The necessary, unnecessary and the counterproductive
Holidays, shopping, work, travel, friendships, gym equipment, clothes, books, bags, watches, hobbies, exercise and food. A few of the thin..
Industry feelings
Training
Think beyond walking
Walking is good for you. And there are very few people who disagree with that assessment. Doctors, therapists, coaches, governments all encourage..
Vague generalisations to justify bad habits
Things coaches hear on daily basis:*You know how we South Indians love our white rice. *Punjabis are foodies. *Telugu folks love our avvaka ..
The sense of wonder
My daughter twirls and spins without inhibition and without giving a hoot as to who is watching or where she is. The kid next door jumps simply becaus..
Hunger is ridiculously complex
But how successfully you grapple with hunger will determine how successful you are at sustaining any effort to reduce your calorie intake...
Nutrition
I feel full …
Can mean two things I am so stuffed, I can’t eat another bite. This ability of a food is called satiation. It is a meal or food’s abi..
Can't forget to forget training
The hardest game to play is to remind oneself that staying lean, packing on muscle and having good body composition matters.Now for some folks a combi..
A primer to all the ways your body spends energy in a day
Your BMR (Basal metabolic rate) is the calories you require in a day sans any activity. It’s a starting point for the calories you need to survive in ..
Rant about town
The truth in the loo
There is a profound truth in this. How a bathroom is maintained reflects a great deal about the business. One of my greatest regrets is the fact ..
The pandering coach
This person is the single most counter-productive figure in the fitness industry. It could be a coach who claims to cater to entrepreneurs, a spe..