Institute of Nutrition and Fitness Sciences
INFS was established with the intent of providing comprehensive and practical knowledge in Health and Fitness.
Author: Pankaj Narsian, Vid Karmarkar, PhD
Endurance running is increasingly recommended as a preventive health strategy due to its accessibility and its role in enhancing cardiovascular fitness, metabolic function, and overall physical health. Among adults engaging in recreational physical activity, improving exercise tolerance, economy, and aerobic capacity can be challenging without structured intervention.…
A solid and engaged core is the foundation for a healthy body and optimal activity performance. Whether you’re an athlete, fitness enthusiast, or simply looking to improve your overall well-being, understanding how to engage and strengthen your core muscles is essential.…
Overload is one of the three basic principles of training, with the other two being specificity and progression. Progressive overload means increasing the intensity, volume, and frequency of training. It aims at continuously increasing the demands on the skeletal muscles and making continuous gains in the desired performance.…
Author: Utsav Agrawal, INFS Alumni and now Faculty
It’s no secret that men and women are vastly different creatures but then why should women train like men? Let’s understand about these training principles for women.…
Author :Akshita Arora INFS Faculty
Key points:
Author: Aditya Mahajan, Advisor at Assessment Division, INFS
Key points:
• A compelling body of evidence suggests that properly designed resistance training programs performed under expert supervision are safe for the children and adolescents.
• Resistance training does not have any adverse impact on the linear growth in youths.…
Author: Dr. Aniket Jadhav, Content Advisor at INFS
General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) was 1st described by Hans Selye in 1930. It describes a generalized pattern of how body responds and adapts to a variety of stress and restores itself to balance, or homeostasis, in response to the stress.…
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.…