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TSAF plans Champions League 2021 to promote fitness and well-being

Themes of challenges designed to build endurance, agility, flexibility as well as upper and lower body strength

Jayesh Thaker Jamshedpur Published 14.05.21, 07:05 PM
Office of Tata Steel Adventure Foundation in Jamshedpur.

Office of Tata Steel Adventure Foundation in Jamshedpur. Bhola Prasad

Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) is organising TSAF Champions League 2021 to promote fitness and well-being of people while adhering to a stay-at-home routine.

Beginning May 17, the 50-day team-based competitive program will encourage individuals to participate in fitness routines and challenges.

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Curated by TSAF mountaineering experts having over twenty years of experience, this transformational journey will help participants take their fitness to the next level with correct guidance and motivation.

The themes of this challenge are designed to build endurance, agility, flexibility as well as upper and lower body strength. The program also includes weekly talk sessions with experts on areas such as nutrition, yoga, meditation, cycling, mountaineering, running and more.

The Champions League 2021 is open to individuals of ages 18 and above who can join as a team of four participants or register individually to become a part of a team in the league. The participants can join from beginners to advance categories across all genders, track their progress on the leader board which can lead them to winning exciting rewards.

Entry fee has been fixed at Rs 2,400 per participant. TSAF will share a custom payment link with participants to make a payment post registration.One can reach out to Varun at varun.sharma@tsafindia.org or dial 9599675676 for queries.

Shedding light on the registration process, a TSAF official said one can register as an individual or as a team with friends. Registration can be done at https://bit.ly/3vJA3b5.

The best team, individual champions (each gender category) and maximum team improvement will walk home with Rs 5,000 each. Those finishing second and third in the individual champions and maximum team improvement sections will receive Rs 3,000 and Rs 1,000 each, respectively.

Key features of the programme will include three guided sessions with TSAF mountaineers per week, weekly experience sharing sessions and panel discussions with experts, one unique team challenge every week, work with friends from comfort and safety of home and track improvement with the leaderboard –individual, overall and improvement based.

“Our fitness and well being has gone for a toss in lockdown 2. But the raging pandemic requires us to be more active and stronger than ever in across-directional interaction with both trainers and fellow participants. One can stay motivated, adventurous and consistent in their practice,” the official added.

TSAF, a non-profit organisation, was founded by legendary climber and Padma Bhushan awardee Bachendri Pal in 1984 and has been the leader in mountaineering and outdoor education for the past 35 years. It has supported and trained 10 Everesters in the past 10 years, out of which 8 are working with the premier Jamshedpur-based adventure outfit.

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