ABCW : Anybody can Walk

Amidst lockdown, I was happily working out at home following cult.fit live sessions. By the end of April, I had noticed one thing apart from a good 1-hour workout, I wasn't moving much throughout the day and the obvious reason was clinging on to office work. Inspired by a couple of people in cult fraternity, I too wanted to cover 10K steps a day. I did a trial in the last week of April with my regular routine and I was surprised to find that my steps weren't crossing 2K steps a day unless I did a good dance session which was equivalent to 3K steps. But the story when we actually go to the office is different. Office spaces encourage us to move around. Cafeterias, Chai Breaks, Washrooms, Gossip Walks, Mobile 1 on 1s can keep us active the entire day. With the enforced Work From Home, I felt it was the need of the hour to keep myself active throughout the day else I was damn sure lethargy would hop onto me. That is when I set a goal of 300K/3Lakh steps to cover this entire month of May. So today on the 31st of May, I crossed 300K mark and I feel extremely happy.

I categorized my walks into the following categories
1. Retrospective Walks: These sessions of walks helped me understand where I stand in my life and how I could have handled my previous situations better. After all, what is life if you don't look back and learn.

2. Gossip Walks: I am no free from Gossiping! Walk sessions with school friends, neighbors, or phone calls with besties and talking about everything under the sun was super fun.

3. Knowledge Packed Walks: Yes at home after clearing my walkway, I used to take my kindle and keep reading and moving around which contributed to my walkathons.

4. Podcast Walks: For a couple of my walk sessions, I started listening to python podcast which also enhanced my perspective about my love for Python Programming language.

5. Bhagavad Geeta Walks: I started this in the last week of May. I found an amazing series of Gita on youtube which helped me walk with a calmer mind.  Sree Krishnarpana Masthu.

6. Office Meeting Walks: This was my favorite. For the office calls which didn't require my full attention or my laptops like AllHands or a certain type of meetings you don't present, I started taking the calls from my phone and cruised out to catch some walk.

7. Family Walks: Lockdown also helped me spend quality time together with my folks. Definitely, these walk sessions helped us unwind and helped us understand each other better.

8. Farm Walks: The Mango farm which is still in its nascent stages demands us(me and my dad) to visit at least twice a week. In a 4 acre farm, walking around monitoring and doing my bit to help my dad also helped me achieve my target in a super-duper healthy way.

My walking sessions were not limited to any one particular time of the day. These different types of walks were spread across the day. Weekdays with meetings were different and without meetings were different. Walks definitely helped me unwind, bust stress, and also burn some stubborn calories. Most importantly it kept me active which is what I wanted. I should also thank my sister for giving me Fastrack Reflex band which helped me track my steps.

ABCW: Anybody can Walk !!