4
June
For the last few months, I’ve been mostly focusing on gaining strength. Now, am changing my programming to a more balanced one — strength, endurance, speed, and mobility/flexibility. Hill sprints are my favourite workout. And that’s precisely the workout that forms a core part of my conditioning days. Pick a distance you are confident of […]
30
May
Pose running drills are here, finally! Without further ado, the video’s below. Hopping in place: This is the first drill. Arms up, by your side, in running pose. Start hopping in place. Land on forefoot/midfoot, and your heel lightly kisses the ground. Hop in place about 30 times, before moving on to the next drill. Which […]
18
May
This is a rant. A rant about the dearth of good quality writing about health, fitness, and nutrition in India. I am yet to read an accurate, well researched and cited article in mainstream news media. I could pick on any one of the numerous articles I’ve read before but the lucky winner is an […]
13
May
For those of you who do not know me very well, I love football. That’s an understatement. Besides interaction design and fitness, football is what occupies my life. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that I’ve spent quite some time researching training methods in this sport. Recently, I’ve started to work with a competitive […]
9
May
Lou Schuler talks about running for weight loss, and if it works. Most people pick up running after years of doing nothing. At first, you definitely will see results — coz you’ve been sitting on your ass for ever. But over the mid and long-term, you are going to eat away your muscles, not just […]
29
April
We looked at the weights part of the workout in part 1, the cardio in part 2, and the nutrition in part 3. Let’s put it all together then. Workout Hire a trainer, or figure out your own workout routine. Stop with the isolated movements and machines and body-building crap. This means you need to […]
24
April
In the first two parts, we saw the poor translation between goals (fat loss or strength gain, for example) and the workouts prescribed — weights and cardio. In this, I want to tackle nutrition. The issue with nutrition is not at the gym, but at a broader, systemic level. There are a lot of different […]
20
April
In the first part of this series, we looked at the inadequacy of the workout programme — the cookie-cutter one thrown at you as a one-size fits all. Let’s move on to cardio, and aerobics. I am referring to steady-state cardio for extended periods of time — like running on a treadmill for 60 minutes […]
19
April
6 days a week, at least an hour a day. If you add in the time you spend in the locker, the chit-chat before, during, and after, the total time is closer to 90 minutes. I don’t pretend to be the busiest person in the world but do I have to spend 9 hours a […]
14
April
After graduating from college, I found myself pudgy and not the thin guy I remembered from before college. So, I did what most people do — I signed up at a flashy new gym. Here’s my story. I tend to ramble a bit — so if you are in the mood for a badly written […]
