Get Off Your Arse: A ran-dumb blog to get you moving, by a bit of a nudge and a bit of a push.
Racing Optimally
I am suggesting a strategy, customised for you, to help you perform better at races based on whatever work you’ve put in so far.
Can running or exercising kill you?
Yesterday at Delhi Half Marathon a participant collapsed at 18km mark and later died. Same happened two weeks back at London Marathon, and a month before at another Indian race. That makes it seem like a common occurrence while exercising or running? But it’s rarer than people dying while watching television. Are these deaths a cause for worry? I look at it critically.
Is resistance training bad for kids?
Most parents, teachers, coaches, trainers and even health professionals think that resistance training during childhood and adolescence is unsafe, ineffective and unnecessary. This false narrative must change.
What's happening at La Ultra?
On a regular basis I am bombarded with questions: When is the next La Ultra? Will you have 222, 333 and 555 categories? Will you still keep the shorter versions like 11, 22, 33 and 55? What about 111? What next? I answer all that and more.
Decoding the facts behind the Much-Hyped HIIT
While both HIIT and HIT are all the craze right now, it is important to understand why people move the way they do and the psychology of movement, which makes people choose this form of exercise over others.
Busting myths of exercising in heat
We’ve been told not to drink cold water, pour it on our heads or sit in an air conditioned room right after a workout on a hot sunny day and that playing in the sun makes us stronger. Is that so?
The do's and don'ts of exercising on a hot day
On a hot summer day on a long slow run, my body began to heat up. Had I not known what to do in those circumstances, things could have taken a turn for the worse. Here's what I did.
Overcoming your La Ultra
7/7 (7th July 2005) London suicide bombing and Covid pandemic have played a major role in shifting my perspective to life. In between these two I had put together 10 editions of the impossible La Ultra. Now I appreciate that we all are battling are own challenges and wanting to overcome our La Ultras.
Role of Sports and Exercise in Education
I thought I had failed at Ashoka because I wasn’t able to deliver what I had set out to do. But meeting Akshay and Abhinay made me realise that the ripple effect will still be on long after the founding team (Sonam, Kishan & me) of the department of Sports & Exercise at Ashoka University is gone.
Why follow a 'no-diet' diet
Every season, a new ‘fad diet’ crops up. Many people spend large parts of their lives jumping from one diet to the next, hoping to find that magical bullet that will help them get the body of their dreams. Nearly all diets will work to some extent for a short period of time and people will see changes within hours or days. However, in reality, there should not be a diet. We should all follow the ‘no diet’ diet.