Arv' Musings

Escape velocity

Or why do you keep losing the same 5 kilos every few months?

3 quotes for Oct 22, 2021

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."

Hack portion control

Your appetite has been trained by you, more or less. Your stomach size is also developed over the years. So, come dinner time, you know what and how much of it is going in.

diet

What is a calorie deficit?

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be transformed.

quotes

3 quotes for Oct 15, 2021

When pure feeling is corrupted by the intellect, there is mediocrity.

challenge

how do you find the right method for you?

There are a gazillion options for fitness out there. There are umpteen diet protocols. And there are more and more people on the coaching side of things, as the fitness landscape opens up.

coaching

Your fitness journey as a mass movie

It does require a hero's journey to make it here. You have to conquer your demons. You have to solve your problems and solve them well. You just cannot keep running away from them and hope it will go away. And so, when you step up, you find that you can beat it.

quotes

3 quotes for Oct 7, 2021

"Impossible is always a checklist"

diet

3 surprising factors that can help with fat loss

Because at the end of the day, calories in vs calories out are the underlying factor. But unfortunately, it stops working. Why? Let's find out

coaching

Smoke and drink and live to a 100

The world is full of exceptions. Most things though, tend to follow the norm.

quotes

3 quotes for Sep 24, 2021

We are hurtling on a large rock at 30 kilometres per second, that spins around every 24 hours, around a gargantuan star that is blazingly hot but gives us life coz we happen to be exactly the right distance from it.

coaching

To heck with before-afters

If you are not able to keep off the darned weight, if you lose all the strength you worked hard for, if you are back to square one ... what a waste!

coaching

on overnight transformations

The world around us is engineered and filled with climactic moments. But that's fake - like television. From the Olympics to every movie, to cricket and football, the building up, that crescendo, the anticipation, and the glory - that's how it always happens.

quotes

3 quotes for Sep 17, 2021

Some books are filled with anecdotes and fun to read. From the obscure to the fascinating, I marvel at how authors dig up these stories. But most often, they are making 1-2 core points over 250 pages.

coaching

find your "me" time

9 times out of 10, you don't go to the gym. You don't do much about your nutrition. You don't get those results. You fail. You get angry with yourself or the gym. Or both. And you give up. You set yourself up for failure from the start.

daily9

My eating is out of control

Know that the real issue is not your food. But something else in your life where you have relinquished control. But need to take control back.

quotes

3 quotes for Sep 10, 2021

The great majority of us cannot listen; we find ourselves compelled to evaluate, because listening is too dangerous. The first requirement is courage, and we do not always have it.

framework

Do you want it simple? Or easy?

There's value in understanding what the toll of a task is. Some demand more time or more energy or both, and they form a barrier to entry. Calorie counting for me is impossible and D9 is second nature, but for a lot of folks, it is the other way around.

mindset

What makes you tick?

The more perspectives, the more stories, the more we can grow our worldview. But more is not the answer. The idea, I think, is to see which strikes a chord deep within us. And to make our own weird concoction out of all that we see, and by listening to us deeply.

quotes

3 quotes for Sep 3, 2021

An idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion.

ArvTraining

the critic and the other guy

is he being objective and precise about his observation? No. It is his judgment on how he thinks you did. Not impartial. Depends on what side of the bed he woke up on today.

training is my sandbox for life

a great training session

My brain stayed out of it. I did not struggle to focus, nor did I try to stay in the present moment. I just did. Producing movement quality and grace and precision that was way above my normal.

quotes

3 quotes for Aug 27, 2021

That our project has crashed is not a reflection of our worth as human beings. It's just a mistake. It's a problem - and a problem can be solved.

framework

the endless game

Fitness can be an infinite game, and I strongly believe it should. Because it is a great vehicle to grow, and push yourself, and also have a great quality of life.

discussion

break the rules

"You cannot have ice cream for breakfast", for example. What kinda stupid rule is that?!?!