 With every new year comes new resolutions and I know for a fact that so many people set up this new goal of making sure that they keep fit through the year but they don't follow through. So what are we doing wrong? Where is the problem? Today we'll be giving you a few tips of how you can follow through this goal and make sure that you keep you and the year having kept fit. You can be part of this conversation by sending in your comments, questions or just tell us where you're watching us from on e-circuit across all our social media platforms or you can talk to me directly on my social media handles at eave.com on Instagram and Twitter and Evelina on Facebook. In studio with me, I have the founder and CEO of Authentic Fitness and Adventure, Tyson Odero, and he'll be telling us more about fitness and how we can put some fun into it. Tyson, how are you doing? Thank you so much. How are you feeling today? I'm feeling good for having this chance to be here with you guys. Why are you not dressed in attire fitness? Today we want to talk about fitness, we want to do practical, so we'll come for practical. So today is just theory, so that next time we do practical. All right, sour, sour. So fitness, I think fitness is rude. Can you just tell us what fitness is or what it entails? Yeah, fitness, just as you've said, fitness is broad. And fitness is the ability of doing daily activities without undue fatigue. So like today you are coming to work and you are walking to this place. You don't feel like there's some fatigue. So that means you're fit. So that's specifically for fitness. And now fitness is in different categories and how you can perform fitness. So what you can say, fitness, basically, you can wake up every early in the morning. You just try to do some stretch ups in your bed. That is fitness. Yes, just stretch up your hands. That's fitness. You can as well decide that now you want to perform, you want to jog, just move out of your house. You jog around your locality, then you come back. That's still fitness. Then there's also aspect of fitness whereby you go to the gym. You be a registered member with an instructor who will always guide you on what to do and so on and so forth. What about the aspect of eating and feeding rights, meals? Yes, meals is also very important. And that's why when you come to our field, that is maybe if you come to a company, you are a new client. What you normally do is we provide you with a questionnaire whereby you go through the questionnaire, what you're supposed to do. And the questionnaire, first of all before you go through the questionnaire, you have to check your BMI, the body mass index, so that you can see where to place you and what activities you undergo. Through that questionnaire, there are some questions that will answer whether you have a problem somewhere you indicate there. We also check your weight, your height. So it will be easy for us to, while giving you an activity, it will be a task that you can fulfill. Yes. Not something that will strain you. Yes. Okay, so why is it that people find it so hard to keep fit? Is it expenses? Is it time? What's the problem according to you? I can say it's expenses and also time because some people are even working extra hours. You're working for nine hours, for instance, and you want to do an overtime for five hours. So when you go back home, you're so tired that you're not even thinking of doing fitness. When you come to expenses, whereby maybe you're visiting a certain gym and you're asking for charges, they're telling you for this month, you'll be charging you less than 10,000. Maybe if you weigh yourself in 10,000, then it's a lot of money. Yes. There are some activities you can do without trying the expenses, just as I was saying, like yoga. Yoga is just picking up your mat, you're down there, you are doing the workout. You have not used any coin because you have a mat in your house or you can even use your kikoi or the carpet. You just do some fitness there and then you're good. Yes. Okay. Most people think that fitness just involves going to the gym. That is what, when I think of fitness myself, that is what comes to mind. Yes. Like working out, you know, kubeh bachuma and all that stuff. What other misconceptions and myths are there about fitness that people believe that are not true? People believe that fitness is maybe going to the gym and then you're building your muscles. So, you understand. But that's not the aspect of fitness. Fitness, for instance, while I was coming here, the distance from the gate to this place, that's a workout. When you're not driving, you sit here. So maybe you are right there at the gate and you walk to this place. That is fitness. But now there's that aspect where people think that if you go to the gym, that's the only fitness, that's what you can do. I believe maybe you love dancing. That is fitness. Yes. Where the music and just some moves. There's aerobics. There's zumba. Yes. There's some music. That is fitness. So there's this aspect of, oh, let us just go to the gym. The only way we can be fit, not really. There are so many ways that you can keep fit. Yes. And you might even find that where people think that it's only the big people that are unfit. You can run from here to somewhere over there, but you're panting so heavily. Yes. That's a sign of someone who is not an athlete. That's a sign of someone who is not an athlete. There are so many of us. Yes. Okay. Yes. So why do I need to keep fit? Why is it so important for me to stay fit? First of all, what I can say about being fit is very, very important. As I was saying earlier, about fitness is one way you are doing your activities without undue fatigue. Yes. So like right now you are here interviewing me, but you might be feeling some pain on your back, meaning you are not fit. Yes. Yes. So if you are fit like the way we are talking, I can see now there's no undue fatigue, meaning you are fit. Yes. So fitness, first of all, it will help you to be active. Yes. Like you can do your chores very well. Another thing, fitness will also help you to reduce some diseases. Mm-hmm. Like in this last year, 2019, we lost a number of people through cancer. Mm-hmm. Some of them being prominent people. Mm-hmm. Those who are aired on news. But there are some who are not aired on news. Yeah. Majority. Majority. So fitness is also one of the way you can reduce these diseases. Mm-hmm. Yes. Okay. So when you stay fit, your health also improves. Yeah. Very, very important. All right. So let's talk about how adventure plays into fitness. Yes. Yeah. So there is aspect of fitness and the aspect of adventure. Mm-hmm. Adventure is one way of becoming to a place you were, you were never before. Yeah. So for instance, and it also helps you to move out of your comfort zone. Mm-hmm. When, if you are just here, like daily work, come daily, daily. You don't go out there to network with different people. Mm-hmm. You don't go out there to make friends. Yeah. So that's where we introduce adventure into fitness. Mm-hmm. So, like for this January, we are having a fitness activity, a fitness and adventure activity. Mm-hmm. It's called aqua fitness. Mm-hmm. In Lake Varsha. Mm-hmm. So there is that road trip. People from different places, they've never met before, but they're coming together, they make friends. Mm-hmm. The network moving together. And then we're going to introduce aqua fitness. It's what you call some music at water. Oh, okay. Sounds interesting. So, and you've heard of all career geothermal lots. Yeah. So there is music there. Mm-hmm. And the warm water, some move. Mm-hmm. Yes. Oh, aerobics. Something like aerobics in water. Aerobics in water. Sounds so interesting. Yeah. Sounds so interesting. Yeah. What other fitness activities can you do? Well, maybe exploring, being adventures. Yes. Some of the fitness activities are, we normally do corporate team buildings. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Different companies. Mm-hmm. Like, let's say, here at work place, you're working here. Some people are working over in the gallery. Yeah. Some are outside the reception. Mm-hmm. Maybe you don't find time to meet or talk. Yeah. But when you create team building sessions, we introduce a session whereby you people can network within the firm. Mm-hmm. Yes. Okay. What about activities like cycling, hiking, that part of it? Yeah, there are activities like, you see fitness is broad just as you've said. Yeah. Because it's not only that we normally do aqua fitness. Mm-hmm. We do a number of activities. Yes. Like, just some years back on 8th December last year, we did the forest. Mm-hmm. We're calling the Flying Fox. Mm-hmm. There's ziplining, there's cycling, there's horse riding, there's bull painting, there's archery, a number of activities. Yes. So even archery is also part of fitness. Okay. Because we're trying to stretch. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Interesting. It's also, you're stretching your muscles. Yes. And that is fitness. There's cycling. Yeah. You're working out your thighs. Mm-hmm. That's fitness. Mm-hmm. Yes. All right. So the main purpose of you starting that company? Yes, the main purpose of me starting the company was to make sure that you're fit at the same time you're enjoying when doing adventure. Yeah. Because I think when you talk about fitness, sometimes it seems like something so hard to do, you know, and strenuous. But when you put some cycling into it, you know, ziplining, aqua fitness, it doesn't seem so hard. It's more fun, actually. Yeah. So the main reason I'm trying now, fitness and adventure come into existence is that a number of people were like, I used to be, I used to do fitness before. Mm-hmm. So if you invite somebody for a fitness activity, then this one turns to be a big mess. Like, how, how, how will I go for fitness? Yeah. But now we decided to introduce now adventure. Mm-hmm. So there is part of fitness instead of adventure. Yes. So a number of people love traveling. Mm-hmm. And now there is that aspect that if I travel, then I'll enjoy. Mm-hmm. And when you travel with us, what you normally do is introduce a session over a kind of a team building. Mm-hmm. So team building, they are all aspects of fitness. Mm-hmm. We stretch here. Mm-hmm. We introduce music for aerobics. Mm-hmm. People enjoy there. So even if you're going for hiking, you're going to be in Mount Longanot. Mm-hmm. And we have already introduced, there's that adventure that we have traveled from Nairobi to Mount Longanot. Yeah. At least people have networked, they've interacted. Mm-hmm. Then there's that aspect of team building, whereby there's some kind of cool music for aerobics. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So we get that psyche of climbing Mount Longanot. Yes. So it becomes so easy. So if you say that you're going for Mount Longanot, a number of people will come, because some will just come because of aerobics. Mm-hmm. Some will come because of that networking. Some will come because of photography. Yes. So it'd be easy for you to do a fitness and adventure. Mm-hmm. Yes. That's the definition of killing two birds. Yes, you kill it. Yes. So even two birds, it's like four birds. Yes. Okay. So how many people have benefited from authentic fitness and adventure from your feedback and responses? A number of people have benefited from our company. Mm-hmm. We started by doing a single trip every month. Yes. But now we are approaching a level whereby last year we did like four trips a month. Mm-hmm. But we are approaching a level where we are doing daily trips. Daily trips. Yes. Wow. So if you want to go for a game drive, we are there. Mm-hmm. If you want to go to Mombasa Diani, we are there. If you want to go to Kisumu, we are there. Mm-hmm. Yes. All right. And from statistics of last year, we accommodated a number of 5,820 people who travelled with us. Mm-hmm. And we normally travelled with two arosas like two or three arosas. And the arosas has a capacity of 28 people. Yeah. So you can calculate that number. Mm-hmm. The huge number. Yes. It means now what we are doing... Mm-hmm. ...what we are doing is in line with the mission activity and the number. We love to travel with us. Yeah. Yes. Since you are combining all these things together, I believe it's not the easiest thing to do. What are some of the challenges that come up with that? There are a number of challenges that come up in fitness and activity. Mm-hmm. You see, a client is always right. Mm-hmm. So for you to do all these activities, you have to be a servant. Yeah. You don't have to be a boss. Mm-hmm. And in our company, we don't have a boss. Mm-hmm. We don't have a wherever. Mm-hmm. Everybody is a servant. Mm-hmm. So what we normally do, we try to accommodate each and everyone who is travelling with us. Mm-hmm. And we try to ask for feedback from our clients. Yeah. Like, where do you want us to improve? What do you want us to add? Mm-hmm. What do you want us to do so that we can make this adventure successful? Mm-hmm. Yes. And you see, just like some people might not be satisfied. Mm-hmm. And that is everywhere. Yeah. What you try to do, if you are a client that you're not satisfied, maybe some of them are satisfied. We approach you one on one. Mm-hmm. And now we're trying to tell you that this thing happened. You're not happy about it. We're sorry about it. Next time we'll try to fix it. Yeah. Yes. Okay. So, like I said in the beginning, so many people set up this goal of keeping fit through that year when you're planning your new year's resolutions. Mm-hmm. So could you give people maybe a few tips of how they can ensure that they, they follow through that goal. And towards the end of the year, they can say, I actually achieved this. Yeah. What we normally do, we have a list of all the adventure activities for the whole year. So we have our app group and there is a Facebook and even social media Instagram page. Whereby we normally post all our activities. Mm-hmm. So, like yesterday I was having a conversation with a certain client who has been promising herself that I'll be travelling, I'll be travelling. Mm-hmm. Like, she has been doing procrastination. I'll be travelling. Yeah. But it doesn't happen. So, she came for advice and we advise her that we have, we have these and the first quarter we have these events. Mm-hmm. What you can do, just try to maybe attend one of the events. Yeah. And maybe you'll get feedback from them. So, and you see, when you attend our events, we'll now meet different people and then you'll also network and whereby you'll start giving other like, let us go for next adventure. So, that's what we normally do. Mm-hmm. Okay. Interesting. So, could you please share with us maybe where people can find you on social media if they wanted to talk to you about fitness and adventure. Yes, you can. Where's my camera at this one? Yes. You can find us on Facebook. Mm-hmm. Authentic Fitness and Adventure. Uh, Instagram Authentic Fitness Adventure. Mm-hmm. Uh, Twitter Authentic Fitness and Adventure. And you can as well contact us by our WhatsApp number 20720 731957 Okay. And immediate feedback. Mm-hmm. Once you inbox us, we reply instantly. Instantly. Yes. Alright. So, I want us to wind up, but before we do. Yes. Just give people a parting shot about fitness and how they can maintain, maintain it. Yes, what they can maintain about fitness. I just want to maybe invite them to our activities. Okay. So, like, in 15th January, we are doing uh, Lake Naivasha, both trading and aqua fitness, uh, fitness at your thermal hotspot. Mm-hmm. We have few slots to go. Mm-hmm. They can uh, hit our till number so that they book their slot. Mm-hmm. We also have uh, Lala Nasi, uh, Campout. This is Love Edition. Single mingle. Those who want to mingle, the single guys. And those who love each other is a Campout on 15th and 16th at Lala Nasi in Nanyuki. We also have, uh, uh, on 8th March, we also have the Scarry Bridge in Kitingela. We just come, we work and, uh, make new friends. We also do Diani on April. And a number of activities. There's also Takawiri in, uh, in Lusinga. Mm-hmm. So, let us just join our team and, uh, all their answers will be solved. Okay. Yes. So, thank you so much for coming through. Thank you. We appreciate you making time to talk to us. Thank you so much. Okay. Next time we'll come with our instructors. We have a team of instructors. We have so many. Mm-hmm. So, the DJ just give us music here. Mm-hmm. And then you will be in your, maybe, fitness attire. Definitely. Yes. So, that we do the, the aerobics in Zumba and even yoga. Yes. Yes. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. Mm-hmm. We appreciate it. All right. We appreciate it, too. So, as you've heard from Tyson, it's not very hard for you to keep fit. It's very easy. Just stretch your hands, you know. Walk a distance. It's not that hard. I mean, make sure you accomplish that goal this year. It's not that hard for you on real talk today, but don't you go anywhere. More of the Issa kit coming your way in a short while.