FITNESS, WELLNESS AND HEALTH CULT

  An Open letter to my dear Physical education colleagues. This article will be a bit off from my regular articles. But, it was important for me to cover as physical education and sports science student. Previous year the movie chhalaang was released and was a massive hit. Many of you must have enjoyed it, I did too but, so many things were also disturbing for me. We can argue, if those were right or wrong that’s a different thing. But, still, the question arises Why our profession has such a bad name? The bitter answer is a lack of work ethics in physical education teachers. Yes, No matter How much you blame your school administration, syllabus pressure, parents limitations on students. But the truth is that you are the first problem. Most of the P.E teachers are not aware of their importance in schools or if they know then it is only limited to themselves. No one is willing to be more educated, to be more knowledgeable, to be more productive, to be more athletic, to lea...

Internationally competitive sports demand a lot from an athlete. From mental health, environmental conditions, anatomical structure, physiological capabilities to as small as genes. Sprinters are born not made. I am sure you have heard this term if you have come across an athlete. You will surely have a question in your mind How black ethnic people runs so fast?  It is true to some extent because of the ACTN3 (Alpha Actinin 3). ACTN3 is also known as the sprinting Gene. The researches are still scarce for this topic, but I will try to provide you the maximum which is present out there.                                                          Credits- England athletics In many reports, it is said that ACTN3 contributes around 2-3% in sprinting activities. Statistically, it doesn’t seem too much but at international levels where every st...