Sports Bras: A Woman’s Training Buddy Exercise and sporting activities cause the breasts to move around, making the woman feel awkward and uneasy. Cooper’s ligaments are connective tissues that run through a woman’s breasts like a cobweb. Known as suspensory ligaments, they are responsible for maintaining shape and configuration of the breast. A young woman’s…
Some weeks ago, we received a mail at Parsi Times from a lovely animal and dog love, Hufrez Mistry, who sought our help in putting out an appeal to help house ‘Whitey’, a senior dog whose time at the foster-home assistance was running out and needed to be re-housed on an urgent basis. Of course,…
Running – Much More Than Burning Calories Your heart-pumping run is an easy activity which require special skills. Running is a weight bearing (you are bearing your body weight) and impact based (your foot strikes repeatedly) activity. Pounding of the ground or treadmill repetitively leads to better calcium absorption in the leg bones, improving their…
Can I Workout When Aunt Flo Comes Visiting? Mystery surrounds that time of the month (period) for women and trainers alike. Let’s get straight to the answer: There is no restriction on doing resistance and cardio workouts training during the period. The same applies to stretching exercises. Conversely, practitioners of Yoga are advised to refrain…
If your list of New Year resolutions demanded your being faster, fitter and leaner, here’s how to get going. Starting a fitness program can be rewarding yet challenging! If you’ve thought about starting, you’ve already set the ball rolling. Psychologists call this stage of change, ‘The Contemplative Stage’. There are a variety of ways to…
A fundamental aspect of Fitness is improvement of performance, skill and abilities. The SAID principle asserts that the human body adapts specifically to imposed demands. In other words, given stressors on the human system, whether biomechanical or neurological, there will be a Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID). Progressive Overload is the key to getting results from a workout routine….
The pioneer in the field of fitness education, K11 Academy of Fitness Sciences, displayed it’s sinews on the 3rd of December 2017 as proud students got together to share their Director’s passion for biking – riding alongside Kaizzad Capadia, covering a distance of 370kms, from Mumbai to Nashik. The 40 member strong pack of students and…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Not so long ago, the two areas that marked the prowess of ‘Parsipanu’ were in the field of Body-building and Entrepreneurship. India’s top fitness expert and founder of the country’s premiere fitness institute and academy – K 11, Kaizzad Capadia, encapsulates both these areas and shares an inspiring account of strength training of…