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Workout Basics

<Back to Workout Cardio ( This Cardio Mistake Slows Women’s Fat Loss (Do THIS Instead Please) - YouTube ) What: Running Things That Happen To Your Body When you Run Everyday - YouTube Knee Pain When Running? | How To Avoid Runner's Knee - YouTube Proper Breathing While Running | How To - YouTube Walking Sandbag workout Sprinting In home cardio Burpees   Why: To increase endurance How: Heart rate increases, so the heart has to pump blood faster and harder. Doing so will strengthen heart muscles (cardiovascular muscles) The more muscular the heart is, the easier it is to pump more blood for longer periods of time. This way the stamina or endurance increases.   Effectively making you less tired over long periods of workouts. HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) What is HIIT? 7 Proven HIIT Benefits and How to Do It Properly | The Health Nerd - YouTube What: Few seconds of high intensity workout then few seconds of rest. Walk for few minut

Nutrition

  <-Back to Food Calorie aware Calculate how many calories you should eat for your age, gender and height, if you want to lose/gain weight. Calorie Calculator Calorie Calculator with values Macro aware Carb (carbohydrates) Protein Fat Fiber Portioning (will achieve both Calorie and Macro aware eating) Protein = 1 Palm size quantity of your hand Vegetables = As much of more of protein (usually double in my experience to keep good gut bacteria) Carb = as much as you can hold in 1 cupped hand. Fats = 1 thumb sized Frequency of Meals General Rule: Eat more times. In every meal, eat less. If you eat 3 times a day, then split that to 5 or 6 times a day.   Don’t increase the amount of food, just spread it out. The choice of what we eat will come from macros. The choice of how much of something we eat comes from portioning. Disclaimer This site is a reference for the author and the author's family and Visitors who use this Site and rely on any infor

Sleep

  <-Back to Med Normally 6 to 8 hours of sleep is needed to feel refreshed both physically and mentally. When we workout, we break our body internally.   The part of the body we break (on a minute level) depends on what kind of exercise we did. Micro tears in our muscles, ligaments and tendons Micro fractures in our bones When working out, 8 hours minimum is needed to be sure that we are healing properly.   Else when we workout next time we would have a risk of injury. When body goes through extreme stress, it'll sometimes need even 10 hours of sleep.   It's normal to sleep more when doing intense workouts until the body gets used to it. Symptoms of lack of sleep Emotional mood swings Overpowering pessimism and negative thoughts.   Life looks and feels full of doom and gloom (once we get good sleep this goes away and we are back to normal) Injury or body pains not healin

Ayurvedic Supplements

  <-Back to Med Brain Tonics Brahmi (Neutral) Mentat (Neutral)   Get rid of tiredness and feel active.   These help is improving immunity in the long run. Giloy Satwa (Neutral) Ashwagandha (Heat) Giloy Ghanwati (Heat)   For Pitta Kasis bhasma   Gas problem related to stomach and joints (arthritis kind of pains in joints) Maharasnadi   For Digestion liv52 (Neutral) Gaisantak bati (Mild Heat) Chitrakadi (Mild Heat)   To Reduce Heat Triphala churna/tablet (Cold) Helps in constipation, hair growth, digestive track cleansing Has laxative effect if taken in higher dosage. Amalaki Rasayana (Cold) Triphala also has this but it can also be taken separately.   This will not cause laxative effect if taken in larger dosage.       Disclaimer This site is a reference for the author and the author's family and Visitors who use this Site and rely on any information do so at their own risk. THIS SITE AND ALL MATERIALS AND CONTENT, INCLUDING P

Ayurvedic Basics and Food Classification

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<-Back to Med Doshas ( Ayurvedic Body Type - Vata, Pitta, and Kapha | Banyan Botanicals ) Vatha Pitta Kapha   Symptoms Heat Head ache (half head or splitting headache like migraine) Hair loss Pimples or heat boils Dry eyes Red eyes Dry nose Red mucus Dry throat or dry cough Pain in gums Pain in throat while swallowing (if very mild then it can be controlled with food else need to take throat infection medication) Stomach ace UTI Hemorrhoids Cracking of feet Pitta eyebrows will rise higher than their normal position. Can't sleep well Even after sleeping, won't feel rested Getting angry/irritated easily Cold Wet cough Fever Runny nose Pain behind the ears Gas Stomach related gas problems Long lasting (for months) pains near joints and no pain medication will heal it.            Indigestion White tongue.   Whiter the tongue is, that much severe the indigestion is. Gummyness of saliva increases with indigest

Recipe - Aromatic Rice

<-Back to Recipes NOTE Square brackets [] = Hindi Applicances Rice Cooker  Ingredients for 3 Adults Basmathi (330 grams) Saffron (4- 5 strands) Coconut milk or Water.  (Double than rice using the same measuring tumbler. water or coconut milk or water+coconut-milk [75%-25% if coconut milk is thick, 50%-50% if coconut milk is watery].  Usual preferred method is water+coconut-milk  Staranise (3) Cardamom [Ilaichi] (5-6) Cloves [Loung] (6) Cinnamon Sticks [Dalchini] (Half stick approx. 2 inch) Bay Leaves (2 leaves approx 6 inches. If leaves are big or small add equivalent) Ghee (2 tablespoon) Cumin [Jeera] (optional) Salt (2 teaspoons) Cooking Method for 3 Adults Basmati Rice Wash it thoroughly until water doesn't look murky white Transfer to rice cooker bowl Add water and/or coconut milk. (Tip - Add coconut milk first and then wash the same class and use that washed water as the water for the rice).  Add salt and saffron. Spice saute (to bring out flavor) Take a small pan  Heat Ghe