Going mobile

Given the rarity of my blogs, and equal desire to write... I have more installed blogging app on my phone to make it easier for me to blog. I hope to raise my frequency. But will have to wait and see the results.

cardio cardio cardio

well yes... with my goal of running a marathon cardio is the thing that i need to focus on.

today was 12 sets of chest---bench press, incline, decline and dumb bell press. followed by... you guessed it right---40 min of cardio.

this gym has some great machines that can ensure right posture and flow for each exercise. decline press has been a sort of an achilles heel for me in the past... i was never sure whether the movement was correct. the machine here is perfect for that i need no focus on hand movement just do the reps.

More to follow as the routine develops. touch wood.

pickin up the thread...

Well... you can definitely count the number of days without the post. I need not delve into that embarrassing detail.
The only saving grace i can count on is that i did 40 minutes of cardio and 9 sets of ab exercise. Well with so many days without a post i thought it would be be(fit)ting to write one today with something to write about.
I joined a gym today with my buddy Sourav... we have a target (keeping the learnings from the previous posts in mind)- to run the Delhi half marathon in NOV. Exactly about a year after i re-started this blog.
the first baby step was today with the intense cardio work out of 20 min on treadmill, 10 min each of stepper and cycling. leg raises, knee ups and alternate side bends comprising the time spent.
tomorrow its gonna be abs first and cardio second... almost sounds like the book Employees First, Customers Second.
Well anyways, will definitely try to be more regular now... picking up the threads after seven months. wish me luck!

DAY 13

Good tidings continue... 25 push-ups and 50 squats in two sets (still a paltry sum by any standards).

Let's hope the streak continues. I can already feel my posture straightening. This is the most amazing part of exercising you tend to feel on top of the world. Getting the posture right also encourages one to continue with the exercise regime.

Along with the timed exercise one must try to incorporate activity in the normal day. Like taking stairs for example is the simplest. Idea's walk and talk idea is another example.

The idea here is to constantly challenge your body. The dynamic nature of our body very quickly adapts to the circumstances we put it into. The trick is to trick your body out of complacency. We will touch on this in detail when we gradually increase the exercise routine.

I haven't touched upon the food bit up till now. Well i have put no restriction on the food and drink department. A couple of drinks have been a regular feature since DAY 1. If I stop at once I wouldn't make it... the advanced exercise regimen that is to come will automatically weed out the habits that impede the path to stay fit.

DAY 12

Good tidings are here... the party weekend went off well and the morning exercise have resumed...
Another wedding this Friday, my god this is the worst time to start off an exercise program.

But no worries there will be plenty of things to learn even from these misadventures. Even the last two days the morning ex count: 25 push ups; 25 squats.

AMZINGLY PATHETIC... but hey! have to gradually increase the effort, cos i am not getting any younger.

Today i have set another goal for myself... this is in addition to 50 pushups and squats... Run the delhi half marathon next year.

Mos probably this will be hosted on 31 OCT 2010... I think turning 30 after running a half marathon is a sort of a statement.

Well now we have a short term goal and a long term goal... this is the important thing that both these goals have to be complimentary and aligned.
The next point to focus on is to get over the obstacles that keep cropping up. Most of these obstacles are just in our minds, we need to gradually build resistance to such obstacles and overcome them.

But even after incorporating discipline there are some social obligations that we can't get out of... well don't if you are putting in earnest effort you can afford it. But all this depends on your goals.

DAY 7

Well, the pitfalls of starting/ changing fitness plans just before ones b'day... you tend to bypass the goals set...

HAPPY B'DAY to me 2!

well here i am picking up the pieces of a failed attempt. There is a great learning for everyone here that the first month at least is the most critical and requires most effort from the person trying to be fit.

Most of the wickets fall in the first couple of weeks.

Get a load of this... i have a party weekend planned for the coming weekend (i.e. starting tomorrow). So there go my plans to pick up the pieces strewn about... I can only hope that i re-start on Sunday. But only time will tell this story.

Hoping to get back on track. will keep sharing my learnings with you... at least you (if there are any readers that is) will unlearn a lot of stuff. :o)

DAY 2

Hmm... well day 2 has some leftover feeling of day 1...

i can feel the soreness in the thigh muscles... ate a lot during the day in office, a colleague got a delicious, mouth watering cake... had 3-4 helpings. :o)
ate very late in the night... after having a couple of whisky drinks... not good.
got up super late - 9.30 AM
didnt breakfast... had lunch

and till now no exercise. Tch Tch!!! after lunch feeling very full to do the push ups etc... thinking of doing it later.

Well this is a trap that many people, who are starting/ re-starting to exercise, fall in. I have also been a victim many... no countless times.

but this time it's different. everything is being logged... Blogged. ;o)

The next blog will carry either a way to get out of this trap or otherwise...