My way of being healthy is to pursue the running exercise.

I am joining Saffola #ApneTareekeSeHealthy initiative and sharing my ways of being healthy in association with BlogAdda.

In my recently published blog, I have mentioned my way of being healthy and now in this post I am going to share my other way of being healthy. When I was in college, I used to watch the news about sports. One day, I saw a news slot about marathon runners and it was amazing to know how these athletes develop such good stamina for long distance running. As I was busy with my studies during the college days, I could hardly find time to wake up early in the morning. I never used to wake up before 8 am in the morning as I used to study late night for most of the times. Even today, I could hardly manage to sleep early, but I try my best to wake up early. If this does not happen, I then try my best to not miss out the morning running exercise even if I wake up after 8 or 8.30 AM. :-) So in that marathon running news slot, I saw no Indian athlete as a winner or even a runner up as a long distance runner.

A few months ago, I saw one promotional advertisement about the marathon running and I decided to enroll myself for it. In my college days, I remember that I had completed 5 KM running during my academic physical activity session. For that I had practiced only for 5 days. And when I watched the marathon advertisement, I was very much excited to enroll for the 10 KM Run and I did not tell any of my friends about it. The marathon was near about 1 month and I decided to practice hard so that I take very less time to complete the running.

After enrolling for the marathon, I decided to start practicing running and on the first day, It was very hard for me to complete even 1 KM of continuous run. On the next day, I woke up and managed to complete 2 KM run and so on I kept on stretching my limit each day. After 20 days of regular practice, I was pretty much confident about completing the 10 K run at ease and I estimated that I can complete 10 KM run in about 1 hour and 20 minutes. I still had 10 more days to practice and during these 10 days, I did rigorous GYM exercises that would help me in running.  Just 9 days before my actual marathon run, one of my friends told me about a biathlon competition in which there were 4 KM running and 7 KM bicycling. Me and my friend, we both registered and I was pretty much sure that I was going to win this race not because I was practicing hard but because I really wanted to win. I tried my best to win, but I was lucky to win the second position and it guided me to earn my first medal of life in the sports activity. Following is the image of it.

After this biathlon race, I kept practicing and just after 9 days I also completed the 10 KM run. Surprisingly, I completed my 10 KM run is about 1 hour and 2 minutes. Following is my certificate of its completion.

In this way, my way of being active, happy and healthy is to pursue running exercise on a regular basis. In the future, I also want to apply myself for the next level of running which is to complete the 21 KM run. 

For me, being “In the pursuit of my first love: CRICKET” is my way of being healthy.

I am joining Saffola #ApneTareekeSeHealthy initiative and sharing my ways of being healthy in association with BlogAdda.'

For the last three years, I have been pursuing a very healthy lifestyle and this year I choose to be “In the pursuit of my first love: CRICKET”. Well, you can read my post: “The simple steps that I follow for staying active.” where I have mentioned what regular exercises I had been doing on a day to day basis to stay active, happy and healthy at all times. As I am a computer professional, my job is to work on computers and at times work for an extended number of hours. So I try my best to stay as healthy as possible because, I know, if I sit for a long number of hours, obviously it is going to affect my health. At first, I used to prefer walking all the way to my office and back home. Now it's been more than a year that I have chosen to bicycle all the way to my office and home. At times, I have just ventured anywhere by with my bicycle for no reason. During my childhood, I was always fond of playing cricket and I always dreamt about playing it with the season ball, wearing all the cricketing gears and on a cultivated cricket pitch. But this did not happen during my school and college life and may be, I did not pursue it properly at that time.

After getting a job, one day, I saw a speech of my role model, Mr. Sachin Tendulkar that he gave on the occasion was “Opening Ceremony of the 50th Inter IIT Sports” held in IIT Bombay. Just watch the following video and I am sure it will definitely inspire you to choose one sport and set up your way of staying active to lead a happy and healthy life.

After attending this speech live in IIT Bombay, I was very much excited to pursue my first love: CRICKET. I then requested some of my friends to make time to play cricket with me. In this way, we started playing regular cricket, but not with the season ball but with the tennis ball. Later on we formed a team of almost 15 to 16 players and we played for several small, friendly and paid tournaments and it was fabulous to know that playing cricket was easy but winning the tournament was kind of difficult at times. Following is my team:

In this way, during April 2017, there was an announcement of the staff cricket tournament with the season ball and I felt that this was the only opportunity for me to be “In the pursuit of my first love: CRICKET”. I registered my place in this tournament and I started practicing every day with the best of my abilities and I was also managing my work along with it. The tournament was scheduled such that it would not clash with our job timing.I enjoyed playing cricket matches in the day and night timing and it will always be a good experience of my life that I will enjoy remembering again and again.

In this staff cricket tournament, I loved to play with all the cricketing gears and the best thing was that my team stood victorious. Following are some of the photographs and a video that I wish to share with my readers.

Following is the video in which my job was to just rotate the strike till first 5 overs. I tried my best but, I could only manage to play my role till the first 6 overs :-)

If you think that we get the cleanest air in rainy season then prefer checking your house interiors.

Following blogpost is my entry to the contest: "Royale Atmos - A Paint that helps purify air" conducted by Indiblogger and sponsored by asianpaints royale ATMOS.

Rainy season is the most important season as it provides a lot of water that can be used for farming and drinking purpose. If this season would not have been in our nature cycle, then maybe we the human beings would not have progressed, developed or even survived so far. This season is very helpful for filling up our natural water reservoirs and the main thing is we people are the lucky ones to enjoy the coolest environment during this season. As this season has arrived just after the summer season, it is the most loved season for the farmers as compared to all of us (us means corporate people ;-)). I am saying this because, it is the fact that most of the people in India are not willing to pursue this occupation. 

Mostly the today's young generation is willing to pursue a lucrative career in any sector except farming because the farming sector requires a lot of weather support and manual efforts as well. During this rainy season, every part of this earth turns into a lush green and to experience this we all have to drag ourselves out of our polluted concrete jungle called developed cities. Many of us (again us means we the corporate people ;-)) think that our home interiors are not polluted as we have an air conditioner and many other such good appliances.

According to me many of the houses in our city are more polluted from inside due to a lot of factors. Watch out following video in which actress Deepika describes how our households could have 5 times more pollution:

Consider my place of living where there is a tree outside my room and in rainy season the surroundings are very much spectacular for me.

As you can see in the above image that the environment outside is so fresh that I used to think that my room's atmosphere is as fresh as the spectacular view outside. Just a few days later, I started getting the damp smell in my room and a few of my friends also complained to me about it. I then just stared at the top of my roof and I found that the rainwater has made its way from the outer wall of my room. Following is its photograph :-( :

As the rainy season is on its verge in the year 2017, the dampness kept on increasing in my room. I was literally fed up of it and again a few days later, I found my gallery door with some kind of black spots on it. I started keeping the window of my room wide open thinking that the dampness would vanish if I keep it open at all the times. Unfortunately, all the moisture from outside made its way into my room and I found an enormous number of black spots on my gallery door. Now my room was really smelling bad and then I snapped the photo of that door which had now too many numbers of black spots.

After that I went a little closer to my door and wiped my hand on its surface. Darn it!!! It's the fungus. YUCK :-(.... I was very much disappointed and I was helpless to stay with this as I did not have time to clean it due to my busy job schedule. I had to wait till the weekend and that is the only time which I can invest some time in cleaning my room. By the weekend I got some sneezing problem as well. I then figured out that the reason behind my sneezing was this fungus that was growing day by day. As soon as the weekend arrived, I woke up early in the morning and that too on a weekend, then I took a damp cloth, prepared some detergent water and then wiped out the entire door with it and then after cleaning it, I also wiped it with a lot of dettol antiseptic liquid as well. After that I decided to pack the window with a plastic sheet entirely so that rain moisture stays outside my room. Now I snapped the photograph again as my room's internal atmosphere seemed quite royal and fresh as well.

In this way, now my room has the royal atmosphere with less moisture and damp smell in it. In the future, I am thinking of waterproofing the outer walls and painting my room, doors and window with the Asian paints Royale ATMOS technology. The details can be found on the following link: 

The only way to convey my love and gratitude towards life is by writing a letter to my life.

I am writing a letter to life for the #DearZindagi activity at BlogAdda
Note: I am just writing this blog post for conveying my love and gratitude towards life.

Dear Zindagi,

Every individual on this planet has got a life and it depends on how we live it. In my opinion life is nothing but a moment and you just have to live it, love it and enjoy it. A life cannot be complete without the collection of happy and unhappy moments. I remember the first ten years of my life and at most of the times, I used to get unhappy. But I thank to my parents and my family members as they used to try their best to make me happy during this decade of my early life. They used to teach me several things and one of the things that I still remember learning was playing cricket. Well my parent's always allowed me to play cricket but I used to be very unhappy on the field as I was unable to play properly. I used to return home with disappointment and the next thing was that my parents used to scold my elder brother for not letting me play. Today when I look back, I find this moment very funny and this moment brings a smile on my brother's face as he was being scolded for no reason during his childhood.

In the next ten years of life, I found my first love. Yes my first love ;-) and it was none other than the game called cricket. Even if I was unable to play it properly, I used to play this game each day after my school hours. This outdoor game gave me a sense of how to tackle the situation even when you lose the match or you don't perform to your level best. Today, I am a busy working chap but whenever I find free time I try my best to play cricket rather than just watching it. The second thing that I discovered in my second decade of life was that there is something called discipline that has to be followed in life by each and every individual. Here I would like to thank my school teachers because those were the only ones who used to take care of imbibing ethical principles and monitor us if we follow them or not. I still remember that there used to be a special session of half an hour where one of my teacher used to tell the stories that taught us what is right and what is wrong. One moment that I would like to be grateful and thankful to my school teachers was the annual cultural event of the school. Well, I was excited with the cultural activity called as dancing and due to shy nature, never took part in it but I did perform it during the last year of my school days i.e. 10th Standard. Watch the following photo where I am at the 4th position and doing the wrong step as well ;-). Again, #DearZindagi (Life) is nothing but to dance with whatever music is being played in the background or during that specific moment. It matters only if you don't dance with the tune and stay unmoved.  

 The next decade of life was too much of stress as the college days demanded too much of study. But due to the first two decades it was not that stressful since I used to come across my school friends and whenever we used to meet and even now if we meet we have loads of fun by recalling silly moments that we lived during the school days. Of this third decade the latter half of the part seems quite boring since all of my friends could not meet often since every chap that studied with me is now busy making money. These days, I try my best to devote the free time to perform the activities that I did not do during my first 3 decades of life.  But thanks to the various festivals in our Indian culture since these are the only festival holidays when we recall or meet our friends and have fun with the happy as well as unhappy moments of the life. I really want to thank my #DearZindagi as this is a moment (according to me) where we have to try our best to recall, collect and create the best moments and memories in the life that we will be live ahead.    

The simple steps that I follow for staying active.

“I am joining the Saffolalife #ChhoteKadam initiative in association with BlogAdda and follow these small steps for a healthy heart.”

 

Now a days we all have become so lazy and if we choose to find out the reasons behind our laziness, then we would surely have a plenty of them. According to me, the gadgets are the ones that have made us all very lazy and it ultimately affects our health. For instance, we kick start our geared gadget termed as a bike or a car to go for gym. So even if we are doing some activity in gym, driving these gadgets is not a right thing to follow. I see many youth following this method and it really is a matter of concern since we need to put forward our #ChhoteKadam not only from the environmental perspective but also from our heart's health perspective as well. 

On the occasion of World Heart day, which is observed on 29 September of every year for raising awareness about the cardiovascular disease (CVD), I want to share the #ChhoteKadam that I follow every day. The very first thing that I follow during the start of the day is to get up early in the morning. Well at first I used to get up early in the morning :-) by 8 am. But now I am used to get up a little bit more early i.e. by 7 am and at times I wake up even before the alarm rings; which is always set at 6.30 am. So it is just one day that you have to push yourself to wake up early. Once you do it, the next day you will automatically wake up on the pre-set alarm timing. 

The next thing I do is to do a gym workout which includes 120 dips. Yes not in one go but I do it in 4 sets of 30 with the combination of 120 dumbbell exercises (yes this one's also in the 4 sets of 30 each). Most of the times, I try to go to the gym and do this exercise but at times it rains so heavily that I have to do all this in my room itself. So here is one important point to note that you have to make up your mind to perform your daily exercise routine whatever conditions come in your way. I have been practicing this for the last 6 months and I am getting praise from my friends for being fit at all times. It is important to train your mind to perform the morning exercise since every #ChhoteKadam counts. So I believe that these small steps are helping me to keep my heart healthy and all I have to do is to perform above mentioned exercise for staying active at all the times.            

All of us are eagerly waiting for the festival of lights - "Diwali 2016" and for the movie: Aye dil hain mushkil.

The festival of lights is celebrated every year in India and we all love to spread happiness by distributing sweets and by blasting crackers. The important thing is that we all like to spend time with our family members rather than spending it with our friends. But the youth today is so enthusiastic that they never go out of friends. The festival of lights is such that both we celebrate it with our family or with friends and at times both the objectives are achieved in real time or by means of social media. Sometimes we get our friends help to decorate our house during diwali festival and it really light up the entire house with sheer happiness and joy. 

At times, the diwali festival becomes boring for some people who don't get the chance to meet their family, friends due to work commitments or due to the distances they have ventured so far. In such times, it is the entertainment department which comes into focus and yes, you guessed it right. It is our Bollywood department which entertains us throughout the year by releasing most number of movies. Well the big banner movies are purposely released during the festival time and it is a great way to entertain both types of people who are enjoying the fest with their family members and the ones who are not together due to some conditions like job, distance, etc. 

In this way, the information about the big banner movies can be found on the website named as follows: 
http://www.follo.in

On this above mentioned website, an information about the big banner movie named as "AyeDil Hain Mushkil" was been recently published and it really helps the movie watching and enthusiastic public in getting curious. We the people eagerly wait for big banner movies and Karan Johar is one such name in Bollywood who is the most loved Indian film director, producer as well as a screen writer. So this information can also be found via the Follo handles given below: 

For facebook handle go to this link: https://www.facebook.com/FolloCelebs/

For twitter handle go to this link: https://twitter.com/FolloStars

For Youtube channel go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsAmLJYdMBqfizJPw41e1Iw

On the website of Follo we can also get the latest information about the bollywood entertainment world easily because there are various sections like BollywoodB20, Bolly Masala, Featured Gallery, etc. Also the recently popular stories happening within the bollywood world are also updated as soon as they are available.

"Kayaking for a cause" will definitely help in spreading awareness about keeping the rivers clean.

“I am participating in the Chaliyar River Challenge activity at AdventureN in association with Jellyfish Watersports”

Kayaking is a sport in which an individual has to travel by means of water. A kayak (means a narrow boat) and a double-blade paddle is needed so as to travel from one point to another in water. Kayaking is an adventure sport and it is necessary that the person willing to do so has to have a strong determination to complete the challenge all by himself/herself. Follow the link given below to know more

https://www.adventuren.com/index.php/vendor_packages/package_details/81?utm_source=Pravin&utm_medium=Blogging%20contest&utm_campaign=Chaliyar%20Challenge

The citizens of any city will always be dependent on a water source that flows through the city and till now that are the only thing that connects people with the water resource that is available within the city. Now a day there is a need of water in almost every type of industries and it is obvious that we the human beings pollute our rivers in every possible way. So it is the only way by which we are connected with the river flowing through our city. Another thing for which we are selfishly connected with the river is that we need water for our house hold purpose and for keeping ourselves alive. But we also have many traditional rituals in India for which we need to pollute our rivers. For example, the Ganesh festival is the one in which we need to immerse the Idol of lord Ganesha into the river and while doing this many of us know that we will be polluting the river but for tradition it is necessary to do so.  

Well now it is important for every individual to think over the traditions that we need to follow and think about how we will not pollute the river water. Another means of polluting the river is our Industrialization. Due to industrialization, a lot of river water is being used up for processing purpose and the polluted water is again directed or mixed again in the river. Now it is the human nature to make the use of resources in as selfish manner as possible and that is why it's only the Chaliyar River Challenge that will have an impact in the way by which we are connected with the river.

As the kayaking sport needs an individual to cross the water ways be it river or a sea we will always be thinking that it is the activity by which we experience an adventure. So it is obvious that we will think of how we can make the best use of it and that too without harming the river water.  Now if an individual kayak's through any river or sea then a situation will always arrive when we need to approach the land surface and that is the point where we will be coming across the debris or polluted components alongside the banks of river or sea.Watch the video below: 

In this way, if an individual is associated with a water sport activity that would be conducted in the river of sea coast, people would be actually experiencing the connection with water source existing within the city. Now days, the social media presence of any individual also puts and impact on another person in the society (not completely but it really does for some) and it helps them to at least think on how we can contribute to keep our river clean.   

Therefore, it is important for every individual to connect with the water resource available in the city and challenge themselves to kayak down the river or sea not only for adventure purpose but also for connecting with the mission to keep them clean and safe for the future generations to come.  At last, we can come to the conclusion that unless we take the initiative no one will ever try to think in that direction. So it is we the people and our actions that are to be conducted in such a way that we inspire people by doing the adventurous things and sticking to the objective of keeping the rivers safe and clean. So it is time to challenge ourselves to kayak through the rivers or sea coast that exists in the vicinity of our cities. Chaliyar river challenge is one such adventure for which we need to challenge ourselves and be a part of this great mission that will definitely help to keep our rivers clean.