a ‘Couch to 11 kms’ program over 101 day wherein you will walk-run 11 kms wherever you are when participants of 10th edition of La Ultra - The High will run 55, 222, 333
&
555 kms in Ladakh, i.e. 19th Aug ‘19.

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Day 6: Project C11| Dr Rajat Chauhan, Sports Medicine doctor & Race Director, MotoMazing La Ultra

Today is day 6th of Project C11: Couch to 11 kms in 101 days - Dr Rajat Chauhan, Sports Medicine doctor & Race Director, MotoMazing La Ultra

6th day of Project C11

6th day of Couch to 11 kms in 101 days #projectC11 #motomazing Fb group page: Facebook.com/groups/projectC11 Exercise plan for today: 1. Puppet Posture https://youtu.be/x82d6R11ds8 : get used to this as will be important for all the exercises and good form while you walk-run 2. Long Breathing https://youtu.be/F3dRGyRvECs : 11 repeats x 3 sets 3.
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Day 3: Project C11

Monday, unlike schools and work life, at Project C11 is a rest. Rest & Recovery are vital to perform at your optimal levels.

Monday is a rest day.

Remember that Rest & Recovery as important as training itself, if not more. My column in Mint on same.

Monday is a rest day. Day 3 of Couch to 11 kms program #projectC11

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Project C11: Tips to Start Running

Dr Rajat Chauhan, race director of La Ultra - The High & Sports Medicine doctor, shares basic rules and tips to start running. Through Couch to 11 kms program, in 101 days, he’ll get you doing 11 kms.

When someone tries to sell us a simple answer to a complex problem, it will be simplistic and worthless. But if someone grinds deeply through the complexity and then offers a simple explanation, it is priceless.
— Clayton Christensen, Prof. Harvard Business School
A Couch to 11 kms program by Dr Rajat Chauhan, Race Director: La Ultra - The High & Sports Medicine doctor #projectC11 You've been told that you can't run or exercise or get fitter. And you believed them. Time to put an extra in front of the ordinary, because you are extraordinary.

Tips:

  1. There is no magical exercise, magic lies in having the discipline to do the simple exercises.

  2. Get started, don’t worry about form

  3. Form Follows Function

  4. Do as many repetitions of exercises without causing pain

  5. Your range of motion will improve as days and weeks go on

  6. Simply follow what is advised

  7. Recovery & rest are most important part of any training plan

  8. Eat well

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