As the Leader in Fitness in Egypt, Gold’s Gym Egypt has been committed for the last 12 years to ensure that the society is aware on the importance of fitness and its vital contribution to health and well-being. For the aspiring athlete, physical and mental well-being is of particular equal importance; a strong, fit, well balanced body must be able to harbor a healthy mind.
It was with these values, that Mr Mohamed Afifi, CEO for Gold’s Gym Egypt signed an agreement with Mr Amr Mostafa Al Saeed, Chairman of the Egyptian Gymnastics Federation, and Gold’s Gym Egypt became the proud sponsor of the Egyptian Gymnastic Federation for the girls’ pre-junior, junior and senior teams.
The role of Gold’s Gym will be to help increase fitness levels and introduce a new type of training to the girls, who will be attending intense training sessions at Gold’s Gym Maadi, Cairo and Gold’s Gym Lagoon, Alexandria, three days per week.
With more focus being brought to light for the forthcoming Olympics for 2012 and 2016, training begins now to ensure that the athletes will be ready and in top, competitive form for the games.
Heading up the project is Gina Grant, Director of Gold’s Gym Academy & Fitness Development, alongside Training Assistant and certified trainer Nirvana Zaher, MSc and certified trainer Fouad Said, SSC, CFT. The gymnasts are also receiving personal programmes for nutrition and lifestyle to help integrate not only gymnastic techniques, but also the importance of a balance between all elements; technical training, fitness, nutrition and rest.
Lamia Sakr, an active board member for the EGF and Mariam Samir, President of the Women’s Technical Committee are both are very excited for the young gymnasts. “We are so happy to have the opportunity to work with Gold’s Gym, this can only increase the overall performance and self-esteem of the girls,” said Ms Samir. Ms Sakr added that, “there is a new way of thinking now within EGF. We recognize that we have to make our training more dynamic and use the experience of professionals who can help us reach our goals.”
The young athletes who range from nine to 17 year olds, are very excited to be training in Gold’s Gym and are keyed up and very eager to make the most out of this new opportunity, giving them all a new experience of training with specialists in sports performance.