Bandar Seri Begawan - With the Olympics having come to an end recently, more Bruneians are paying greater attention to sports and healthy activities. An increasing number can be seen working out in the health clubs, enjoying state-of-the-art fitness facilities.

Despite the increase in fitness and health awareness, Fitness Education and Certification courses are lacking in Brunei. Fitness Zone, being the most active health club in Brunei, is taking a bigger approach to encourage and sponsor local fitness enthusiasts to go abroad for their fitness certification courses. One famous fitness programme, Les Mills, is always looking for new recruits to join their team of 75,000 certified instructors working in 14,000 clubs across 80 countries.

According to Wu Chun, the founder of Fitness Zone, "Never underestimate what Bruneians can do. As long as you are passionate about what you are doing and you have a strong will to make it happen, it will materialise. Our coaches do their best to get people to dig deeper, go harder and reach higher. They motivate bodies, inspire minds and lead the way to positive change. Not many people are that committed but its great to be one of the few."

Emily Wong, a member-turned-Les Mills instructor at Fitness Zone who is now certified with the American Council of Exercise, said, "The Les Mills programmes have really changed my life. I first started participating overseas and was happy to find out that the local Fitness Zone offers the programmes when I returned."

A majority of the local trainers have also pursued their degree education in the UK and Australia, and have been greatly influenced by the healthy lifestyle abroad.

Fitness Zone currently has 10 expatriate trainers and 15 local trainers who are internationally certified.

--Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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