Arvind Ashok: Fitness & Nutrition Simplified

Check Up Time: Updated

Two updates to this post. One, the addi­tion of a test to mea­sure your inflam­ma­tion. Two, removal of the HbA1C test. In my pre­vi­ous post, I ended with “get your blood work done”. Let’s talk about that. First, if you don’t remem­ber the last time you had a phys­i­cal exam­i­na­tion, well, today’s the day. Get on […]

Basic Ideas: Defining Fitness, Health, & Levels

How do all these Hol­ly­wood guys have six-packs all the time while our heroes look like this?” was some­thing I used to think all the time. I used to won­der why actors in India never seemed to take care of their bod­ies. I would (stu­pidly) spec­u­late that “It is our genes, we are just gonna […]

Me, A Trainer!

Cou­ple of weeks ago, I got cer­ti­fied as a “Cross­Fit Level 1 Trainer”. And a week before that, I got cer­ti­fied as a “NCCA Accred­ited Fit­ness Trainer”. That got me think­ing — how did I get so inter­ested and involved in this (helps being a semi-nerd though)? If there’s one thing I can point at […]

36 Quick Hacks

Change the oil you cook in. Cook in but­ter, coconut oil, or olive oil. Remem­ber — cook in low flame. Increase the amount of veg­eta­bles you eat. Are you get­ting enough water? Keep a glass next to you at work. Tip from a friend — take a walk every 20 mins — this will either be to […]