Mix your workout routines for best result. Deebashree Mohanty tells you how freedom in choosing your workout is the newest fad
The word is out — mixed workout routines are the best way to get back in shape and stay fit. But imagine the complexities involved in it if you have to approach a different gym for a different workout at a time convenient to youIJ Herculean task, you would say! But with this new start-up wave, fitness is fast emerging as a winning proposition.
“When I look at my hard working colleagues, I can’t go beyond their paunches! It is one of the most noticeable things in a corporate set-up. That’s how the idea to provide health enthusiasts a freedom to choose their gym and workout sessions was born,” Nidhisha Varshney, CEO & co-founder, FitMeIn, says. The app allows you to choose your preferred workout and connects you to a partner gym at a place where you want it to be at that time.
So, if you want to do zumba on Monday, yoga on Tuesday and a session of high-intense kickboxing on Wednesday, just log in, find your activity and sign up! “It’s really as simple as that. For `2,499, we provide our customers 20 fitness tokens which they can exchange for a workout routine at any of our partner gyms. And we have over 300 partners and growing,” Vishesh Goel, co-founder and COO of this app, tells you.
Nitin Bhandari, a sports coach and a fitness instructor, says mixed routines do wonders to the metabolism and help burn calories at supersonic speed. “People start working out with a lot of promise but they let go mid-way because of the sheer monotony involved. That is the worst you can do for your body. There is no ideal way, but it is best to start with cardio, go to high-intense aerobics or a dance routine, some fun activities like Zumba or Bollywood could follow and end on a high note with yoga,” he says.