Do not jump in suddenly
- Posted: May 20, 2020
- Updated: 06:28 pm
The Author is Mr.Naresh Singh Nayal (NIS Qualified Coach, Asst. Coach Indian Blind Football Team, Physical Instructor NIEPVD Dehradun)
We all are in practice of jumping in or call it as we love to bang on. Actually this is much of human tendency. We just want to reach or claim our target as fast as we can in our life. But as we all know that our body is not that much active where we left it before this pandemic COVID-19. This is a long period where all our muscles and other aspects have taken a relax mode. As we were not allowed to go outside or take our sports. Some of the fitness enthusiasts have done a lot at home and many of the sportspersons have taken indoor exercises instead of their ground or field regimen. This has no doubt helped them a lot to keep their body fit. To understand this let's take the fitness first.
If we talk about fitness it can be divided into two types. One as general fitness and the other one is specific fitness. So we were working a lot on our first part of fitness that is general fitness which is common for all and needed by everyone. Let it be a professional sportsperson or an amteur sportsperson. We need general fitness even in our daily life also. This fitness keeps our body muscles active for getting into the next level that is specific fitness. Specific fitness is related to our particular sports and games or any other physical activities. This is needed to perform the action at the optimum level for better performance. Which needs specific exercises or drills to make our body injury-free and perform better.
Now the lockdown is being relaxed by the competent authorities and we are dying to come out and take the stadiums,coaching or training centres and even roads too.It may increase the risk of getting injured which will again push you to rest or long rest.So better to come out smartly but not with "bang on" attitude.
So whenever you start your workout do keep these points in your mind.
1- Prepare your mind and body to take the load gradually.
2- Start slowly and with minimum load.
3- Go for proper warm up and warm down during every session.
4- Take plenty of replenishment in the form of liquid diet as it can be digested easily.
5- Do plan your workouts systematically and scientifically to reduce the risk of injuries.
6- Do not ignore any injury let it be a small one.
7- Take care of your diet. Try to add all the constituents of a balanced diet in it.
8- Be happy and try to enjoy your sessions to get out of that mental fatigue.
At last, come out to enjoy or take the activities for your betterment first then slowly step into competitive mood or level. Be healthy and happy with injury-free workouts and performances in the future.
The author can be reached at nareshfit@gmail.com