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Fitness: 1st January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** Here we are welcoming the new year, and it wouldn’t be fun if I did not start it with a run. So that's what I did in the morning. It was my first run of the year, and I loved it. With the winter on, it is always a pleasure to be out in the morning. Talking about winter, it did not get as cold as it usually does in December. I am hoping it will get a lot cooler in January. Let’s see how it goes. As…
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Fitness: 2nd January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** The Christmas and New Year vacation is done, and we are already into the new year. I wish all readers a happy new year! Well, with the new year and new resolutions also come some old work and responsibilities. So, I have to manage both. Yesterday, I worked on a new tracker that tracks all the important work I do in a few areas like life, health, work, money, and people around me. Something I thought…
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Does Starting Your Day On A Positive Note Help? | Does It Impact Your Day? | I Tested It **Word of Caution:** The things that I test out are usually experiences that I can handle. I am a practitioner of energy exercises like EFT, NLP, and Ho’oponopono. So, even if I put myself in a difficult scenario, I know how to get out of there using the above techniques. My request — please don’t intentionally try to get into a negative mindset, if you don’t have the know-how to get out…
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Fitness: 3rd January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** Continuing with my 2023 aim to get up and move, I am already following the same in 2024. I renewed my gym membership for a year. So, today was gym day, and I am happy to report that it was one great experience in the morning. The last week of 2023, I was out for a wedding and then holidays. As expected, all food and more food was what I had. I did manage to go out for the morning walks, but I did…
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Fitness: 4th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** Today, I added some more fitness goals to my regime. I had mentioned Calisthenics as one of the areas that I had intended to work on, and I did in the last year. However, with my busy schedule, it happened occasionally and not regularly. That’s what I am changing starting today. I am making it a regular everyday regime for myself. I am quite excited. So, I have lined up three exercises: side planks,…
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Fitness: 5th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** Yesterday, I spoke about Calisthenics in my daily regime, and I started with it immediately. Today is the second day (yeah, I didn’t miss yesterday), and I have four different segments – side planks, reverse push-ups, and one-leg squats. In the initial days, I will keep the entire regime about 5 minutes long. Why? Because I am still giving over an hour to the gym and running, so, Calisthenics can…
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Fitness: 6th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** Today, I was planning to run and then to the gym, but I got to bed late, so I had to drop one of them. I figured that the gym would be closed tomorrow, so it made sense to go to the gym today and run tomorrow. And that’s what I did. After getting my daughter up for the school, I left for the gym. What I thought would be a forty-five-minute session turned out to be an hour and a half. I like my time…
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Fitness: 7th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** Sunday is a good day for a run and that is what I had planned. However, I got up too late for a run. I could have taken the day off, but I couldn’t get myself to accept a no-exercise day. So, I planned to exercise at home. Such a plan requires my trusted ally – my dumbbells. Since the weather was cold, I did not have to worry too much about sweating. I got pumping like crazy. So, what did I do…
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Fitness: 8th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** I had a really long Sunday. In the morning, I had to drop my daughter off for a competitive exam and then later pick her up, writing work, exercise, more writing work, a wedding in the evening, further more writing work, and then my daughter had some assignments to finish which went on till 4 a.m., and then I went to sleep at 5 a.m. What does that all mean? It means I couldn’t get up for my jog or…
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Fitness: 9th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** The cool weather seemed to be less cooler today. I only wish the coolness continues and the temperature drops further. How nice that would be. It’s only January, anyways. We can still have a solid winter. Talking of the weather, it is indeed a good time to go for a run. I wished I could have, but I couldn’t. So, I chose my dumbbells instead. I took some time to get going with my exercises. But…
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Fitness: 10th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** My daughter missed her basketball practice as my alarm did not go off on time. At least, I got up to ensure she got ready for school on time. What that also meant was that I could not go to the gym or run today. Wow, that’s the fourth day in continuation. Because I have subdivided my fitness regime into three areas – home-based, runs/jogs, and gym, it becomes easier to ensure at least one of them…
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Fitness: 11th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** I had not planned it, but looks like, I won’t be going out to the gym or running this entire week. Till Wednesday, I couldn’t and from the looks of it, I won’t be able to go out in the remaining days of this week, either. Why? Well, wifey is out on a business trip, while daughter is going through her exam week. So, I must wake her up and ensure she gets the bus to school. That means, till 7 a.m. I…
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Fitness: 12th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** I missed the early morning alarm for two consecutive days, and so, with my daughter’s exams in the morning, I was not sure if I should sleep. My wifey is out on a work trip, and I had a lot of work to do, so I stayed awake all night to get the work done. I am glad I stayed awake since I didn’t know if I would miss the alarm again. TLDR; Daughter left for school at the right time. 😊 The reason for…
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Fitness: 15th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** Today happens to be a public holiday in many places in India. I was a bit reluctant to head out for my exercise, but I headed out nonetheless. This weekend will be the Mumbai Marathon, and I am unsure of my preparedness. I will run anyway. Talking about today, I went to the gym after nearly a week of exercising at home. Oh, what a good feeling that was! I love it in the gym and want to go,…
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Fitness: 17th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** This Sunday would be the Mumbai Marathon, and I must admit that I haven’t run much over the last three weeks. I was going to the gym, yes, but running is a different story. My regime in the gym has made me stronger for the run, but I needed to check it out. What better than today to test my gym regime? So, despite having some work at home, I left for the run in the morning. Outdoors early morning…
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Fitness: 20th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** So, the Marathon day has arrived. Tomorrow it will be a 21-kilometer run for me. Although I initially thought I would go for the 42-kilometer, I settled for the half marathon. I don’t think I have practiced enough for the full marathon. Anyway, today it was a mixed feeling to go out or not for the run. It is recommended that we rest before the actual run day. However, I wanted to do at least four…
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Fitness: 21st January 2024 (Mumbai Marathon Special) + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** The Mumbai Marathon in all its splendor was on display today. I had participated in the half marathon, which you all know would be 21.04 km long. Mumbai Marathon started as Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, and back in 2008, when I used to participate in the half or full marathon, the registration used to be open till the fag end. Why? Because not many participants. But…
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Fitness: 22nd January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** Usually the day after a marathon, I avoid a run or gym, but today was an exception. For the first time in so many years, I got out for my gym workout, despite being the race day yesterday. I’ve got to admit, the faster you get back pumping iron, the faster your body recovers. I feel a lot better now. Also, today happens to be the inauguration of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir in India. So, it has been…
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Fitness: 23rd January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** So, today is the second day after the marathon, and I went out for a run. This is the first time I am running within a day of the marathon. Usually, I would give running a week’s break before resuming again. Now I feel running at the earliest is the best thing to do. After all, the body feels great after that. There was another personal first. For the first time this year, I did the run and gym…
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Fitness: 24th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** An early morning run followed by gym makes it two days in succession. I pleasantly surprised myself, especially when I had to drop my daughter off at school, also. So, run, school dropped, and then gym, and that’s how I got all in a day’s work. Or should I say morning’s work? 😊 The weather is turning really cold over here in Mumbai and it was 14 degrees Celsius yesterday. That’s really cold for a…
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Fitness: 27th January 2024 + A Did You Know Fitness Question **Good Morning** I woke up quite early but had some work to be done and hence had to skip both the gym and the run. Some priorities had to be handled right from the word go early in the morning. I started at 4 a.m. and could complete the work only by 8 a.m. So, any hopes of starting my morning exercise regime were out. There were still my regular home exercises. That’s what I decided to do. What did the home…