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Are 2021’s New Year gym memberships going online?

Sunalini Mathew To some extent, say experts in the tech-led fitness and diet space, as they talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown gave digital products a boost that’s likely to stay

Sleepless nights? Time for a reboot

8 weeks to better sleep

Sunalini Mathew The biggest takeaway from 2020: the importance of a good night’s rest. As more of us turn night owls, battling stress, isolation and work, here’s some help to reboot your routine.

The virtual fitness pass

Nidhi Adlakha Online tools and apps for workout routines and winding down

A client training at The Quad’s online session

Home is where the gym is

Anasuya Menon COVID-19 taught us that we need not get out to get fit

These senior citizens prove weight training is not just a young man’s game

No-cook fig and nut balls

what is it? What is MAKE SMTHNG?

Susan Joe Philip The guidelines for this initiative by the Green Peace include cook your own food, share, DIY, upcycle, buy second hand, etc

Calendar by the Government High School for the Blind, Olassa, Kottayam

These calendars showcase the talents of people with special needs

Susan Joe Philip As we get closer to New Year, many organisations have brought out date-keepers showcasing the talents of people with intellectual and physical disabilities

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Aitareya Living’s recipe for tooth powderuses ingredients such as calcium bentonite clay, activated charcoal, ground cloves and peppermint essential oil among others. ₹100 onwards on their Facebook page @Aitareya.livin

18 natural bath products from small businesses across India

Diaphragmatic breathing

Watch | How to breath in and out

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Are 2021’s New Year gym memberships going online?

The three technologies helping us train for 2021

The virtual fitness pass

8 weeks to better sleep

Home is where the gym is

These senior citizens prove weight training is not just a young man’s game

What is MAKE SMTHNG?

The guidelines for this initiative by the Green Peace include cook your own food, share, DIY, upcycle, buy second hand, etc

These calendars showcase the talents of people with special needs

As we get closer to New Year, many organisations have brought out date-keepers showcasing the talents of people with intellectual and physical disabilities

Project Move, movement therapy for India’s frontline medical professionals

Mumbai-based Project Move provides free resources on relaxation techniques such as stretching and yoga, for over-stressed frontline medical professionals

Workout with a sandbag to build muscles and gain strength

Inexpensive and maintenance free, incorporate sandbags in your workout routine to help gain strength and build a stronger core

The asthma diet

With winter setting in and pollution levels soaring, people with lived experiences and health professionals tell us what foods may work and what may not, to help you breathe better

Let’s address skin ageing on a cellular level

Here are tips from experts on how to take care of our skin after turning 40

Is how often you work out decided by social media and your friends?

Social influence and peer support affect exercise behaviour. This and more from ‘The Hype Machine,’ a book on how social media shapes our lives

PV Sindhu: ‘Winning the Olympic gold is the ultimate aim’

Shuttler PV Sindhu has one ultimate aim: to finish the job she left incomplete at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her journey though is not going to be easy...

Race, raft and camp in the open Himalayas at Wild Warrior Ventures’ adventure challenge

After a quiet 2020, Chennai’s Wild Warrior Venture launches its first post-lockdown biking-hiking-rafting race in Rishikesh

Help each other grow

Even as we are afraid for our own health, let us help each other grow

Easy workout at home using wheel power

This week, we take it up a notch with the power wheel designed to challenge regular core training programmes

A porter’s journey to Muay Thai glory

'Sadiq', a short documentary film, puts the spotlight on IV Sadiq, a Muay Thai boxer and head-load worker from Kozhikode

10 life hacks that will make your journey to wellness easier

After hosting a week of live sessions on health with experts on Instagram, here’s what we learnt that might make the journey to well-being easier

Race to the ceiling with a rock-climbing wall in your home

How Fit Rock Arena began setting up rock-climbing walls in Chennai homes during the pandemic

How the Wheelchair Basketball Federation of India is working to help differently-abled athletes in COVID times

The organisation has organised a host of online activities and training sessions for their members

Your week in health — sorted

The Hindu MetroPlus gives you a whole week of live Instagram discussions on fitness and health

‘Take charge of your life’: Apollo’s Upasana Kamineni on new wellness platform

Upasana Kamineni of the Apollo family gets actor Samantha Akkineni on board for her recently launched online wellness platform

What is Everesting?

Cyclists Gokul Krishna and Chitti Babu from Hyderabad completed the sporting challenge October 2, 2020. We explore the concept of everesting and what it entails:

Global Handwashing Day | Wash your hands, keep diseases at bay

October 15 is Global Handwashing Day; over the past six months we have learnt the importance of washing hands owing to COVID-19

How to be breast aware?

Being breast aware is to become familiar with one’s breast and the changes that happen to it throughout a person’s life. It helps us be aware of what is normal and what is not.

Suicide has come home?

We should start to listen, acknowledge, and simply asking the question: what can I do to change this reality, so no one is pushed to the edge?

Enhance your upper body with rock rings

Rock rings, used to practise climbing, can be added to home workouts to enhance upper body and core strength

Stop being a desk potato and get moving. This book tells you how

Fitness trainer Shwetambari Shetty’s new book is an appeal and guide to bring more functionality to our daily movement

Why should you worry about your heart more than COVID-19

With altered lifestyles for fear of contracting COVID-19, cardiologists are worried because exercise and diet has taken a backseat, and anxiety and fear looms — none of which bode well for the heart

Gyms remain empty in Bengaluru while maintenance costs surge

On an average, daily footfall has plummeted from 300 to 20

Watch | How to breath in and out

A video by doctor Dr Charu Arora demonstrating different types of breathing.

India’s big bicycle boom

With gyms and pools shut and health suddenly becoming priority, people around India turned to cycling during the coronavirus lockdown. How long will it last?

A daily fitness calendar towards better health

Working out, self care, eating ‘clean’, meditation — doing everything ‘right’ can get overwhelming for someone who has just started on the health journey. Here’s a day-by-day break-down to ease into the process with a little help from hashtags online

Is F Factor Diet good for health?

This diet created by Tanya Zuckerbrot combines high-fibre foods with lean protein at every meal

Apple’s watchOS 7: Go to bed, please

The journalist takes a deep dive into the intricacies of watchOS 7’s sleep tracker, available on Apple Watch Series 3 and up

By taking part in unconventional races, Mumbai-based ‘Bombay Running’ is setting new bars

Mumbai-based Bombay Running on taking up unconventional races like The Speed Project to try and set the bar for running communities across India

The lost art of breathing right

Experts remind us of basic breathing techniques we’ve forgotten

How to workout using weight plates?

The weight plates in your barbells can be used by themselves to improve grip and strengthen the muscles of your hands and torso

A push to make Visakhapatnam cycling friendly

As the city gears up to participate in India Cycles4Change challenge, here is what the cyclists suggest to bring about an eco-friendly change for commuting

Would you rather go for a quick sprint or a long walk?

Are you the sort of person who prefers to stop and smell the roses on a long gentle walk, or the sort that craves the adrenalin rush of a quick run?

Is sleep now a commodity?

There are mattresses, apps, supplements, masks, teas, essential oils: all promising good sleep. But are we buying them without examining the root cause of the problem?

A carpenter in Punjab created a bicycle during the lockdown

It’s got people from across the state placing orders and many calling him from as far as South Africa and Canada

Noise ColorFit NAV review: Inexpensive buy for fitness buffs

Noise ColorFit NAV smartwatch is an inexpensive buy for tracking your fitness but does it do much else?

What is the best way to lose that lockdown belly fat?

Sports physician Dr Kannan Pugazhendi answers our readers’ questions on fitness

Is digital fasting the new wellness trend?

Limiting social media activity to one platform, be it Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, could be your first step to taking back control

COVID-19 has changed how Ayurveda centres administer treatments

Ayurveda centres are taking extra precautions even as they take in patients for mandatory wellness treatments during the Malayalam month of Karkidakam

Gymming in a post-pandemic India, what does the future hold?

As the first wave of gyms starts functioning, how safe is it for you to get back on the treadmill? We find out

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