Compostela Valley Holds Summer Weight Loss Camp

A more disciplined yet exciting weight loss activity awaits fitness enthusiasts this summer as the provincial government of Compostela Valley partners with the 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army for a five-day military-style fitness training camp at Camp General Manuel T. Yan Sr. in Mawab town.

Dubbed as “Major, Major Weight Loss Camp,” the training will be conducted in two batches, April 10-14 and May 15-19.

Compostela Valley provincial tourism officer Christin Dompor stressed that the military camp has always been opened for experiential activity like that of a team building but for this year, they want the participants to experience the camp with a purpose.

“During our product development research, we identified a fitness training as a distinctive offering of the military camp in Mawab for this year,” she said.

Dompor said they want to change the notion about the camp from a war zone into a peace tourism camp.

Since the camp is only good for five days, they only target around 1.5-kilogram loss for every participant, she said.

“But they can still continue with their weight loss challenge after the camp, since they already have the fitness program and the diet that they can follow,” she added.

To cover meals and snacks, accommodation, and military training clothes, each participant will pay P3,700, she said.

The fitness activity will include physical conditioning, army dozen exercises, military basic drills and ceremony, pekiti tersia kali (arnis), knot-tying, obstacle courses, rappelling, militaristics: assembling of weapons, and battle drills.

The participants will also experience military diet in a field mess.

At the end of each session, winners for the biggest loser and best performer in military drills will be awarded.

Dompor also revealed that they will extend the fitness camp even after summer, specifically on June 12-16 due to the demand. (PIA-11)