Its Gym Time!

Over the past 6-7 months, I have been running on my own and to be frank I think I have reached a plateau in terms of my training and fitness. When i started out, I wanted to look and feel fitter. The latter has been achieved. Its just that to my vain self, its not enough. I also want to be that person who looks fit.

So I have joined a gym... the American Family Fitness... Its a great facility. I am used to working out in Infy gyms. Big as they may be, this gym is HUGE! So there is absolutely no waiting time for any of the equipments or none at the time I go to the gym.

More than the machines, what really excites me are the group activities. As of now, I have just been to the Yoga classes and they are good. I feel aches and pains after every session which means that my body is working out at a different and a possibly higher level of effort.

I hope I will keep frequenting the gym... In my binary world where everything is either 0 or 1, I hope this will be a 1.

Happy New Year!

Its 2011 already and I haven't written anything in a while about my running. I am running though not so regularly as before. Partly due to the cold and partly due to the fact that I have added other forms of exercise like weight training and yoga to my exercise regime.

Like I mentioned earlier, now I want to use my brains to run better. And I have been doing my part in this regard- I have been reading a whole host of literature on running, exercising, yoga, eating well.

I believe every year should have a special theme. This year is for me is about finding the balance which may mean that I may have to cut on my quantity of running. This however doesn't mean that I have to compromise on the quality of my running experience. This year I will run with the goal of being healthier and fitter.

Last year I had a lot of time so I could afford running a couple of hours 5 times a day. This may not always be possible. So this year I will try to concentrate on quality workouts.

What exactly is a quality workout? No one can answer this for me. And I think the majority of my time (spent in exercising) will be about finding the clues to this question. I know where I want to reach- a state when a workout is an uplifting experience- physically, mentally and spiritually.

The running will definitely be important- though it wont be the end but rather the means to a different and almost utopian end.