{"id":338746,"date":"2021-02-19T06:05:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T20:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=338746"},"modified":"2021-02-19T06:05:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T20:05:01","slug":"latte-built-gym-teams-up-with-local-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/latte-built-gym-teams-up-with-local-restaurants\/","title":{"rendered":"Latte Built Gym teams up with local restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A sample of the \u201cCoach D Approved Meal\u201d that is available at Salty’s Bar & Grill in Garapan. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Latte Built Gym Saipan together with selected local restaurants aim for the same cause\u2014to provide the community healthy meals and ultimately create a healthy lifestyle on Saipan. Latte Built Gym owner and health and fitness professional trainer Derek Cutting, or Coach D, came up with the idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe collaboration between my gym and the restaurants is called \u2018Loyalty Built X Local Restaurant Collab\u2019 and I started this for two reasons-\u2014To give our community access to a guaranteed healthy meal at most of their favorite restaurants and second, to help promote small businesses on island to work together and collaborate for a good cause especially during the pandemic and difficult economic climate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe restaurants that are part of this collab are The Shack, Everest Kitchen, Caravan of Food, Ina\u2019s Kitchen, Poki Yaki, Naked Fish, Godfather\u2019s Bar & Grill, The Hut, Salty\u2019s Bar & Grill, and Garapan Restaurant and more restaurants will be added soon,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Cutting said that the meals at each location are all made of clean and low-calorie ingredients and to identify a restaurant that is part of the collaboration, a sign that says \u201cCoach D Approved Meals\u201d is visible upon entry. \u201cHigh protein and veggies are the majority of the calories in each dish. However, every restaurant present this kind of meal in a dish that they created for this collaboration. Ina\u2019s Kitchen, for example, offers a Latte Built taco, Poki Yaki offers a fresh Poki bowl… Each meal was built with a healthy clean set of ingredients but also stayed in line with the overall theme and culture of each particular restaurant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to get into any particular \u2018diet type\u2019 with these meals. That\u2019s why they are called \u2018Coach D approved\u2019… I\u2019ve taken all my years as a professional trainer as well as my competitive bodybuilding experience and sort of picked the good qualities from all the \u2018fad diets\u2019 but also keeping nutrition well rounded\u2026 Each restaurant has at least one set dish, some offer a few options for example Garapan restaurant has three different \u2018Latte Built Coach D Approved Meal\u2019 options.\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

There is an added feature in this collaboration as anyone who purchase the meals qualifies for the Latte Built Rewards Program. \u201cWhen someone eats the \u2018Latte Built Coach D Approved Meal, he or she will receive a stamp card. When 10 stamps are achieved, this will qualify the holder a special prize that they can claim at Latte Built\u2026 We started on Feb. 15 and this is not a promotion as this is a never-ending collaborative program,\u201d Cutting said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrizes will change often but this initial starting prize is one month of free membership at Latte Built,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

For more information, call Latte Built Oleai at (670) 235-2265 or Latte Built Kagman at (670) 488-2265.<\/p>\n