How I stopped worrying and returned to a life of fitness
3 years, 6 months ago

How I stopped worrying and returned to a life of fitness

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Have you ever spent months away from your normal fitness routine before deciding to return? Well, these questions went through my head when I decided to return to working out after two and a half months away, due to a freak injury. As an excellent article by one of Lounge’s fitness writers, Pulasta Dhar, points out, the human body’s hormonal profile is at its peak in the morning, which makes it the best time to burn fat and build muscle. An hour and a half of warmup, workout and cooldown, followed by a hearty breakfast is a wonderful routine that I’d advise everyone to adopt. When I was working out, I had a full workout split in place for the entire week, taking in separate training days for shoulders, arms, chest, legs and cardio.

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How to return to your fitness routine after a break
1 year, 8 months ago

How to return to your fitness routine after a break

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Summer vacations are nearly at an end, and people are returning to their regular life of work, chores, family and friends. While returning to work is one thing most cannot avoid, going back to the gym or rejoining boot camps or running clubs is something people tend to put off for as long as they can. One of the commonly …

How to return to fitness training after a break
2 years, 10 months ago

How to return to fitness training after a break

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Reshma Sood, 42, had sustained a shoulder injury last year. “I am quite regular with my fitness routine but every single time I take a break, the struggle to get back to it real.” One of the prime reasons returning to a training can be difficult is the fear of how sore we’d feel in that first week. When Abhinav …

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