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Q. The fitness industry has changed this pandemic what do you have to say about it? The fitness industry has got big hit in this pandemic. Now the latest trend is a home gym and online training has taken a front seat. Everyone is moving on focusing on online training, video call Workout sessions, so many fitness apps are coming into light. I’m afraid culture of the gym may vanish, going forward if things don’t change in India we may see great loss, gyms will completely diminish, and no one will ever come forward to invest in good gym and fitness. Q. Gyms can run their business by taking all precautionary measurements in the Covid scenario, what is your opinion? As we all know gyms, swimming pools and some other public gathering places/Halls are very much prone to be contagious and chances are high to spread the virus. But in my opinion, keep shutting down the business, workplace completely for long periods is not appreciable and the government must look into this. Enforce strict rules, fine high if they are not followed properly but let the gyms be open. It’s a practical thing which I’m saying, guidelines like wearing a mask, face shield will be on anyways, to achieve social distancing, take the gym floor size and capacity in account to permit the limited members inside at one given time, fix the client’s walk-in time and don’t allow anyone when floor reaches its full capacity, sanitize the machines and weight after every single use. A business might fall to 50% but it’s anytime better than keeping it closed. Q. What’s the best home workout routine one can follow this quarantine with minimum equipment available? “Any workout is the best workout”, I say. We have minimum workout equipment and lack of space at home, I would say bodyweight exercises are a foremost option but it’s not for everyone, everyone doesn’t have enough strength. So I suggest having a pull-up bar and
few resistant bands at least and yes, Dumbbells and kettle bells will also do best. Keep your workouts short and sweet, focus on metabolic conditioning, getting the best training for hypertrophy and strength goals is the biggest challenge as we have very limited access to weights, we can still get through with hypertrophy if we come up with good exercise programming focus on intensity on muscle by mixing different techniques like pre-exhaustion of working muscle, isometric hold, supersets etc. Q. How to get that enthusiasm while working out at home which we use to get at the gym? Fix your workout time, you have to plan your day keeping your exercise time in mind, prioritize it if needed. Get ready as if you are going to a regular gym, your dressing and effort you put in, for doing any work will get you the interest in that work. Play the music; it will have a great role in making good workout. It will keep you moving and will have a feel-good factor. Hire a good online coach or you need to follow a good online workout program at least so that you know what you are going to exercise today. So these all little things will motivate you and get that enthusiasm while working at home. Q. Wearing a mask and going out for a walk or run is impacting in breathing problems what do you have to say about it? Wearing a mask while working out or running will harm your performance while training, you need a lot of oxygen, the oxygen demand is high while training, so if you cover-up your nose and mouth with a mask, it will become tough for you to breath and you give up early than your muscle gets to failure. So the training can’t be fine at an optimum level. Q. What do you recommend in terms of workout and diet to keep up a strong immune system? TULIP - AUGUST, 2020 19
