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R. Sujatha
CHENNAI: Working out is important but it is more important to know that with improper workout patterns you could end up with injuries. They could impede you from carrying on with your regular work as well. It is also important to know if your trainer in the gym is qualified, say experienced professional trainers. An increased awareness about lifestyle modification has seen a large number of people enrol in gyms. “A session of 13 classes could cost you Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 5,000,” aerobics instructor Kamalesh Futnani says. “Most people think about fitting into a pair of jeans but not feeling fit,” the aerobics instructor adds. Maintaining a routine and adhering to it is a must. Most people who go to a gym and get up on the tread mill tend to increase speed and raise the incline. This leads to a number of problems. Wrong posture and technique and not stretching muscles after running could result in injuries. Commonly people suffer from knee, shin and lower back injuries, he says. Gyms may offer various packages, but what is important is personal assessment of each individual, says sports medicine specialist Kannan Pugazhendi. “People come to gyms with a doctor’s prescription but they must be assessed for their physical fitness and their ability to take exercise. Even medical curriculum does not deal with what exercises to prescribe for a particular medical condition,” he says. “Sports medicine is a super specialisation and is not about dealing with sports-related injury. It is about keeping healthy people healthy.” Fitness centres can help people de-stress but unfortunately in many centres where people come for cosmetic purposes they sustain injuries, the specialist says. “At least 10 to 15 per cent of those who go to a gym sustain injuries because of lack of pre-evaluation,” he says. “Men sustain injuries after weight training sessions caused by explosive movement. Women come with back injuries,” Dr. Kannan says. “Often they are aggravated because of the additional load of house work.”
Men who concentrate on their upper body and arms and women on their hips and back of arms are susceptible to muscle imbalance. “Many quit a gym because they think they have achieved what they want to achieve. But such a haphazard routine will leave ugly stretch marks,” Mr. Futnani points out. It is only after 30 minutes of working out that the carbohydrate is exhausted and the body starts using up fat deposits. “Fat deposition is a process. When you work out regularly the fat that was deposited last would be lost first. Fat cells start multiplying the moment you stop exercise and continue to eat as you do. This is why it is necessary to work out regularly,” says Dr. Pugazhendi.
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