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Workout Solutions for Busy Professionals: Maximising Fitness in a Hectic Schedule

How do you make the time to workout when your schedule does not allow even 30 minutes? Well, here's how.

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On Addictions

characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behaviour that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences ... perpetuating cravings. weakens self-control.

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Transform Your Health Landscape: The Power of Incremental Lifestyle Adjustments

It's exhilarating to announce that it's never too late to embark on your fitness journey! The beauty of fitness is in its simplicity! It's not about a complicated, researched workout routine – it's about doing those simple things that you know to be true.

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From a dream to reality: My 7-year journey to becoming India's first StrongFirst Elite Instructor

Today, I stand here, as India's first StrongFirst Elite Instructor, a testament to the fact that no obstacle is too big when your determination is stronger. I think I may even go as far as to say, I'm proud of myself - for staying the course, and for seeing it through.

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The Battle of the Bulge: Decoding the Art of Weight Management

Weight loss can feel like a triumphant victory, but maintaining that hard-won success often proves to be the real battle. Most of us fall victim to the vicious cycle of yo-yo dieting, where we lose weight just to pile it all back on soon after.

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Unlocking Your Full Potential: Breaking Free from False Limitations and Becoming Amazing

And so, we tell ourselves stupid shit and hold ourselves back. I am sure there's an evolutionary reason for it. But c'mon, there's no reason to tell yourself that you cannot get fit. Or learn a new skill.

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Unleash Your Inner Fitness Enthusiast: Discover How Finding Your Intent Can Revolutionise Your Fitness Journey

As long as you have your intent, and your reason, there will be no stopping you. And once you get there, celebrate. And write out a new destination. Immediately!

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Brain fog and slow days

It is easy to skip a workout. It is easy to say "I don't feel like it today" and vegetate. But when we get into the habit of showing up to the gym and doing something - as little as a set or two, we make a huge change.

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The Most Important Thing

Don't forget the power of compounding. Warren Buffet made 95% of his wealth in the last 15 or so years.

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The Time Delay in Your Body and Why it is Useful

It takes a while to build momentum. And it takes a few days for results to show.And sometimes, it won't show for a couple of weeks too.

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Fear of the Start

You are worried if you are gonna make a fool out of yourself. You are concerned that you might get hurt. You are unsure if what you are doing is good for you. You are a bit embarrassed at your current level of fitness and don't want to be judged.

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Highlight reels and your actions

The best part is everyone has it as great and as sucky as you do. The worst part is everyone has it as great as you do and as sucky as you do. This means if you aren't getting towards your goals, it all comes down to your actions.

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Remove the option to change your mind

Every time you fail, you give in to the pain becomes one more thing your log to solve for the next time. Shift your mindset, stop berating yourself about failures.

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Solving the maze

Do you remember trying to solve a maze? You start and then you come to a place that forks. You have a choice to make. You make a choice. More forks, more choices. You are deeper into the maze. And then, a dead-end!

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Calluses and bicycle seats

When you start something new, it is difficult. It chafes. It hurts. It is mighty uncomfortable. But as long as you persist sensibly i.e. finding the challenging point where your skill meets its sticking point, you will get rather good at it. You will adapt to it.

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Escape velocity

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

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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.

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on the power of showing up: a letter from a student

the last five quarters were ones where I struggled every class to finish and was just able to barely survive. Mentally I was so disconnected that most days I didn’t even know what I was doing

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on not feeling like going to the gym

When you lose motivation, it generally is a sign of stress. Things elsewhere are adding up. If you are someone who loves going to the gym and are suddenly finding it hard to wake up and move your ass out of bed, it is almost always your body telling you to chill out.

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on being a bit angry

There's that clarity that comes from being pissed. Being angry at yourself and yelling/criticising is you acting. Instead, be productive with it. You'll immediately stop with the act. And move on to action.

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stick to it, at least for 6 weeks

Stick to one course of action for a good chunk of time and then you can re-visit whether you should do something else. At least 6 weeks, going on up to 12 weeks seems to be the right amount of time. So, next time your friend with an opinion on what is better tells you ....

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when we fall, what choice but to get up and go again?

Starting from scratch, this person transformed their health and fitness. Aa couple of years later went back to square 1. Had the grit to start all over again!

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on doing something the second time around

You successfully lost a bunch of weight that you wanted to. You made it until the end. But when you try it out again, it does not go so well.

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how do you make time for your fitness habit?

But before we even identify a training plan or what to do and all that, we need to nail showing up. Because if you don't show up, then how can you put in any effort towards your health or fitness habit? You cannot.

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on failing Starting Strength (and why it was amazing)

I went in to learn and getting a certification would've been a bonus. While it was still a huge hit to the ego when I realised I failed, I quickly realised I knew diddly-squat to have an ego in this and had amongst the best weekends I've ever had.