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What is The EMINENT FITNESS TRAINER OF THE YEAR - INDIA – 2024 Awards Contest?

In September 2019, when we were founded, we made a commitment to organize events that will facilitate the professional skills and welfare of professionals in Fitness and Sport. Since then, we have hosted several programs – online or offline, regional, national or international.

In collaboration with our Alumni Association, the Fitness And Strength & Conditioning Professionals in India – FASCONPRO – we will conduct the #EFTOYA series of state level and national contests to determine the most EMINENT Fitness Trainers across India – the fittest and the brightest.

We are confident that in the coming years, #EFTOYA will grow with strength and continue to increasingly motivate fitness pros.

The top five finalists in each of the Women’s and Men’s categories from each state #EFTOYA – 2024 will vie for the Winner and Runners-Up prizes in the All-India Final Round.

Each of the state level #EFTOYA – 2024 events will offer cash prizes of ₹2 Lakhs. The #EFTOYA – India – 2024, the national round, will offer total cash prizes of ₹10 Lakhs!

The #EFTOYA Contests are of public relevance and importance.

    • They highlight the all-round scope of Fitness – there are 16 types of fitness and their permutation and combination lead to Fitness and Good Health.
    • Post COVID-19, there is a distinct difference between Health-Related Physical Fitness (HRPF) and Sports Related Physical Fitness (SRPF). The #EFTOYA emphasizes and encourages HRPF as envisaged by the World Health
      Organization – WHO.
    • It will introduce to the citizens of India the scope and potential of Fitness as a viable, successful career in India and abroad.
    • #EFTOYA will identify and award the best and the fittest fitness professionals in India!

Every fitness professional is required to administer fitness tests to their clients to assess their condition and readiness for exercise. There are hundreds of fitness tests but we selected a short list of tests that comprise the minimum essential that need to be administered on any client! They cover all the components of Fitness – body balance, flexibility, cardiovascular endurance, muscle endurance and muscle strength.

Now, will it not be ironical if the fitness professionals themselves cannot perform well in these tests?

So, #EFTOYA also seeks to make fitness pros aware of the fact that they not only need to administer the tests to their clients but they themselves must be fit enough to perform the tests with excellence.

If there are 16 types of fitness, there are eight general categories of training technologies. A good fitness pro must have mastery over these eight categories if he / she is wants to deliver to the clients a permutation and combination of the fitness goals they prefer.

And here comes the “hashtag”! Known mathematically as an “octothorpe”, it has eight points. Each of the eight represents one training technology.

Conducted jointly with our Alumni Association which is now open to non-students, the Fitness and Strength & Conditioning Professionals in India – FASCONPRO – we are confident that in the coming years, #EFTOYA will grow with strength and continue to increasingly motivate fitness pros.

The 2023-2024 series of #EFTOYA contests started in Kerala in July, 2023. The state-wide contests will be completed by
January 31, 2024. The Final Round of #EFTOYA – India – 2024 will be the climax, February 10, 2024!

NOTE: #EFTOYA is the registered trademark and is used solely and exclusively by Gayo Fitness Academy and Research
Center Private Limited and he Fitness and Strength & Conditioning Professionals in India – FASCONPRO.

#EFTOYA – Kerala - 2023 Glimpses

Our #EFTOYA contests were launched in Thrissur, Kerala.

From July 15 to August 7, online submissions were invited from fitness trainers, PE Teachers, sports coaches and athletes.
From the 2,000 entries received, 100 contestants qualified for the Semi-Final Round from September 1 to 3.

On August 13 and 14, training and judging clinics were conducted for both the Semi-Finalists and Judges (drawn from various sports associations in Thrissur and Kerala State).

From these 100, the final 20 – 10 in each of the Women’s and Men’s categories – were selected for the Final Round on September 17, 2023.

In all respects, #EFTOYA – Kerala – 2023 was grand event! Here are some stats –

      • 2,000 participants
      • 100 Semin-Finalists
      • 20 Finalists
      • Winner’s prize in Women’s and Men’s Categories: ₹50,000 – awarded on stage after the Title Winners and
        Runners-Up were declared!
      • Total prize money – ₹2 lakhs!
      • Certificates, medals awarded as per qualification and ranking.


To support the objectives of #EFTOYA we hosted very informative Seminar on PREVENTION & MANAGEMENT OF NARCOTIC ABUSE on September 16, 2023. It was presented by Dr Geomy G Chakkalakkudy, Assistant Professor, Jubilee Mission Medical College and Secretary of Indian Psychiatric Society, Thrissur. Inaugurated by Dr R Bindu, the Hon. Minister for Higher Education & Social Justice, in the Government of Kerala, the seminar drew a good response from fitness pros, athletes and coaches.

The Final Round on September 17 was inaugurated by Shri K Rajan, the Hon. Minister for Revenue & Housing, in the Government of Kerala.

At the end of the series of tough and challenging physical tests and personality round packed with wit and humour that brought out high presence of mind from the contestants, the proud, deserving Winners were:

Women’s Category: Ashika Santhosh KC
Men’s Category: Terrence CE

Each of them received cash prizes or ₹50,000 each, certificates and medals!

We appreciate champion Women’s Bodybuilder Arathy Krishnan who actively supported our contests. By popular demand, the shy and modest Arathy took to the stage and did what she is best at – pose!

Both the Seminar and #EFTOYA would not have been possible without the generous and enthusiastic support of the Thrissur District Sports Council.

 

And of course, our special thanks to our sponsors, HLT Fitness, Muscle N Fitness and Greens Academy each of whom are
known for their credibility and reputation in Kerala’s Fitness Industry.

Contest Rules

Registration Link

#EFTOYA Calendar 2023-2024

Thrissur

May 16 to 31: ONLINE Registration and Submissions
June 1 to 14: Assessment of ONLINE Submissions
July 16-17: Announcements of Finalists
August 17 (2 pm to 6 pm): Thrissur: Training Tests and Judging Clinics and Weigh-In
August 18 (2 pm to 7 pm): Thrissur: Final Round of #EFTOYA – North East India – 2023
Contact: VM Basheer +91 90376 74900

Guwahati

June 15 to 30: ONLINE Registration and Submissions
July 1 to 14: Assessment of ONLINE Submissions
July 15-16: Announcements of Finalists
August 17 (2 pm to 6 pm): Guwahati: Training Tests and Judging Clinics and Weigh-In
August 18 (2 pm to 7 pm): Guwahati: Final Round of #EFTOYA – North East India – 2023
Contact: Angshuman Dutta +91 99540 85215

Mumbai

June 15 to 30: ONLINE Registration and Submissions
July 1 to 14: Assessment of ONLINE Submissions
July 15-16: Announcements of Finalists
August 24 (2 pm to 6 pm): Mumbai: Training Tests and Judging Clinics and Weigh-In
August 25 (2 pm to 7 pm): Mumbai: Final Round of #EFTOYA – North East India – 2023
Contact: Sonia +91 81048 39793 / Jigar Thakker +91 96191 32008

Chennai

June 1 to 15: ONLINE Registration and Submissions
June 16 to 30: Assessment of ONLINE Submissions
July 1-2: Announcements of Finalists
August 3 (2 pm to 6 pm): Chennai: Training Tests and Judging Clinics and Weigh-In
August 4 (2 pm to 7 pm): Chennai: Final Round of #EFTOYA – North East India – 2023
Contact: Sonia +91 81048 39793

Chandigarh

June 1 to 15: ONLINE Registration and Submissions
June 16 to 30: Assessment of ONLINE Submissions
July 1-2: Announcements of Finalists
August 10 (2 pm to 6 pm): Chandigarh: Training Tests and Judging Clinics and Weigh-In
August 11 (2 pm to 7 pm): Chandigarh: Final Round of #EFTOYA – North East India – 2023
Contact: Sunny Sir +91 97815 82936

(ONLY FOR FINALISTS QUALIFIED FROM STATE #EFTOYAS)

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September 1: Announcements of Finalists – top 5 winners in men and women’s categories from each state #EFTOYA
November 16 (2 pm to 6 pm): : Training Tests and Judging Clinics and Weigh-In
November 17 (2 pm to 7 pm): : Final Round of #EFTOYA – India – 2024
Contact: VM Basheer +91 90376 74900