GETTING OUR BOYS IN BLUE TO STAY FIT.

Read in today's Malaysia insider. High time they do this. I mean how do they chase after a robber if they are too heavy?  Even those behind a desk job should be encourge to loose some weight and stay fit.This will benefit them in the long run. 

Obese policemen risk not getting promoted or confirmed if they do not lose weight, The Star reports.

Bukit Aman’s Director of Management Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah was quoted saying a programme will be launched to to combat obesity.

For a start, 35 chubby policemen have been selected to participate in a weight-loss programme called Trim N Fit.

 “It’s a pilot project to ensure that policemen stay fit during their service. Our main task is to enforce the law and maintain public order. Therefore, we need our men to always be fit,” The Star quoted Zulkifli as saying.

The force has a list of some 11,000 obese policeman, and he said this was a “conservative number”.

He also revealed that some 250 police personnel and officers died last year due to obesity-related problems such as heart disease and diabetes.

Unhealthy policemen also took a toll on finances by taking sick leave days.

Last year, 28,628 policemen took 239,591 days of medical leave, costing RM8.8 million, the report said.

While officers may have been fit when they joined the force, they put on weight due to work and poor discipline in maintaining a healthy diet, adding that unless these officers had a chronic illness, there was no excuse for them to be fat. 

“We don’t just want fit officers and personnel, we also want them them not to have any health complications.

“We are starting with 35 personnel and officers, including myself, from my department first,” Zulkifli said at the launch of the Trim N Fit programme.

Those certified fit will also be subject to random checks to ensure they remained fit after the six-month programme.

Participants were selected if their BMI levels exceeded 25kg/m2. The objective is to make them lose about 5% to 10% of their weight, body fat and waistline within six months, the report said. – January 7, 2016.

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KEEPING MALAYSIA FIT

I had signed up the event fit malaysia, which was organised by Fit Malaysia because one of the event highlighted was Body combat , my favourited group cardio mix martial arts inspired exercise.The event was launched by the youth & sports minister Yb Khairy Jamaluddin. In his speech, he hoped that with the various activities and sport, more Malaysian will embrace a healthy life st.yle. Fit Malaysia is his brainchild. You can read about it's belief and vision in their web page. Since it was also the first sunday of the month,which has been set aside as car free day, I deceide to take the commuter from Klang to Kuala Lumpur and then the Lrt once I reach the main train station. It has been such a long while since I took this public transport. It might be an embracement, I had to ask a foreigner where was the Lrt station. I was suppose to go with another gym member, but at the last minute she told me she could not go, because her mum does not allow her to go. What? in this century an adult and a working adult at that can be control like that?  If it was cinderella, I could understand, but she was not a step child to her mother. Oh well, I would not invite her to any more event that's for sure, knowing how it would turn out eventually. Anyway I had a great time at the Body combat workout. I could see alot of them were first timer and non body combaters as they tend to get so close, that was hardly any space for me to kick.
Here are some of the photos taken with my handphone. I did not bring my camera, for fear of being stollen, as it was a public and open space event, unlike a club where there is a locker to store it away.

beet root and mixed fruits,which costs me RM10.00

a section of the crowd

a selfie on arrival

The body combat instructors

Two old friends who is part of the combat team

so this is muay thai.

with two of the muay thai trainer



Just got back from a muay thai workshop.
The event was organised by the celebrity fitness center. It was suppose to start at 2.00 pm but did not start way after 2.00pm. I usually like to be early whenever I am not familiar with a place, and since I have never been to celebrity fitness center,I left klang early around 12.00 pm and got there about 12.45pm and after checking with two security personal manage to locate the center. I was told they will only open for registeration around 1.00pm and that we are to bring our own lock for their locker as they do not provide lock. so I had to rush to look for one .after going in circle manage to get one at parkson. it cost me rm21.90 I just can't understand why a fitness center does not provide locker with lock,like all other fittnes center. We were divided into two groups one for the beginers and the other for advance. We were given some theory and its Technique on muay thai.At the end of the session ,we were given the opportunity to put into practice what we had learnt. Those who were brave enough did some sparing. Here are some of the photos on the event. My verdict? Except for a few minor hicup, otherwise an enjoyable event. Kudos to the organisers for a job well done.
More photos were posted on in my album on facebook
My trainer during the workshop was Raja Ahmad Talmizi or cikgu, a renown muay thai exponent in his own right runs a club in Taman Sri Andalas in Klang.
I got mention in cikgu's blog here


Anyway why did I attend this workshop? Well it is one of those things I wanted to try before I hit 60.I intend to go for orbing next. care to join me.?

Body combat

my favourite group exercise/work out

MIRACLE 09 -FITNESS FIRST'S YEARLY EVENT

This is my first time I attended such an event. I was looking forward to it. Manage to get my Body combat friend Nixon to join me. we headed for the venue in Damansara after Rendezvoused at the Klang executive club. We reached there within half and hour but finding a parking space in the car park was quite a challenge. After going in circles, finaly decided to park at any space I could find. We make our way to the open space in front of fitness first's club where the event was held. Quickly registered for the body combat class. Attendance fees was RM20.00 as this was a charity event. Paid with the coupons which I had purchased earlier from the Klang club. The remaining of the coupons were used to vote for the tribe challenge events. Since I was from the Klang club and my god daughter,snow was also part of the team I casted all the votes to the Klang tribe.
The place where the class was held was a bit too small where about 100 or so people jamed packed the place. There was hardly any space to move let alone kicked. Since I could not joined in the exercise comfortably, I have to turned photographer and snaped away.
It was quite and memorable experience. Unfortunately I could not stay till the end as I had to rushed back to attend a meeting in Kota Kemuning.
I found out later the Klang team came up second. well done KBT team. you does us proud.

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My Gym Experience

Sometimes last year found myself at the entrance of the local gym. Just out of curiousity I ask for some brochures and rates. There was none instead I was introduced to a sales person who
brief me on the various packages, and before I knew it I was signing on the dot dot lines.
After almost a year I am trying to recollect what I had gone through at the gym...
Apart from the free personal training I tried out some of the group excercise just for fun.

June 14th:Joined the body combat class. surprised I lasted the 1 hour duration.
june 18th 2008 attend the 2nd class of body combat, this time my instructor was a lady, a bit different style. still tiring but I manage to last through out the 1 hour plus and I think I will continue attending the class and see what will it do to my body.Next week she wants the class to dress in black. cool.june:24th: body combat 36. music to james bond.etc work out another hour. hope to improve my endurance.will go for other class under and different intructor and see if there is any difference.june 25th :another instructor but same body combat version.(36) weight: 61.6kg. will have another go with another instructor this sunday. to catch up on the move. june 28 another new instructor, who was very good.give precise and clear instruction and I was able to follow though out. but unfortunately today was her last day..just when I was begining to enjoy her teaching.weigh again today: 60.2 kg. either the scale is giving a wrong reading or I have really loss some weight.. yahoo.. a couple more kg i would be sastified. jUNE 29: 2nd last class with Cheng the trainer. her last will be next tuesday. so sad she had to go. hoping she could stay as she really put her heart in the workout. I think I have learnt some of the moves. will continue till the end of the workout. july 3rd: surprise our last trainer came in today. good to see Cheng again. good work out. enjoying every bit of it. Hope she will continue to come back.jul 5th a new instructer today by the name of alvin. quite ok. can follow through. he will be taking the rest of the session.I was told.weigh again . today's reading 60.8kg. some weight gain. need to work harder.jul 17: body combat.today is a mixure of the old releases. a bit difficult and tiring. have to keep going. jul 21, 22 & 23rd attend combat classes three days in a row. should i skip tomorrow's class? aug 6th: still mixed combat , which is the old release ,but at least I got to learnt them. some of the work out are fine. Aug 11th: Really pushing myself to the limit and give all out. really sweat out during the hour work out.am now nearer to my goal. weight today: 58.6. another 1 kg to go.Aug 18th: Went for Body pump, cos no combat class on Tues(instructin gone back to home town ) this is my 2nd class and I still will be back more often. have also have another try on body attack, but quit half way. just couldnot fit in. this is just for for me.!weight:60.1?? what happen. ?? all the hard work still no results!!?I think will not weight again until a couple of month as this is so dicouraging! aug 21 :weight again this time just in towel and the weight:? taa laa:58.6 kgs! yes!!sept 1st:some of my pants which were tight for me are now a bit loose.so i tried some of my old pants that were too tight for me and now they fit like a glove with some extra inch to spare. so I must have been loosing weight.. I think I have achieved my goal.

april 2009. my current weight is 56.3
apart from body combat, I did tried out body step which as fun,but not to my liking.
Have another go at body pump which I stopped for a while. begining to enjoy it again.
I have also tried RPM ,which is like racing bike , except the bike is stationary. The instructor will lead the class through some imaginary hill climbs, road etc. 50 mins per session. quite enjoyable. I survive this as well.