How
to keep yourself fit in this era. Must read.
Are you fit enough for your life, family or office?
Remember-'Commandos
are made not born' Nasser Gorsi
My
passion for fitness
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As I entered my office today evening, I met a senior colleague, who is in her 70s, a native American, Mrs Dona. As I was about to shake hands with her as usual, she declined and said her hands were dirty as she had just changed a tyre of her car. I was surprised at that because I have never seen any Indian girl here working like this. I know many girls, my students and friends, who have always asked for some help from others for such a work. Does it mean that they can't? or they don't have enough strength whereas that white old lady did. Where is women empowerment in India then?
She came to India around 45 years ago and settled here. I must say that she is the most active person at my office.
Once there
was a saying 'Health is Wealth'. But now, people think wealth is health.
Problems begin when the whole day is spent in the office, field and all those bullshits
that your boss pins on you or the idiotic talks of your colleagues. Millions of
people suffer from such things everyday in their work places and after the
whole day they get tired and don't feel like spending some quality time with
their families or with self. Believe me, there have been millions of relationship
troubles due to the very fact that one gets tired and doesn't want to involve
in gossips etc. So-called creativity gets diffused in the exhaustion.
Ever
thought about living a healthy lifestyle, coming home from the office in an
energetic manner, hopping around your home and enjoying with family or friends,
going to market or park and walk for miles without even feeling a single pinch
of fatigue ???
I
remember, during my job at one of the finest newspapers in the world, I would
find my seniors and colleagues sitting like a couch potato and gazing at their
desktop screens. They would enter the office, put down their keys, bag and look
around like someone who has won a world war and wants to sleep forever in a way
like we see some slow motion videos on the TVs. They wondered what kept me so
energetic and fast. Many were jealous, others would take tips.
Whereas,
I would walk into my office feeling my exotic six-pack abs hidden under clothes.
You know you can feel every muscle and enjoy it when you develop the same.
We
had a smiley guy named Kalyaan g. He would always tell me that he felt
empowered after shaking hands with me and would take some tips of workout. He
would often meet me and tell that he woke up in the morning and went for a
walk.
During
my various interviews for the army, air force and Reliance securities I was
asked to relax rather than sitting a straight posture. I would say, "This
is the most relaxing position I am sitting at."
Workout
is such a thing that can change your life forever. I started running,
weightlifting and stretching during my high school and haven't left it since
then. You know gaining the required weight and muscles with lots of strength feels
great when people look at your straight body posture and your ripping muscles
especially in your school/college or university.
It
gives you confidence when you are stronger than others.
Getting
up early morning and going for a jog or gym is one of the best things that can
ever happen to anybody. Many of you might be helpless in waking up from your
sticky bed and keep postponing your alarm every day I bet you. But fellas! we
get up only in one alarm. Never set another one. If you can get up early
morning, you will be mentally very strong.
Simple
jogging around 2-5 kms everyday would suffice your health needs. After running we
feel exhausted physically. But the fresh blood that runs in our body supplies
lots of oxygen to our each and every part which is needed to the tissues. Our body
also needs strength training to keep muscles healthy. Either some weightlifting
or push ups/pull ups are some simple and fine exercises.
Try
in sets. Like 10-12 repetitions in one set. Take a break of about one or two
minutes then start again with full discipline.
Strict
discipline is essential for health. Don't sympathize with your body. Be its
master.
Remember! Commandos are made not born.
If
you can, then go to a good gym. I know it might look difficult to continue after
a week. More than 90 per cent of people fail to continue.
Excuses: partner didn't wake up, will go tomorrow (which never comes), feel like
sleeping more today etc and there is no returning back to gym for days or
months or that time never comes. Mate, this isn't a dream but life, so I
suggest you take it that way.
Eating
healthy is equally important as working out. A good and healthy diet contributes
50 per cent in keeping our self fit. Decrease your intake of trans fats like fried
stuff, ice-creams, say no to junk foods.
Salad, fruits, meat, eggs, rice,
wheat and milk is more than sufficient if taken in the right quantity.
I
remember our great graphic designer once asked me about the cost of dumbbells.
I told him the price and the shops from where he could buy other exercise stuff
also. But I told him that continuing such a thing and maintaining the routine
was one of the tasks he would face. He wondered if that concept existed. He bought
the stuff, started dumbbell press and in a week or so, he got married. Yes, he had
left his dream of gaining those pumping iron muscles.
My
one of the closest friends has his own way of getting early in the morning. For
the past 7 good years, he has been setting up alarm to wake up at 5 and plan to
go to gym. Once, he even revealed that he was setting up 5-7 alarms every night
and finally, he leaves his bed at 10 am. But the guy does some good workout after
dinner at 10 pm, hats off.
As
I said, that second alarm never comes. Once we get up at some time, our body
sets its own biological clock and we start getting up at the same time.
After
a recent nice movie "Bhaag Milkha bhaag" directed on the life of Milkha
Singh, I saw many youngsters started running-some alone and others in groups.
But their routine lasted till the movie curtained from the cinemas.
During
my college days, I never missed even a single day without running or
weightlifting. Be it fog, rain, hail storm, I would always be there on the
ground. Even during some festivals I would never find anybody in the whole park
but my dedication to run one more round and then push ups and chin ups. It felt
great when the whole body would be hot enough to think any tension of the
world.
After
I joined the newspaper job, my Editor-in-Chief told me that I would never see my
evenings during my job, I knew it and accepted the offer letter.
I
knew how I could maintain my routine during my 6 pm to 12 onwards midnight shift.
Coming home around 1 am, and sleeping late, and getting up early mornings, my sleep
cycle got disturbed. My immune system started collapsing and I would fall sick
every couple of months. I started putting on fat around my exotic 6-pack abs
and sides. I suffered acute sinusitis, fatigue and at times, I would go
thoughtless or dumb I must confess. I realised, work makes you dumb enough to
think something beyond it.
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During my MA English days without any gym.
Only anti-gravity exercises without any supplement. |
It
was summer. Heat waves were all around and my colleagues kept grumbling even in
those ACs at the office. I told myself that no, I would never give up, I shouldn't,
I can't, I don't have that thing of surrendering before the circumstances. People
take my suggestions and I had failed to continue my own workout plan and that
at the of 28! No, this was never acceptable to me.
Due
to some obligations, I had failed to pick some quality time for my workout and
had only afternoon time. "So what," I told myself. I wore my shorts
and shoes and ran the run of my life, breaking all those bondage in my mind, remembering
my college days. I continued the same routine that summer and later, I started
adjusting my workout but never gave up.
