PICTURES FROM THE 2014 EDITION OF SHAPE UP NAIJA FITNESS CARNIVAL ORGANIZED BY FABILA'S FITNESS CLUB

It was a health and fitness affair on Saturday December 13, 2014 as Fabila’s Fitness Club staged the first Fitness Carnival “Shape Up Naija” in Lagos, Nigeria. Guests arrived as early as 7:30am at the GET Arena, Victoria Island, fully kitted in their active wears. The event was what many of the guests termed “a buffet of workouts” as it featured various workout sessions from a number of talented fitness professionals from different facets of the Nigerian fitness industry. The event showcased for the first time in Nigeria, Zumba Sentao presented by Fabila, a fun high intensity workout where participants used chairs as their workout partners. Also present on the day were exhibitors who offered guests products and services ranging from fresh fruit juices, salads, beauty products, and healthy snacks. Guests also enjoyed free health screenings provided by Medplus Pharmacy, Path Care Laboratories and Eden Lifestyle Nigeria. In addition, a few lucky guests went home with prizes won from fitness competitions and raffle draws held on the day.

Fabila’s Fitness Club would like to specially thank its sponsors Zesty Juices, Avivar Wellness Centre, Main Events, Eden Lifestyle Nigeria, Shedams Fitness Clinic, Zone Fitness Club, Body by Ponz, Bodylanguage Studio, Fuzion Fitness and I Am Fadd Fitness.

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Ponle of Body by Ponz

Slim of Bodylanguage Studio displaying the art of Capoeira

Esta of Zone Fitness Club Nigeria

2014 Presenters: Tayo Badejo, Trisha Maja, Slim, Fabila, Ponle, Maje Ayida, Esta, Seyi Shedams

Fabila, Slim, Korra and Maje Ayida

Give Away Fruit Hampers courtesy So Fresh Neighborhood Market Nigeria

Winner Jump Rope Competition

Skin Care Session with Leslie Okoye of Cookie Skin

Maje Ayida and Fabila

Boot Camp Session with Ponle

Raffle Draw Winners

Zumba Session with Fabila

Avivar Wellness Centre

Happy Healthy Food Nigeria

Hairven

Hale & Hearty Pharmacy

Reel Fruits

Savvy & Chic Hair Beauty Hub

Zesty Juices

Free Health Screenings courtesy Path Care Laboratories

More Winners

Zumba Sentao session with Fabila

Fabila introducing Zumba Sentao

Zumba Sentao with Fabila

Stretch session with Seyi Shedams

Seyi Shedams concept developer "The Fastest Shedder" TV series

Tayo Badejo of I AM FADD Fitness

Trisha Maja of Fuzion Fitness Nigeria

Esta of Zone Fitness

Seyi Shedams and Fabila

Dabs (Savvy & Chic), Fabila and Leslie Okoye

HEALING POWER OF CELERY

I bought a green smoothie some months back which had celery as one of its ingredients. While placing my order, I was a bit skeptical about how a celery smoothie would taste, but my oh my did I enjoy it. Now, I am busy making celery smoothies and even cooking celery soup. I know I tend to go overboard with new discoveries. Well, all of this made me wonder what my body was benefiting from my new found love. After all, it is a vegetable, so it should have loads of nutritional and health benefits right?

NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS OF ZOBO/SORREL DRINK

z obo/sorrel was a must have during family gatherings. As children, we loved drinking it, not only because of how nice it tasted, but also because it coloured our lips and tongues red. Zobo (Nigerian) or Sorrel (Jamaican) is a red coloured drink made from a flower called Hibiscus sabdariffa. The sorrel plant contains a wide range of vitamins and minerals including vitamin C, calcium, niacin, riboflavin and a group of compounds called flavonoids. Flavanoids not only gives the sorrel plant its deep red colour, but, are also rich in antioxidants which rids the body of toxins. The sorrel plant also contains nutraceleuticals, which are said to be helpful to the health. Nutraceleuticals can help prevent and treat several diseases including diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and cancer.

SOME OF YOUR EXERCISE IN PREGNANCY QUESTIONS ANSWERED

I t’s been a long time I wrote, but trust me I have not been idle. I recently had a baby and I am glad I have some pregnancy fitness experiences to share with you. After my marriage union with my lovely husband, I began to get advice from some concerned colleagues and family about slowing down on my exercising and focusing on building a family and making babies. I wondered how exercising interfered with me achieving any of that, to my surprise some people believed that exercising was going to prevent me from conceiving. In fact, a particular ex-colleague of mine really scared me when she told me that I could just keep having miscarriages and not even know it. I did not let any of this bother me as I believed that pregnancy would happen at Gods time. Besides I had only been married for a month and still looking forward to our honeymoon. Pregnancy was certainly not on my mind at this time. To answer your first question can I conceive while exercising?

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