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TAKE A RAIN CHECK, P113 ADIDAS Bangalore:
Brigade Road 9343703245;
Commercial Street (080)22067618; Garuda Mall; Chennai: 65 TTK Road (040)55823567; Opportunity Tower; Gurgaon: City Centre Mall (0124)2511776; MGF Mall;
Kolkata: Forum (033)22893227;
Grand Hotel Arcade 9431015798;
Mumbai: City Centre, SV Rd;
Infi niti Mall; High Street Phoenix (022)26465531; Palm Beach Galleria (022)2789739; New Delhi: B13, Connaught Place (011)51523093; Cross River Mall CHASM
New Delhi: Mega Mall, Gurgaon (0124)4403344
GAS
Mumbai: 184 Sagar Fortune, Waterfi eld Road, Bandra (W) (022)65200107; New Delhi: F29, Malhotra Building, Connaught Place (011)64597220 GLORY
New Delhi: Sarojini Nagar Market GROGGY
Gurgaon: Mega Mall , MG Road (0124)4101991
HOM
Goa: Malini Ramani; Gurgaon:
FIT Plaza; Mumbai: Options, Juhu; Amarsons, Bandra
(022)26418880; Kolkata: La Lingerie, Forum (033)22837335;
New Delhi: Pall Mall, South Extn 2 LACOSTE
Mumbai: Treasures, The Oberoi, Nariman Point; High Street Phoenix (022)56633166;
Crossroads (022)23515107/8;
Linking Road, Bandra (022) 26439566; New Delhi: N3 Connaught Place (011)23315672;
Ansal Plaza (011)26258333; G1 South Extn 1 (011)24692789;
Hyatt Regency Shopping Arcade (011)26702520; Centrestage Mall, Noida; MGF Metropolitan Mall, Gurgaon (0124)5015052 REEBOK
Bangalore: Forum (080) 22067624; Chennai: Spencer Plaza (044)30424455; Mumbai:
Linking Road, Khar (W) (022)26498315; New Delhi:
Connaught Place (011)51643240 SATYA PAUL
Bangalore: 5, Vittal Mallya Road, (080)22218142;
Chandigarh: The Taj, GVK Arcade, (0172)5579651; Kolkata:
Forum, (033)22837202/03;
Mumbai: 30B, Juhu Tara Road, (022)30948002; InOrbit Mall (022)39510611; The Oberoi Shopping Centre, Nariman Point (022)22825786; New Delhi: B-105, Defence Colony, (011)51552568/69; The Crescent at Qutab, (011)29521564 VIA VERO
Gurgaon: Ambi Mall
KEEP IT SHORT, P116 ADIDAS See Take a rain check HOM See Take a rain check LACOSTE See Take a rain check LEE COOPER
Mumbai: Linking Road, Khar (W);
New Delhi: M&B Walk-In, Ansal Plaza. Also at leading stores PUMA
Bangalore: Brigade Road (080)41122788; Chennai:
Nungambakkam (044)42664443;
New Delhi: M Block Market, GK1;
Also at leading stores everywhere RADO
Bangalore: The Forum (080) 22067776; Safi na Plaza (080)25590138; Kolkata: 4/1 Camac St (033)22820626;
Forum Mall (033)22837185;
Mumbai: LT Road, Borivali (W) (022)28335848; Hi-Life Mall, Santa Cruz (W) (022)30681801;
InOrbit Mall (022)66406991;
Atria Mall (022)24813520; New Delhi: K3 Connaught Place (011)41513455; G9 South Extn 1 (011)24642255; M61, GK1 (011)29234545; MGF Metropolitan Mall (0124)4017773 REEBOK See Take a rain check TOMMY HILFIGER
Bangalore: Forum (080) 22067669; Chennai: Cenotaph
Road (044)67519590;
Hyderabad: Banjara Hills (040)23545355; Kolkata:
Elgin Road (033)22816335;
Mumbai: Apollo Bunder, Colaba (022)66550377, Linking Road, Santacruz (W) (022)65567267;
New Delhi: South Extn 1 WORLD OF TITAN
Bangalore: Commercial Street (080)25587117; Safi na Plaza (080)25593169; Chennai: Alsa Mall (044)42080234; Hyderabad:
Liberty Plaza (040)23220107;
City Centre Mall (040)66467888;
Kolkata: 75C, Park Street, (033)22295570; Mumbai: Shop G11, MindSpace, Malad (W) (022)66406938; Holland House, Colaba (022)22882872; New Delhi: N-2, Connaught Place (011)51523606; F 40, South Extn 1 (011)24623313; S15, GK1 (011)29235609; Cross River Mall TIME ON YOUR SIDE, P118 BALMAIN
Bangalore: Garuda Mall (080)66141020; Hyderabad:
Banjara Hills (040)23376296;
Kolkata: Prime Watch World, City Centre and Forum Mall;
Mumbai: InOrbit Mall; Atria Mall;
New Delhi: C10, Connaught Place, (011)23417664; G14, Select CityWalk Mall; M48, GK1 (011)46536667
HAMILTON
New Delhi: L21, Connaught Place (011)23416130
OMEGA
Bangalore: Touchstone Annexe, Shivajinagar (080)41130611;
Chennai: ITC Park Sheraton, TTK Road (044)42316336; Mumbai:
F31 Grand Hyatt Plaza, Santacruz (E) (022)30602002; CR2 Mall, Nariman Point (022)56550351;
New Delhi: K2 Connaught Place (011)41513255
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New Delhi: G7 South Extn 1 (011)24697195. At leading stores TISSOT
New Delhi: Select CityWalk Mall, Saket (011)40534505/6
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Add weight to your pullups for better results
If the man next to you is messing up his bicep curls,
chances are painkillers will help him out. You are not
his trainer. It’s not your business.
Gym Etiquette # 8
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I want to get to 10 pullups, but no matter how much and how hard I try, I can’t go beyond eight. Help!—Neelabh Varma, Bangalore Let’s face it: pullups are tough. But the solution to this problem is easier than you think. It comes down to this: if you want to be better at pulling, you have to pull more than your own weight. You do that with weighted pullups.
Here’s how: after a warmup (a couple of sets of lat pulldowns with about 40 to 60 per cent of your body weight), do 4 or 5 pullups with your body weight. Rest 2 minutes, then strap on something heavy—a belt with a few heavy locks
hanging from it, a backpack with some books in it—and do 4 or 5 pullups. Rest 2 minutes, then fi nish with as many pullups without weight as you can do. Do this workout once a week for 3 weeks in addition to your normal workout. Then, in the fourth week, grab the bar and see how many you can knock out.
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I can’t afford expensive protein supplements. Do the cheap ones work just as well for muscle building?—Karan, via e-mail All whey protein supplements
should work the same. But in my experience, the pricier powders taste better. And the better it tastes, the more likely you are to keep using it.
However, the bigger question: do you need protein and meal replacement powders at all? No one has done a study comparing protein-supplemented lifters with those getting the same amount of protein and the same times from food instead of powders, says nutritionist Thomas Incledon, MD.
But I use protein supplements religiously, and so do most serious, long-time lifters I know. The main reason:
convenience and speed. “Your muscles are begging for amino acids (the building blocks of protein) right after a workout,” says Jose Antonio, PhD, co- author of Supplements for Strength- Power Athletes. Some research shows that taking protein just after a workout is better than taking it afterwards.
Me, I am satisfi ed with the post- workout shake, which I mix at my desk. It hits the spot and confuses my co- workers, who wonder why my desk is dusted with white powder in the afternoon.
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I had knee surgery a couple of years ago, and I can’t do most of the leg exercises that you recommend. My thighs are shrinking! What can I do?—Hiren Khera, Mumbai I feel your pain. I haven’t had a knee surgery, but after a game of basketball, I feel like a practice dummy for mafi a goons. My fi rst bit of advice is to check with your doctor (or physiotherapist).
Next, strengthen your quadriceps—the teardrop-shaped front-thigh muscles—
any way you can without pain, since they help protect what’s left of your knee ligaments. Try any or all of the following exercises.
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Lou Schuler is a writer and certifi ed strength and conditioning specialist based in Pennsylvania. He’s the author of four books and also writes the Male Pattern Fitness weblog at louschuler.com.
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Crack some eggs. Or try this tasty sandwich
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Adeadlift works the quadriceps without putting a lot of pressure on the knees.
And try a high-foot position leg press, in which your heels are at the top of the platform and your toes hang off. This position forces your hamstrings to work harder, and the shortened range of motion takes the pressure off your knees.
ASumo deadlift means your feet are set wide apart—like a Sumo wrestler’s challenging pose—toes pointed out 45 degrees, hands 15cm to 30cm apart and your back straight while you lift. You’ll work your inner-thigh muscles, which can get weak from underuse when you exercise around a bad knee.
Finally, perform squats keeping your knees pointed straight ahead, without letting them buckle either inwards or outwards at any point of the move. Rest your knees a day or two before and after this, and use less weight until you can do the exercise with perfect form.
The Sumo deadlift works your inner- thigh muscles, which can get weak from underuse
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cream for more than a month after the manufacturing date. Throw it out if
the smell changes.
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