The Waterboy

I've seen and heard many posts from my friends and others about their fat loss journey.  I am working out every single day and I don't see any results.  I just bought a girdle to help me lose my belly fat I am drinking this tea that can lose my fat.  Green tea helps fat loss I am doing abs workouts frequently but my belly fat is not going anywhere Most of the time I see these posts or hear them, they usually have one thing in common. They simply do not care for their diet. I believe having a good balance reflects on your body. A kid suffering from malnutrition will tend to have a body reflecting this diet. He lacks all the nutrients causing his body to look in a certain way. So, diet is a basic this that everyone should know.  There are many companies taking advantage of people who lack knowledge in fat loss knowledge. They tend to sell anything from slimming teas to girdles and fat loss myths to buy their products.  Always remember. There is no shortcut to succ...

  The beginning is always a challenge. The same goes for writing this blog. Hahahaha... However, to achieve something, you have to START. A few days back, a friend of mine was having some trouble consistently training/workout. He just pickup running to build up his stamina, but he finds it difficult to keep doing it. I was a beginner once. I started running consistently for the past year and here are my tips.  1. Don't care about the distance and pace Olympic long-distance runners run a lot in a day. Some may even finish 3 marathons a week. An amateur runner can run 5km a day and still do the same or even more tomorrow. Comparing these athletes is not the way to go as they have different goals. Beginners usually get demotivated when they only manage to run a few hundred meters but it is okay. They should know that running a few hundred meters or a kilometer is also a good thing.  In my opinion, a beginner should focus more on time. Forget the distance and pace. Keep an ey...

  Endurance sports basically require speed, strength, stamina, and control over the body. Elite athletes and recreational athletes have to withstand a certain amount of effort for a long time. To ensure this, training has to be done. If you have a coach, then you are better to resort to him/her. However, if you are doing it alone, here are some tips for a better training regime.  Intensity   Mileage    Duration There 3 words you might have heard when planning your training plan. How intense I have to be doing it? How long I have to be doing it? And, how far should I go? Let's look into it one by one.  One of the most common references to intensity is maximum heart rate (HRMax) when it comes to endurance training. To calculate your maximum heart rate the rule of thumb is by subtracting your age from 220. For example, if you're 45 years old, subtract 45 from 220 to get a maximum heart rate of 175. This is the average maximum number of times your heart should ...

Everyone has to have a routine. Whether you are working or not, you definitely have a routine going on. Waking up, grab a coffee, watching the TV, getting work done, exercise. It can be anything you want, no one is going to judge you. However, when it comes to training, there are specific regimes that you have to follow to get the gains. Here I am going to write about training involving endurance sports like running, cycling, rowing, swimming and so on. So, don't mix it up with other sports like badminton, football, basketball, and rugby because these sports here require teamwork and strategy. Where else the sports I'm into are more individual. Let's get into it.  When I was back in University, I had to plan my training weekly. But, this training routine was set up by our coach. We (the swim team) have swim sessions 3 times a week, dryland sessions 2 times a week, and gym sessions once a week. Sundays are our day off. We have the week packed with activities. Sometimes we do...

Here we go. Part 2 of the recovery tips. I suggest reading the previous post regarding recovery before reading as I won't mention the methods that were in the last post. Assuming you did read the previous post, let's get started. Recovery playing an important role when it comes to training. These upcoming methods are for the athlete who is taking it to the very next level. These don't come on a budget nor is it simple to follow.  1. Sports massage/Physiotherapy Yes, a massage. This is a kind of therapeutic massage that considers the impact of certain activities on specific joints, muscle groups, tendons, ligaments, and soft tissue groups. I've got a few of these and let me tell you. It was awesome. Usually, the team will get a massage before major tournaments. It's to avoid any injury or fatigue in the muscles when we are performing. But, if you are training heavy, it's wise to have one or two massage sessions a week. Other than that, having checkups with a phys...

This post relates to everyone who is an athlete or anyone who is training for competitions. Recovery is an important regime to deal with when it comes to training. As once my swim coach said. "What you do outside the pool matters the most" - Mr. Helmi Yes, he is correct. Training in the pool makes you a better swimmer, but the things you do outside the pool make you an athlete. The same goes for all sports: either a sprinter, bodybuilder, cyclist, or anything else. You can train like a mad man, but you have to be ready to do the same on the next day. Our muscles tend to get damaged in high-intensity workouts or training. The only way to do the same thing the next day is to recover those damaged muscle cells. There are many ways to recover. Some cost a huge amount of money. However, some recovery methods do not cost a single cent. I am here to talk about the simple and cost-effective way to recover your muscles for you to take your training to the next level.  1. Sleep The fir...

 Here we are for part 2, the last part. I don't want to milk this for long.  The next day, my friends and I woke up around 7am. We brushed our faces and headed for breakfast. The dive center offered us breakfast coupons that we had to present to the restaurant to redeem our breakfast. The breakfast menu was really filling, I remembered having 2 roti canai and a mug of hot milk tea.  After breakfast, we headed to our room to suit up. On the way to the dive center, we stopped at a small shop to buy some pastries to have on the boat during our surface interval. When we arrived, we found all our gears prepared by the dive center ready to dive. We had our briefing from our friendly divemaster and went abroad on the speed boat. There will be 2 dives for the day and we were excited about it.  The first dive was fun, we saw many colorful fishes. This time I even spotted a turtle gliding through with remora fishes under it. once resurfaced, we had an hour to spare. We ate the...