Namita Nayyar:
What type of workout routine is idle for weight loss? Duration & intensity one should strike for?
Munmun Ganeriwal:
I really believe that it is never about a workout routine. It is never about intensity. The most important factor when it comes to working out and getting any kind of result, whether it’s weight loss or whether it’s any kind of change in health. For example, somebody is recovering from, say, a cardiac attack. So a person is going to do some rehabilitation exercise program, there’s a different goal.
So no matter what your goal is, exercise and its effect really depend on only one factor, which is not the kind of routine you follow or the intensity. But most important of everything, is consistency. You can do the most wonderful workout routine with the most expensive celebrity trainer, and you can just do it one day and forget about it and never do it again. That one session is not going to give you any kind of results unless you make that session a habit and you do it consistently for three months, six months, one year, and then eventually make it a part of your life, only then you are going to see results.
So honestly, it’s never about intensity or the workout routine. It’s only and only about consistency. I’ll give you an example. If somebody is doing like two hours of intense workout in the gym, but the person does it sporadically, which means that the person is going to do it today and then not do it for another 20 days and then maybe after three months again comes to the gym.
It’s very random if the person is going to do like that, the person is only going to end up injured because the person is not doing it in the correct manner. More so there will be no result or no positive effect out of the intense workout that person is doing versus somebody who is just doing ten minutes of activity but doing it every single day. At the end of two months, the person is still going to see very tangible results in his body, not only just a physical transformation, but the person is going to feel and start feeling good and better and lighter as well.
Namita Nayyar:
5 yoga postures to practice for a healthy spine and posture?
Munmun Ganeriwal
I will talk about some basic asanas, first is the cobra pose very good for back stretch, followed by the camel pose again very good for back stretch and helps with shoulder stretch which comes from all slouching we end up doing all day while working.
Then there is the cat and cow pose which helps in opening the chest and relieving the lower back pain and also helps in stretching the upper body. Then there is the downward dog which is an inverted asana it helps in strengthening the deep abdominal muscles and helps build strength. And lastly, it is the bow pose again it’s a full body stretch and it also stretches the chest muscle which might become strained while sitting for long hours.
Namita Nayyar:
Food combinations for vegetarians & non-vegetarians idle for muscle growth & maintenance? Especially with so many supplements being talked about.
Munmun Ganeriwal:
The food which we need for muscle growth and maintenance, though I know that what we really hear from mainstream media or from even professionals in my industry is all about protein, protein, protein, but it’s not like that. What you really need is a balanced meal. Though it sounds very boring, this is the truth. You need carbs as well so that you can have muscle growth and maintenance.
And I’ll explain how because though protein is specifically used for muscle building or muscle growth or muscle maintenance if you don’t eat carbs, then your body is eventually going to start using proteins for the purpose of energy, which obviously we don’t want. We don’t want proteins to be used as energy. We want proteins to be used for muscle building. And therefore, in your meal, what you need to eat is also carbs, because then your body loves to use the energy or glucose in carbs. So it will use carbs for the purpose of energy and it will spare the protein so that proteins can only be used for muscle building. Therefore, a balanced meal is required which has carbs also, which has proteins also, which has fiber also.
When we were working on Taapsee’s six-pack abs transformation recently, one of the very important things was to ensure that there was enough fiber in her meal because if she’s not clearing her stomach well, it adds to the bloating and doesn’t give that aesthetic effect to the abs which we wanted.
So even for a good body aesthetically, you need fiber so that until and unless you clear up your bowels efficiently, which fiber helps a lot, you’re not even going to feel lighter and healthier. So keeping that aside, if you’re just going to talk about aesthetic body transformation, even for that, you need all sorts of things in your meal. You need carbs, fats, proteins, fiber, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants. All of these are required because even if you’re working out for that recovery to happen, you need a good amount of vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, you need antioxidants, all of these things along with protein
So if you want that your body’s immunity doesn’t drop down and your body able to up performance in the gym after every session, you need to ensure that you’re eating a good, proper, balanced meal and also drinking enough water because hydration is again very important. Muscle holds a lot of water and a muscle aesthetically also looks good if it’s hydrated. Otherwise, the body looks very wasted and dehydrated, and dry.
A normal simple ghar ka khana can provide that. So you don’t have to go out of the way and do something very outrageous or something very strange or something very expensive in order to have a good body or have a good health
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This interview is exclusive and taken by Namita Nayyar, President of Women Fitness
