Pradeekumar Yadav

The mantra of “no pain, no gain,” is a motivator for some, however, it can be dangerous when taken to the extreme. Doing cricket coaching from last 12 years, I have come across many players who overdo exercises. By taking tips from well-known fitness trainers in India, I prepare a schedule for them. But despite that, they have a myth that they need to train more to improve their strength and this results in injury or muscle pain. Players need to understand that overtraining regularly allows the body to drain quickly. And it starts going otherwise. The part of the body which we want to increase starts decreasing. Generally, we think that doing a double workout can help us to increase power and strength. Although, it results negatively. 90 minutes of exercise every day is enough for a player to improve mental health, but anything over this threshold is worse for mental health than no exercise at all, this what researchers had found recently. For regular exercisers, reducing or st...

IT WAS a hot summer day in 1975, and the university’s exam had just got finished at St Francis De Sales College. The exam papers were being checked. A lecturer from the zoology department came to ask for pen from the Head of Department (HOD) of Physical Education, “Sir, can I get a red pen please?”, he replied, “why not!”. After a few hours, the lecturer came to return the pen. But when the HOD had given him that pen, the smile and happiness he saw on his face was an extremely pleasant one. This was the main reason that led him to start distributing pens in public, just as a token of love. This person (HOD) is none other than Ramsundar Mahadeo Kubde, who is also known as Shyamrao, a 68-year-old retired lecturer. Since 1975, Shyamrao started purchasing pens for gifting as a token of love from his side and that made him famous all over Nagpur and specially in the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU). Let it be sports field, examination centre or general meet...

MAYANK Mehre and Akash Katole from Nagpur are all set to conquer top of Africa continent on coming August 15th. Mt Kilimanjaro stands at height 19341 feet and is highest peak in African Continent and is one of the 7 highest peaks on 7 continents. Mayank and Akash will leave India on Aug 8 and will start their journey on Aug 10. Mayank told ‘The Hitavada’ “That they will complete the journey in the five days and will hoist the India’s flag on the peak of the Kilimanjaro on Aug 15 to celebrate the Independence day.” Duo are preparing the altitude mask training in gym to use the limited oxygen while trekking. They will start their the Trekking from Zero level (SEA 2 SUMMIT) they will start with some cycling and swimming in Tanzania and will emerge for the summit. Mayank, resident of Dharampeth, Nagpur and Akash, resident of Manewada are friends from their Engineering at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Pune.  After engineering Akash went o...