JOIN USEveryone is in the fitness race. Some of them to look good and lean, some to maintain their weight and quite a handful have been pushed into the bandwagon after their alarming health reports indicate they have crossed the red line of health parameters. However, there are a very few people who understand what fitness really means. So when Reebok’s global master trainer, David Jack visited the capital recently, all he had to talk about was “paying attention to one’s wellbeing and look at fitness as fun.”
“People would generally complain about finding no time for exercise. But if one wants to lead a healthy lifestyle, one has to find time. The way we treat our body is a reminder of what matters to us and in many cases people just ignore their bodies,” the US-based fitness experts tells Metrolife.
David is best known for his “out-of-the-box” ideas that often include gymnastics moves, speed development, strongman exercise (like pushing trucks and flipping tires), yoga, dance, and free play. But he suggests that before blindly taking up any form of exercise, a person should know his goals and what he is capable of doing.
“The workout regime should be yours and should work for you. The regime should bring you joy as fitness is a vehicle for emotional and physical wellbeing,” he says.
He was in the city to conduct a workshop on the latest exercise trend – metabolic training that involves structural and compound exercises, with little resent in between exercises to maximise calorie burn and increase metabolic rate.
“This is a total body workout and is very effective. At the same time, it is also full of risks if you don’t understand the exercise... it might cause pain,” he cautions. “This is why it is important that this exercise should be done under certified trainers who would analyse your medical and injury history first, before allowing you to take it up.”
India has woken up to the idea of fitness and the recent grand celebrations on the International Yoga Day is a testimony that people want to be fit and so does the mushrooming of aerobic and dance classes in every nook and corner verifies that fitness is a fruitful business endeavour. But to take fitness seriously is a task.
“Fitness doesn’t come easy. Habits are hard to break. So if we don’t start paying attention to fitness at a younger age, it gets difficult to inculcate this into your everyday lifestyle,” he says adding “people are already occupied and chasing things in life. People have forgotten what it means to be a human in today’s time when the speed of life is accelerating at a greater pace.”
However, the best advice David has for the fitness enthusiasts are to “surround yourself with good people, laugh more and get a good night sleep.”“Fitness shouldn’t always
be related to exercise. You can do something that you like doing... like hiking, cycling, swimming or playing any sport. Also, walk more, drink more water and stress
less to live a happy life,” he concludes.