Mac Belo enters Philippine basketball’s big leagues with
Blackwater
Rey Mark “Mac” Belo, the newest endorser
of Blackwater for Men, looks every inch an athlete on camera and in person –
standing six feet four inches tall with a muscular build that can only be acquired
from hours spent studying screen drills, acing his shots and dribbles in the
basketball court.
However, his imposing frame hides a
shy personality. The soft-spoken Mac admits that he is still not comfortable
with interviews, preferring to be seen in action.
A native of Midsayap, Cotabato, Mac first
became known for his buzzer-beater shots against De La Salle University and
Ateneo de Manila University, where he led his alma mater, Far Eastern
University (FEU), to their back-to-back finals spot in the University Athletics
Association of the Philippines (UAAP). He finished strong in his final playing
year by clinching a UAAP championship and bagging the Most Valuable Player award.
Now a power forward for Blackwater
Elite of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and also part of the pool
of players for the Gilas Philippine National Team, the player admitted that he
was a late-bloomer in basketball.
“My love for the sport started in high
school. My older brother was the one who got me into basketball, and I began to
enjoy it when my friends encouraged me to join the varsity. After that, I was
given the opportunity to play for FEU where I was given proper training, and my
career took off from there,” he says.
But moving from college to
professional basketball was a different playing field for him. Training sessions
grew more intense with three hours of practice daily, and getting drafted into the
PBA meant competing with other athletes whose skill level in the sport match
his own.
Mac shares, “Being able to play
professional basketball is a big achievement for me, but it also took a lot of
discipline and hard work to earn my PBA spot.” These and love for the sport have
paid off: he has become one of PBA Philippine Cup’s top rookie players in the
first half of its 2016-2017 conference, helping his team earn three straight
wins for the first time since its inception.
With this newfound recognition, he
acknowledges the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. He stresses,
“Even off court, I’m constantly trying to improve my skills. I work on
strengthening exercises at the gym.” Besides pushing his body to its limits
with daily training sessions, he adds, “I try to get enough sleep and eat
healthy, in fact I trained myself to avoid pork and oily food. I also maintain
a good personal hygiene by taking a shower before and after practice, and using
Blackwater Men’s spray to keep me smelling good even while training.”
Indeed, Mac Belo’s dedication,
discipline, and passion for the sport not only make him one of the sought-after
rookie athletes of his generation, but also the perfect personality to be
included in Blackwater’s roster of highly regarded endorsers.
To know more
about Blackwater and its products, visit http://blackwater.com.ph/ and follow its official Facebook
page, www.facebook.com/BlackwaterForMen. Follow the progress of the
Blackwater Elite team at www.facebook.com/blackwaterpba.
