September 2008
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Weight training or rock climbing, the trick is the progression
As you guys know, I have recently started attending a gym. I’m enjoying myself so far, including the dreaded cardio that I hadn’t expected to enjoy. The behavioural scientist in me keeps observing people wherever I am, and I realized that there are many common factors to weight training and training for rock climbing. The [...]
Monsoon Treaks Mumbai
So many people going out on hikes and treks near Mumbai these days. Out of curiosity, I was going through my email, and looking at the different hikes and treks that happened this monsoon that I came to know of. In the lead to trak Sahyadris Rajmachi leads with 7 treks followed closely by Lohagad [...]
Joined a Gym
After hesitating for days, I have finally joined a gym. I had gone for a couple of days earlier, but quit. To me, it seems pointless to move my body without purpose, and I’m ok with my “body-image” as in don’t need to get fatter, thinner, bulkier, slimmer, etc. That means I used to get [...]
Outdoor Instructor Training and Certification in India
Wide Aware is in the process of designing a three day training programme for training and certification of activity instructors in the outdoors. The current scenario with instructors is that there is no specific training that they undergo. Some instructors do the mountaineering courses in an effort to get some skills, but they are not [...]