Fitness can be achieved at any age, says Air Marshal PV Iyer (Ret.), whose Fit at Any Age: A Practitioner’s Guide was launched Wednesday in Bengaluru by Air Marshal Manavendra Singh, the Air Force’s commanding officer for training. Indian Air. domain.
Iyer embarked on a fitness journey when he was 47 years old. At the age of 92, she continues to run 8 km a day and works out five days a week. He said that he had run more than 120,000 km, including several marathons (42 km) and an ultramarathon from Agra to Delhi (240 kilometers).
In the course of his training he realized that everyone, regardless of their age and lifestyle, can get fit and that it is never too late to learn new habits.
When faced with an IAF policy that required a minimum age-specific physical fitness to be eligible for promotion, Iyer set out to pass the test. Over the course of her training she realized that everyone, regardless of her age and lifestyle, can get fit and that it’s never too late to learn new habits.
Informative and humorous, the book combines personal anecdotes, science-based logic, and simple advice. It covers various amplitudes that can be followed at any age and guides everyone with a perfect combination of routine and special techniques to stay healthy and fit.
“The book talks about the importance of exercise and it’s important for everyone: men, women and children… I started my exercise journey at the age of 47,” Iyer said. indianexpress.com, adding that the force’s promotion criteria required a suitability standard. “So I started working on physical conditioning and started running. I passed my physical without a doubt, but I kept running because it was very interesting and I discovered that I have the strength to run more. I found it so interesting that I decided to run more. I enjoy running.”
“So I have run more than 1,20,000 km in the last 40 years. I run daily. On average, I run 5-5 miles every day and work out at the gym five times a week. Fitness depends on the body’s cardiovascular system,” he said.
Iyer was commissioned into the IAF in 1951 and retired in 1987.
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