glucos level stable…making our body function at its most optimal state.

She also shared with us the essential rules in weight loss:

Frequency, as mentioned above eat every 3-4 hours every day.
Quality, food that you should eat: Nutrient Dense (more nutrients and less calories), Volume Metric (more water and more fiber) and Whole foods (fresh, raw and unprocessed)
Quantity: 1000-1200 kcal consumption per day

With this guideline + CrossFit and of course C-lium fiber, I think I can have my desire weight in no time!

Now you know more about weight loss, are you ready to take the challenge? Who wants to live more and lose more? And if you’re already living more, why don’t you join C-lium’s Lose More. Live More promo: