Vani Pahwa offers unique, deeper insights for greater fitness results
Besides sharing her fitness philosophy, the graceful Mohiniattam exponent also touches on subjects that intend to enlighten the youth. Her hands are gesturing much of the time and her eyes are very much in the conversation. As indeed they would be since she has been a dancer nearly all her […]
Regression is an important component of training.
A well designed program will have progressions and regressions built in at strategic points to elicit maximum performance. This provides the body necessary time to adapt, readjust and re-tune to changing demands. It allows the body a necessary break as and when needed before moving on further with renewed intensity (scientific principle […]
Functional Fitness for Athletes
âMother of a junior pro golfer approached me to help work on the swing action of her son. His golfing coach kept pointing out that he wasnât being able to move (swing the club) as freely as desired. Repeated emphasis on technique correction wasnât yielding desired results. He also complained […]
Finding your Body Balance
Almost all of us have a dominant side which is preferred in daily activities, ranging from simple chores to athletic pursuits. Much of this preference happens even without our cognition. The body continues to move through a range of motions of varying intensity and challenge, instinctively favouring one side over […]
The âSunshine Vitaminâ
Yes, thatâs what it is also called. Vitamin D. While there is some growing awareness about this Vitamin, knowledge about its functions and the role it plays in maintaining health is still poor. WHAT IS VITAMIN D? Itâs important to first understand what Vitamins are in general. Vitamins are organic […]
Paragliding in Sikkim-The adrenalin junkieâs flight
The North East has always appeared as a beautiful, mystical frontier to me, promising abundant natural beauty and promise of a culture so different from that witnessed in the plains of this country. My appetite had for long been whetted by the stunning imagery of this region, as presented time […]
Life beyond the hot flashes
That much-dreaded journey to menopause need not be all misery if you make some simple but healthy changes in lifestyle Menopause marks the end of the monthly menstrual cycle for women. Itâs the time when the ovaries cease to function and the woman can no longer reproduce. Though it is […]
While you were not sleepingâŚ
your body did not get a chance to renew itself. Read on to see if you suffer from sleep deficit syndromeIt is a common experience that a problem â difficult at night â is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.â John Steinbeck How […]
Gender Bender â How Much, How Little.
Weâve often heard the expression, âMen are from Mars, Women are from Venusâ.While the debate rages on fractiously on its emotional interpretation, letâs see if there is any scientific merit in it from the health and fitness perspective. Concerns and (mis) conceptions keep erupting, suggesting there is little awareness of […]
So, what exactly do you do?
Of all the questions, to which I should have an involuntary answer ready to rattle off by now should be, âSo, what do you do?â Or itâs peskier and open to interpretation sibling, âWhat exactly do you do?â The first question is common place requiring an appropriate answer, though it […]