Morning joggers and walkers warming up at Marina Beach in Chennai
| Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R
After a year of lockdowns, workouts are moving away from gyms as runners, cyclists and surfers reclaim open public spaces to luxuriate in fresh air and sunshine
Everyday at 4 am, Hari Ramakrishnan straps on a helmet and sets out on his Cervelo S3 bicycle.
From his house in T Nagar, he pedals to East Coast Road-Old Mahabalipuram Road (ECR-OMR), aiming to cover around 70 kilometres. His weekly target is about 350 to 400 kilometres.
But Hari has not always been a cycling enthusiast. In mid-September, when the pandemic was raging through Chennai, this former MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) trainee discovered the joy of biking.
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January 13, 2021 13:22 IST
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
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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
In a departure from raucous partying on New Year’s Eve, 10,000 people celebrated across HealthifyMe’s social media channels, in a ‘Digital Dance Party’ with DJ GoApu. It was symbolic of 2020, a year during which most of us had been indoors and glued to screens. People attended free of cost, as cities in India went under a night curfew in view of COVID-19. The event was meant to kick off the diet-fitness platform’s FitFest 21, an app-only festival to promote the ecosystem of healthy living.