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Worried your workout streak will break when you travel? Pack this simple gear
Good shoes, foldable mat, resistance bands, skipping rope and swimwear are all travel-friendly.
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Fit To Lead | Mamaearth co-owner Varun Alagh: 'A happy life results from sound mind, physical fitness, eating well & enough sleep'
Fitness goal for 2023: Be healthy and fit, mentally and physically, and aim to build four-pack abs.
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Fit to Lead | upGrad's Mayank Kumar: My fitness routine has increased my concentration levels
Fitness goal for 2023: Participate in three to four half marathons and finish them in under 2 hours.
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FIFA World Cup 2022: Silence as protest and official response in Qatar
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FIFA World Cup 2022: In a first, 3 women referees, and 3 female assistant referees are officiating at a football World Cup
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
Indian Super League 2022: Top footballer Glan Martins swears by his fitness regimen
FC Goa and India midfielder Martins, 28, one of the fittest footballers in the ISL, is a perfect example of how Indian football is evolving and making strides in the right direction
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Should people with asthma, living in polluted cities, exercise?
For those who suffer from asthma and still choose to lead an active life, they need to monitor the symptoms such as cough and difficulty in breathing and persist with the prescribed medication, according to Fortis pulmonologist Dr Manoj Goel
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Fitness Planner | Advanced yoga: Progression to Scorpion Pose - Part 4
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Fitness Planner | How to go from being a Yoga novice to doing the Scorpion pose in 6 months - Part 3
Starting now, do all the asanas at least twice. And if you are progressing well, do the whole routine three to four times. Consistency and practice are key.
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Delhi half marathon 2022: 10 commandments to keep in mind
If you want to slow down or walk for a bit, make sure to move to the side to avoid having other runners crash into you.
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Fit to Lead | Bajaj Allianz Life's Chandramohan Mehra: 'Fitness allows me to focus on maximising every unit of time'
Chandramohan Mehra says he enjoys the process of training for marathons as much as running them, and that running alone can only help one run faster for a short distance, to go far, one needs to run together.
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Fitness planner | What to do and what not to do in your 40s
Roger Federer's retirement at 41 is a reminder to heed the body's signals and get smarter about fitness.
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Fit to Lead | Pepperfry's Ashish Shah: "Fitness provides the necessary flexibility to zoom in and out of situations"
"A good fitness regime makes you self-aware, alerts you on your limits and challenges you to go beyond your comfort zone every time. It also teaches that what you can measure, you can improve."
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Fitness Planner | How to go from being a Yoga novice to doing the Scorpion pose in 6 months - Part 2
Inversions such as Pincha Mayurasana and Adho mukha vrikshasana (handstand) will help strengthen balance while being upside-down, when the blood rushes to your head and the weight is on your hands.
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Fit to Lead | Sabeer Bhatia: "Health is the most important asset one has"
Sabeer Bhatia says he took up cycling and intermittent fasting during the pandemic, though sports and an active lifestyle have always been a part of his life as a military child.
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Fitness Planner | How to go from being a Yoga novice to doing the Scorpion pose in 6 months - Part 1
Beginners can reach this goal in 3-6 months. Dr Karthik Kashyap suggests setting aside 30-60 minutes thrice a week, to build the muscles and balance this pose requires.
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Fit to Lead | "Along with a fit body and mind comes confidence": Oakley India's Sahil Jandial
"I give myself an hour early morning where I deal with myself, talk to myself. During that time I don't have to talk to anyone or listen to anyone. That prepares me for the rest of the day."
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2022 Commonwealth Games: Highlights of Avinash Sable's training plan ahead of the CWG
Avinash Sable did altitude training in the Nilgiris, interval training, strength-training including pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups and lunges, and long-distance running over 12 sessions each week.
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Fitness planner | The right gear for new, long-distance and competitive swimmers
How to pick the right swim suit, swimming cap and goggles, fins, kick boards, swimming snorkel, and other long-distance swimming gear.
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Fit to lead | Wells Fargo's Arindam Banerrji: Sports and fitness routines offer invaluable net practice for a leader
"Whether it's a sport or fitness routine, it puts your power of assessing yourself or your competition to test every day... leadership has a great deal to do with assessing strengths and weaknesses (too)."
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Fitness Planner | Swimming: How to go from zero to 1km: Part 4
Pro tip: "If you think you have a tendency to rush in the water... touch the top of your quadriceps with your thumb when the arm is on its way out of the water. That will automatically slow you down."
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Fitness planner | Swimming: How to go from zero to 1 km - Part 3
The aim: to comfortably swim distances longer than the length of the pool with proper technique and form, by the end of Week 8.
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International Yoga Day 2022 | Yoga for pain management: which asanas to do and how it works
Studies have shown yoga can help to manage both acute and chronic pain, such as the pain caused by cancer.
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Fitness Planner | Swimming: How to go from zero to 1km: Part 2
Performing drills such as bilateral breathing, head-up kicks (performing kicks with your head above the water) and dog paddling in the early days can help you become a better and stronger swimmer.
