Author: Akshita Arora,INFS faculty
Caffeine and coffee: which out of the two is better for sports performance?
We humans have a very long history of consuming caffeine and caffeinated beverages. It is the most extensively used drug all over the world and is commonly used by athletes to aid their performance.…
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Pavan Jain, INFS alumini
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Circadian rhythm is body’s internal 24 hour clock which cycles between sleep and alertness depending on the time of the day. Insufficient sleep for a prolonged period of time, affects the circadian rhythm leading to adverse health effects.…
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Author: Arunava Chatterjee, INFS Expert scholar
The issue of loss in muscle strength and power, mobility, response time to real world conditions and difficulty in performing activities of daily living are some of the important health related issues facing the elderly after age of fifty, which affect both sexes equally.…
Sports periodization becomes necessary when we talk about improving athletic performance. Both nutrition and training can be planned systematically in accordance with the desired goal. Training periodization involves the division of a training program into different phases of training, that is, hypertrophy, strength, and power.…
Barbell squats (back) have been one of the most popular exercises. Its popularity is mainly related to increasing muscular strength in the lower body. It is also used for conditioning and for rehabilitation of injuries. But it is also a common phenomenon where athletes get injured (1) directly as a result of squats, especially in the knees and the lower back.…
The high subscription fees for Research journals limits their accessibility to only a few. A fitness enthusiast or even an individual practitioner in Fitness and Nutrition cannot afford subscription to prestigious research papers and journals. What many of us don’t know is that many journals allow full text access to their archived articles and some even their latest ones.…
Vishnu Mohan, a Fitness and Nutrition Consultant with FITTR, shares with us his typical day while also recapturing his journey which led him to become a part of this industry:
“Hi, this is Vishnu and I am a Fitness and Nutrition Consultant with FITTR.…
Online physique coach and fitness experts, Sanne Leenman and Menno Henselmans, were featured in the Pune Mirror. An excerpt of the published article:
…It’s a common misconception that your metabolic rate is responsible for weight gain or loss and most use this as an excuse to not head out to exercise or eat sensibly.
Institute of Nutrition and Fitness Sciences held a two day seminar in association with TomTom on 11th and 12th March, 2017 in Pune and Bengaluru respectively. The seminar had well known speakers like Menno Henselmans, Brad Dieter, Jitendra Chouksey and Sanne Leenman.…