Sheikh Hamdan leads the charge as Dubai Fitness Challenge begins

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, has led social media posts on the primary day of the Dubai Fitness Challenge because the emirate gears up for 30 days of exercise.

Sheikh Hamdan posted a video of himself to Instagram Stories on Saturday, standing on a board on prime of what regarded like a foam curler, and holding a kettlebell. The quick clip confirmed him balancing for just below 20 seconds. He added the hashtag #Dubai30x30 and tagged @DubaiFitnessChallenge on the submit.

On day two, he instructed his followers he is in Uzbekistan, the place he is been on a falconry trip, however promised he would not miss a day of the problem, as he posted clips of himself figuring out in a health club, once more utilizing the tag.

The sixth annual occasion, championed by Sheikh Hamdan, runs till November 27, and challenges town’s residents to decide to half-hour of every day exercise for 30 days.

Scroll by way of the gallery above to see images of members on day two of the problem

People selected all types of how to start their problem, additionally posting their feats on social media, resembling Skydive Dubai, which shared a video of three skydivers performing horizontal bar flips and tips within the sky to mark day one.

Participants can do the problem in their very own time and in their very own approach, however there’s additionally a full schedule of occasions and actions going down citywide to assist maintain members motivated.

Much of that is going down on the devoted health villages. At Kite Beach, there’s DP World Fitness Village, which has 15 health zones and a whole lot of lessons on supply, together with aerobics, soccer, yoga, boxing, rowing and extra. It’s open from 7am to 11pm on weekends and 3pm to 11pm on weekdays.

The RTA Last Exit Al Khawaneej Fitness Village, in the meantime, has 5 totally different zones, and is open from 4pm to 11pm Sunday to Thursday, and till midnight on Friday and Saturday. It’s internet hosting free ladies-only lessons, group lessons and kids’s lessons, and guests can reward themselves with a snack from certainly one of Last Exit’s many meals vans afterwards.

Elsewhere, DFC’s free Fitness Hubs are situated throughout quite a few residential and industrial neighbourhoods, with licensed health instructors readily available. During the primary week of the problem, hubs will be present in Dubai Silicon Oasis, on the Hatta Wadi Hub, within the Dubai Design District, at Zabeel Ladies Club and within the Dubai International Financial Centre, with extra set to open within the coming weeks. There might be 12 hubs in complete, every providing free 30-minute periods every day.

Throughout the month, there may even be main sporting occasions, such because the Dubai Ride for cyclists on November 6, adopted by the second Dubai Padel Cup from November 9 to 27, and the Dubai Run on November 20.

A full schedule and particulars will be discovered at dubaifitnesschallenge.com.

Updated: October 30, 2022, 12:25 PM