When it comes to gym and fitness people in India (I would say 99% of the population) would think about….. ya you guessed it rite ‘salman khan (our dear old sallu miyan)’ or big old ‘sanjay dutt’ or internationally the terminator – Arnold, but are they the complete world to it… definitely NOT… yes they have made it big in body fitness but do we ever bother to figure out how they have gone about it… lets look at the local gym ideology in India, in particular I am talking about gym’s in delhi and pune (that’s out of my experience) and cost ranging between Rs. 500 to Rs. 1200 an month.: as soon as you enter them some person will come and stand besides you and you assume he/she is the instructor. You ask them the monthly fee… and they provide you with that with any special quarterly or annual package… then you request to have a look around the facilities… most of the time AC’s and TV’s are switched on as a selling point to you…then one fine day (morning/evening) you get ready to pump some iron, go to the gym and the instructor provides you with full attention, that lasts at max for the 1st week…after that you are an old horse… the very first exercise unanimously is some warm-up which I would agree upon without doubts…however post warm up have we ever bothered to enquire why you are blindly following the instructors’ regime…have you first given yourself a thought on the ultimate goal you want to achieve from your workout (I strongly believe not everyone can become or is determined to become a sallu miyan overnight) hence, it is the most vital point to figure out amongst yourself first, how do you foresee yourself post 3 months of workout or maybe a month ain’t bad target either to start seeing some results…is your instructor aware of the same…has he given a thought on the same while planning your workout regime… have you been involved in its preparation… I strongly believe most of us do not bother about it (well it’s purely my point of view)… after first few days as the instructors involvement reduces so does our interest…then one fine day someone might whisper a word called “supplement” in your ear and you shying as it is a ‘taboo’ word go to your instructor, take him/her to a quite corner and ask bout food supplement…and the obvious response…nahin/no…it has side effects…its not natural…you should avoid it…I have not taken it all along my workout and see the results…its only about consistency… don’t worry you will see results soon … eat more eggs…take milk…do you take meat etc…. and we go back to our routine… is the question then out of our mind, guess not…however we seldom show confidence to figure out the truth about food supplements:

p.s. continued in part 2 due to restricted word count in My Diary section...