ArvTraining Pondering a Redo: My Unanticipated Results and Unrealised Targets in Fitness If you could do something over, what and how would you go about it? If I could have a do-over for my fitness journey, how would I go about it?
dont quit 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.
diet Unmasking the truth: Your failed diet is not your fault You fuck up your diet. Again. Your gym membership is for the year but you stopped going many months back. Once more, you take responsibility for what has happened. Laudable.You have encountered failure before.
diet Demystifying Fat Loss: Uncover the Basics, Different Fat Types, and No-Exercise Weight Loss Strategies With my guidance, achieving your health goals won't be a strenuous uphill battle, but rather an enlightening, empowering experience. Let's embark on this journey towards a healthier you, together!
dont quit 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.
activity Revving up your fitness journey: How to get motivated and start exercising at 40+ You can get fit at any age. You can get started at any time. Sensible fitness training will add immensely to your quality of life. Don't hesitate. Get started. Do it your way! And good luck.
dont quit 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!
books A few guidelines on reading These are some guidelines I have for myself, learned from years of having a reading habit. Some of these, I wish I had learned 20 years ago. Some of these, I had to learn by losing my way.
ArvTraining Two reasons to NOT strength train Strength training, over the long term, will reduce the chances of injuries happening. And you want to put on muscle. Yes, really!
discussion The KB swing is awesome but is it awesome for you? The complication is the fine print. You need good technique. To get adequate benefits. And you need GREAT technique to compound the benefits over time. The movement is not as important as your ability in the movement.
books Five Books that I Love A powerful lesson from the Stoics, for example, is to control the controllable. We lose our shit all the time by trying/wanting to control something that is out of our control.
framework Listening to your Body When you are angry, your body feels a different way. You feel the rage heat up inside you and it pours out of you as expletives at the jackass who cut you off on the road. Every emotion, every feeling, every thought, every arising has a longer tail.
activity A Workout Routine for Beginners Unsure how or where to start your fitness routine, or get it back on track. Here's a "sensible and boring" routine that will inevitably prove to be a shortcut for you.
diet Why carbs are NOT the enemy but you still need to eat less of them What's the deal with demonising carbs? This is the article that explains why that's flawed and what the real issues are
discussion Zooming out and a sense of time One limitation in our progress is our handicap of looking at time. Using one hundred years as a lifetime, we tend to focus on short durations. The disruptions we are producing i.e. the variables in the system we are affecting are unbeknownst to us.
crossfit What's the key factor in crafting a new habit? You stop doing something when it no longer works for you. And that's necessary. It was a tool that did a job. Now, you move on to a different tool.
ArvTraining 3 months of the Indian Clubs and how that has helped my KB work I've been practicing them for about 3-4 months only. But I am an expert in kettlebells and in movement. During these few months of practice, I realised the complementary nature of the club to my kettlebell practice.
coaching Goal Setting and Milestones to Guide your Physical Training Strength is the foundation of everything. Whatever your sport/activity of choice is, getting StrongEnough will help you excel in it. Whether it is long-distance running or playing a racquet sport or practicing a martial art - the stronger you are, the more you can do.
framework Do First, Understand Later. The lesser room one gives for their ego, the easier things are. Do first. Understand later. Asking questions is mandatory. But do first. Until you know better questions to ask.
dont quit 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.
coaching Against the Current You need to start swimming against the current. You need to arm yourself for that swim by curating the barrage of information and snake oil around you.
ArvTraining Should you work out indoors or outdoors? It's not for everyone but for those of us who enjoy getting out, who will take the pebble along with the smooth path, the grime and grind.
framework Friday Thought: The Law of Inertia It is not really laziness but when something is not yet our habit, going against the current is hard. And we give up and do something else that's easier. Which is to continue going down the path of least resistance.
coaching Learn from yourself Have you learned something fundamentally true about yourself from someone else? Something that you could not have come up with by steadfastly sitting with yourself and your organised thought? I seriously doubt it.
diet Why That Person's Miracle Diet Didn't Work for You You are looking for something. You want social proof. The objective thinker, the "Show me the facts" person in you might not fall for it. But we all have moments of weakness and send that fellow away to the back room.
