[CTQ Smartcast LIVE] How to think about Physical Fitness to stay Future Fit
Always look at physical fitness this way - where you’ll be, if you start doing this today. One alternative way is to look at it backwards. If you want to be functionally active at the age of 75, start now. Invest today to harvest tomorrow.
- Dharmendra D, Running Coach & Writer
How can you make the most of a personal passion to uplevel yourself? What makes a coach good and how you can use that to help your team in their work? What you should do to stay fit (especially if you don't like running)?
To find out this and more, CTQ co-founder Harish Kumar picked Running Coach & Writer Dharmendra D’s brain in this CTQ Smartcast LIVE session.
ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST
A former management consultant, Dhammo is now a Writer and Running Coach who has run in dozens of marathons, including the Boston Marathon.
SOME THINGS DHAMMO SHED LIGHT ON IN THis SESSION
How physical fitness and future fitness are connected
The distinction between physical fitness and athletic pursuits
The simplest way to get into physical exercise (it’s not running!) and some alternatives
How much exercise you should be getting and what kind
Why you shouldn’t get intimidated by how much others are doing to stay physically fit
Why people find it difficult to stay motivated to work on their physical fitness (and what to do about it)
Some metrics and thumb rules for physical fitness
Dhammo’s interesting career journey
What really helps recovery
Questions that Dhammo asks new trainees as a coach
Things he could have done differently, knowing what he knows now
The lesson Dhammo’s running journey taught him that also applies to the Consulting business
What helped him write a book (and what that has in common with CTQ Compounds)
DHAMMO ALSO ANSWERED THESE QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
Manish Manke:
What are your views on barefoot running?
Ganesh Kumar:
Should we run on our toes or is there any particular way you would recommend?
Do you recommend any particular brand of footwear for a beginner keen on running as an exercise routine?
J Ramanand:
What do you do on days when you don't feel like running/doing your routines?
Ankita Verma:
How to manage aches and pains after you start walking/exercising (especially if you're elderly)?
Yogesh Kulkarni:
What's the level of pain that one should tolerate and still go for a run?
DURING THE SESSION, WE ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS OF A #FRIDAYCHALLENGE
For their excellent answers to this CTQ #FridayChallenge, Shilpi, Akhila, and Anshul each won a copy of Dhammo’s book Boston D Party!
THERE WERE SOME FUN QUIZ Questions & trivia TOO!
Invented in 1817, what was the treadmill’s intended use?
The Boston Marathon has retired only two bib numbers till now. No. 61 for 61 races run by John Kelley. Why did the Boston Marathon retire Bib No. 261 a few years ago?
Who is the world’s oldest marathoner?
>> Watch the Smartcast to check if you got the answers right!
TWO BOOKS DHAMMO RECOMMENDS
Check out these books if you’re thinking of getting started on your physical fitness journey.
Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? (Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise)
Good to Go (What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery)
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