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Fit to Lead | Should you exercise just before a big meeting or presentation if you are over 40? Adhil Shetty of BankBazaar.com says he always does
Fitness requires discipline, to maintain a workout routine day after day, week after week. It also teaches the importance of remembering to breathe. Even in meetings, I find that breathing calmly makes such a big difference to be able to handle stressful situations while maintaining equanimity.
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From fitness apps trying to do more than count steps to nutrition trackers - how Indian health start-ups are using AI for fitness
How fitness apps from HealthifyMe and Fitelo to Fitterfly are using artificial intelligence to design products and services, and what to expect in terms of AI built into fitness gadgets and wellness services in the near future.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fit to Lead | Nazara Tech’s Nitish Mittersain: ‘Israeli Krav Maga is physically challenging & mentally stimulating’
Fitness goal for 2024: To lose body fat and increase muscle mass, improve stamina with HIIT and cardio.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
What research says on drinking black coffee before a workout and other health effects of coffee
Research shows a link between drinking coffee and improved liver health, mental health and reduced all-cause mortality. Drinking coffee before physical exertion has also been shown to reduce pain perception and tiredness. But too much coffee has side-effects too.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Tata Mumbai Marathon 2024: Traffic restrictions, parking, special trains, what you need to know
Tata Mumbai Marathon 2024: Routes and start time for full marathon, half marathon, 10K race, Dream run, and the prize money. Plus, road closures, diversions, parking spots, traffic restrictions in Mumbai on race day (January 21).
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fit to Lead | SAP Labs India’s Sindhu Gangadharan: ‘We start our team meetings with a quick check on everyone’s fitness routines’
Fitness goal for 2024: To make a progress in kickboxing and deliver business AI-adoption, foster a culture of innovation and inclusivity at work.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fit to Lead | PropTiger CEO Dhruv Agarwala: ‘My personal health transformation has positively impacted my team’
Fitness goal for 2024: To continue health and fitness progression and further improve health markers.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fit To Lead | Etsy VP & country head Pankaj Jathar: ‘Running allows me time to solve work issues’
Fitness goal for 2024: To climb a mountain.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fit to Lead | Tata Projects CEO & MD Vinayak Pai: ‘Being fit helps me remain calm in the face of adversities’
Health goal for 2024: To take a break from my work every now and then and devote some time to reflect and ruminate.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fitness planner: 9 short workouts for the festive season
No need to slog and sweat for hours every day, just commit 5 to 10 minutes, three to five times a week, to gentle exercises over the next three months to start noticing the positive impact.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Do that Michael Jackson Moonwalk: How walking backwards is beneficial for health
The best way to incorporate backwards walking and jogging into your routine is to make it a part of your warm-up and cool down or as a part of your interval or circuit training.
SPORTS
Two marathon world records broken in two weeks by two East African runners
Last month, at the Berlin Marathon, Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa broke Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei’s 2019 run record by finishing in 2:11.53, and, last Sunday, Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum, in his third marathon in Chicago, zoomed past the most high-profile long-distance runner Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge’s record by 34 seconds by finishing in 2:00:35.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Delhi Half Marathon 2023: Traffic advisory, timings, metro service, parking, air quality
What you need to know about preparations for the Delhi Half Marathon 2023 race on October 15, including traffic diversions from 5 to 10 am.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fit to Lead | Pine Labs CBO Kush Mehra: Fitness gives purpose and leadership needs that purpose to be effective
Pine Labs president and CBO Kush Mehra works out in his home gym five days a week, and says the fitness challenge he'd give to his team is to quit processed food.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
6 exercises to beat high blood pressure
In India, more than a quarter of its 1.4 billion population is affected by high blood-pressure and this incidence increases to 60 per cent among the elderly aged 70 and above.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Ways you may not have realized stress affects your body
Plus, 12 ways to beat stress.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fit To Lead | CoinSwitch's Ashish Singhal: Prioritising self-care is essential for overall success
Fitness goal for 2024: Acquiring one new skill every quarter. concentrating on improving tennis-playing and swimming abilities.
BUSINESS
Neeraj Chopra's secret sauce: practice, practice, practice, and a new follow through technique
Neeraj Chopra has qualified for Paris Olympics 2024. And for the first time, three Indians javelin throwers—Chopra, D.P. Manu and Kishore Kumar Jena—will compete in the World Athletics Championship finals.
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Bullish on India: Why Indian women are closer to making it to a FIFA World Cup than the men’s team
Football academies for girls, more matches played more regularly through the year and a league pyramid with the IWL on top could help Indian women footballers get to the World Cup faster.
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Spain vs England FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 final: 6 things to know about the final & finalists
FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 final schedule, venue, teams, key players, who's missing and why, and the Barcelona effect.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Fit To Lead | Mercedes-Benz India's Santosh Iyer enjoys table tennis more than going to a gym
"I don’t look at work-life balance but at a balanced life. I love my work as much as I love my family. The idea is to strike the right balance and here you need to be fit to give time to both." — Santosh Iyer
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Women and sports injury: ACL tears may be sex specific, linked to menstruation
About 2 million people suffer anterior cruciate ligament tears annually and this injury afflicts more women than men — more than twice the number of women tend to suffer ACL injury than men.
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FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: Schedule, players, teams, matches to watch, prize money
The 9th FIFA Women's World Cup featuring 32 teams will have a total of 64 matches, with the first one in Auckland on July 20 at 12:30pm (IST) and the final in Sydney on August 20 at 3:30 pm.
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
6 ways to beat high cholesterol in your 30s and 40s
Optimum cardio to weight-training ratio, what to eat and what to avoid, minimum exercise needed per week and more tips to prevent and manage high cholesterol.
