By Pierre Navasero
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fittest of them all? Affiliate Alliance and PLDT Home Fibr are bringing to you Fittest 2019: Individual Edition, which will be held at Tent City, Manila Hotel, on the 18th up to the 19th of May, 2019.
“Fittest 2019 will be the largest functional fitness event catering to CrossFitters and testing overall fitness capacity. This year we had 632 athletes enter the qualifiers, which is the most in history. There will be more than 270 athletes advancing to the championship round, which is also the most ever in history. Our mission statement is to find the fittest athletes in the Philippines and to inspire more Filipinos to get into functional fitness and taking care of their bodies,” said Tournament Director Jason Monteverde.
Primal Ape CrossFit, for the first time in a long time will be sending nine athletes who will be competing at this CrossFit Competition. There will be five women and four men who will represent Primal Ape CrossFit. For the Women’s Bootcamp Division: Alex Villanueva and Nicky Chua. Women’s Scaled Division: Ina Capulong and Ada Ty. Women’s Masters Scaled: Jhoana Mendoza. Men’s Masters Scaled: Heber Fabregar, Gilbert Remulla and Allan Alvarez. Men’s Masters RX: Chris Hernandez. Let’s not forget, Primal Ape has more than 300 active members and will definitely be sending a cheering squad to be led by Bryan Velayo.
PACF’s head coach and this year’s Fittest 2019 Head judge, Coach Xhi Tabalan, has total faith that this event will be a big step not just for Primal Ape but also the CrossFit community in terms of growth and awareness of the sport in the Philippines. With PLDT Home as title sponsor of this event, it will definitely give a whole new experience for both participants and spectators.