Fit for Life (TV series)

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Fit for Life
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Title card
Genre Fitness show
Lifestyle show
Created byLuminus Productions Inc.
Developed by Cignal Entertainment
Written byJoanne Fider
Directed byHannah Kassey Bacolod
Presented by Jessy Mendiola
Country of originPhilippines
Original languagesFilipino
English
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producersRobert P. Galang
Sheila de Asis
ProducersPerci M. Intalan
Vitto P. Lazatin
Sienna G. Olaso
Isabel A. Santillan
Guido R. Zaballero
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time60 minutes (with commercials)
Production companies Cignal Entertainment
Luminus Productions Inc.
Release
Original network TV5
Colours
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseAugust 16 (2020-08-16) 
November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)

Fit for Life is a Philippine fitness and lifestyle show broadcast on TV5, presented by actress-model Jessy Mendiola. The show premiered August 16, 2020 on TV5 and August 17, 2020, thereafter on the Cignal cable channel Colours. [1] [2] Airing on the network's Sunday morning block in the 7:00 am timeslot, the show serves as Mendiola's first project in the Kapatid Network and Cignal family of channels as a new freelancer outside of her former home network, ABS-CBN. [3] [4]

Contents

Fit for Life aired its final episode on November 1, 2020. And the show being re-aired on November 8, 2020.

Host

Segments

Episodes

Season 1

Episode Airdate Guests
1August 16, 2020 (2020-08-16) Andi Eigenmann
2August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23) Cristine Reyes
3August 30, 2020 (2020-08-30) Aubrey Miles, Troy Montero
4September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06) Marco Gumabao
5September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13) Jovelyn Gonzaga, Ysay Marasigan
6September 20, 2020 (2020-09-20) Regine Tolentino
7September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27) Bettina Carlos
8October 4, 2020 (2020-10-04) Ellen Adarna
9October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11) Kylie Verzosa
10October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18) Gab Valenciano
11October 25, 2020 (2020-10-25) Gardo Versoza
12November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)Final & throwback episode: Previous guests

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