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April 21, 2018 By Anusha Subramanian Leave a Comment

Key to good health is practising a good lifestyle

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IT’S NOT A DIET

IT’S NOT A PHASE

IT’S A PERMANENT LIFESTYLE CHANGE

Lifestyle change works for all provided one is determined to make that change. Be it blood pressure, heart ailment, diabetes or even cancer, a lifestyle change has provided the most effective and sustainable result. Many think that making a lifestyle change is an arduous task but, there are few others who think otherwise and are very determined to make that change so as to have a good life in the future. Vilas Lange from Ahmedabad is one such gentleman who decided he wanted to change his lifestyle if he wanted a healthy life in the future.

His journey started with getting a tracking device a year ago, His goal was to reduce his weight and triglycerides. the tracking device GOQii also provided him the coach and doctor facility who helped him initially start with basic exercise and nutrition. Exerciing daily has helped him reach his target step count of 10000 to 12000 steps daily and right nutrition that helped him reduce his weight from 86 kegs to 79 kegs.

Vilas has had an issue of high triglycerides for past 11 years. His triglycerides are very high (@450) however, since being on the GOQii platform he has been able to control it and bring down a bit and is currently working on reducing this further with the help and guidance of his coach, GOQii doctor Andy his personal doctor.

Vilas now follows an exercise regime of walking at least 25 Kim’s a day and on Sundays he works out with the Active Sunday group for an hour.According to him Actove Sunday is a wonderful platform or concept where an inidividual gets to meet like minded individual who motivate and learn each other.

His message to the community is loud and clear ‘Stay Fit to be healthy’

April 14, 2018 By Anusha Subramanian Leave a Comment

From couch to running Marathons

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It has been rightly said that you will never achieve your goal if you never try. And, this is exactly what Rajneesh Sharma of Hyderabad has experienced. Rajneesh was lazy and how and had no control over his food habits. He weighed 98kgs and had no exercise routine. Weekends were all about being lazier. Rajneesh Kumar Sharma from Hyderabad felt there was an urgent need to reverse his life but, did not know where and how to start. Last year mid-October it began with him joining the GOQii platform. He was introduced to being disciplined in life, eating right, sleeping on time, exercising etc and the direct impact of all this was that his health got better. His weight dropped to 85 kgs and from being a lazy person sitting on the couch, he is today a very active person. He works out 5 days a week. From not being able to run even for 1 minute, Rajneesh now runs 7 km in 34 minutes. His weekends are also active. His life is reversed for the better. Now Rajneesh aspires to be fitter. He is more active now on weekends as well and Sunday mornings he looks forward to attending the Active Sunday. He says, it is not about just exercising and being active on a Sunday morning, it’s also about meet and talk to people from different lifestyles and listen to their stories and get motivated. Rajneesh has started participating in various Runs organized in Hyderabad. He is happy about the fact that people around him have noticed a lot of change in him.

His fitness message to all is “Don’t give up. Nothing comes easy in life, you have to sweat it out”.

April 7, 2018 By GOQii Editor Leave a Comment

“Be motivated, motivate others, learn and stay Fit”-Ruturaj

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Fit is not a destination but, it should be a way of life.

My fitness journey started with training for my first 21 km Half Marathon. However, I was finding it difficult to change my routine because of the lifestyle I was leading. This is when I came across GOQii and as I started interacting with my personalized coach on the GOQii app. My coach motivated me and took the effort to push me to change my lifestyle, from controlling my diet, avoiding unhealthy food, eating right, eating on time, building a fitness routine, having pre & post workout meals, etc. Thanks to GOQii, I lost 7 Kgs in 4 Months. I am learning to play Squash on Weekends. All these changes have helped me immensely and I thoroughly enjoyed my routine with the help of GOQii. For me working out on Sunday’s is an ode to my coach who has put in so much effort to make me fit. Another big reason for waking up on a Sunday morning early and going for group work out session is because I love meeting new people, sharing my knowledge and getting some knowledge back to stay fit. Active Sunday for me is all about enthusiasm to learn new exercises and new things about nutrition and fitness. His message to all is be motivated, motivate others, learn, and stay Fit.

March 24, 2018 By GOQii Editor Leave a Comment

Exercising is all about enjoying the glow of good health

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Sri Venkatesh Nuvvula aka Venky moved from Bengaluru where he had an active life in Hyderabad where he ended up spending more time in office and less on exercising or indulging in any kind of physical activities. The change of location was doing no good to him from a health perspective but wealth wise he was doing well at work and moving up the ladder. But, what is the use of earning when you cannot enjoy the fruits of your hard work and be in good health? Lack of exercise, sedentary lifestyle also led Venky to have no control over his food habits. While, in Bengaluru, he used to skate regularly at the Skatepark but lack of it in Hyderabad along with bad food habits had made him obese. The effect of all this was that his friends had started noticing the change in him and pointed out to him regularly as to how unfit he was getting.

This prompted Venky to get back to his fitness routine and change himself for the better. He works out daily and indulges in cross fit training and skating at the newly built skatepark in Hyderabad. Apart from his daily routine, he makes sure he goes for Active Sunday’s group workout session. His Mantra for life is, ‘Just invest in yourself to become a better version of you every day’.