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In my free time, I read about a lot of random things happening around me related to either fitness, sports or music mostly. So, from my personal realization and experience, I can firmly say that Legs workouts are simultaneously the most underrated, executed but most important exercises for maintaining the balance of our fitness. We can flex a lot by showing our pumped up chest, shoulder, arms (upper body to sum up) but it’s of no use if your legs look like those of chicken 🐔. Look at my YouTube video on legs workout at first, if you want to have an idea on today’s Blogger article .
A good workout routine consists of hitting every portion of your body, just like I have as above. You can also combine your workouts for shoulder and traps, back and biceps and chest and triceps as I mentioned in these articles but I've always kept my legs days separate, as without building your lower body seriously, you can't have your dream-desired body shape! When it comes to creating an effective home leg workout plan, continue with simpler plans like squats, hip hinges (deadlifts) and lunges which focus on major muscle groups of the legs like glutes, quads, hamstrings and calves and then gear up according to your capacity. Let's begin!
1. Glute Bridge: You can do this workout on flat surface/ floor or even keeping your legs elevated from a platform like I did with my pillows! Lie on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the platform and your arms down at your sides. Now push through your feet, engaging your core, glutes and hamstrings to press your hips upwards. Pause at the top, then slowly release back to the initial position. You can do the exact opposite thing, i.e hanging from the elevated position, keeping your feet at ground and push your hips in the similar way which is known as Hip Thrust.
2. Stiff-leg Deadlift: There can be a lot of variations of this item known as Romanian, single-leg. normal deadlift but I have customized it for the maximum pressure and tension in your hamstrings, specially for footballers like me! Just hold the dumbbells in front of you like you're almost touching your grips and keep your feet close together. Now bend your hips a little but keep your knees straight while you lower the dumbbells along your shins like you're touching your toes until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings. Keep your lower back in its natural ached position throughout.
3. Dumbbells Squats: You might remember that I mentioned about 2 kings of workout in my Back workout plan, with Deadlift being the first one. Now, I welcome you to the second one on the list as Squats! There can be so many variations for it like front, back, side squats but I'll now write about the simple one with dumbbells. Simply hold the dumbbells at shoulder level and stand with feet shoulder-width apart and toes turned slightly outwards. Now get down a low and straight as you can without losing the arch in your lower back and continue.
4. Bulgarian Split-squat: Another variation for squat, also known as Split-squat might be mistaken for lunges but be careful about that! Simply hold a dumbbell in each hand and stand about a foot in front of a bench. Place one foot down and the other on an elevated platform. Tighten your core and squat down until both of your legs bend to 90 degrees. You can squat down a little further, but don't let your knee touch the floor. Hold this position for few seconds and then get up slowly.
5. Lunges: This is another very common and effective legs exercise with variations like alternate, reverse, sideways, walking lunges etc. My choice is the simplest one where you need to stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your arms down at your sides holding dumbbells. Step backward or forward with one foot, lunging until your other leg forms a 90-degree angle keeping your torso upright. Push back up through your other leg's heel to the starting position and continue.
6. Leg Curl: This one's another good exercise for hamstrings which is usually done with a machine in gyms. But as we're doing it home. we'll imagine a pressure on our legs and feel the tension to execute this workout. Simply get on any surface, lying flat on your stomach keeping your body straight. You can grab that platform for extra support and then engage your core and lift your feet towards your hips as if you're pushing it against an imaginary obstacle. Pause at the top, then return to the starting position in a controlled manner.
7. Leg extension: This item could be a harmful one if you do it in gyms, as it puts excessive force on the knee. But again, for working out at home conveniently, we'll make it easier and create imaginary resistances to execute on your quads. Just keep your back straight and sit on an elevated platform and star by extending your knee as if you're moving some weight upwards, then accelerate into the rep until you reach the end rage of the knee extension. Ensure your ankles are forward, keeping toes pointed straight ahead or slightly up and slowly get your legs down back with control. You can pause according to your capacity at top. for maximum gains.
8. Calf Raise: This one is often an overlooked exercise, but as I said earlier, if you want to have maximum overall gain with minimum efforts, you need to hit every major portion rather than hitting the same spot for looking good. Calf raises can also come in seated, machine, standing forms and I'll put the latter one here. With your dumbbells at your sides, stand up straight and slowly lift your heels as high as possible, squeezing your calves at the top, pause a little and slowly lower down and repeat. You stand at the edge of a box or any small object to create maximum tension here.
So, that's it. It basically is the second last article on my home workout series with the routines and plans for now. Follow my YouTube legs workout video for extended demonstration. I'll periodically keep updating the contents to enrich your knowledge and enlighten your future path towards fitness! If you haven't read my previous articles on home workout yet, find those below:
1. My Home Workout Journey so far
2. Home workout plan for Chest and Triceps with and without equipment
I’ll get back with my last article of this series with Abs workouts! Enjoy your day & time once you’re done with working out! Find the same article in my original website here. Till then, KEEP RAISING!
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I'd like to convey a BIG THANK YOU to those who have supported and appreciated my works so far and encouraged me to serve you more. I'm striving everyday to cope up with my regular hustles and still deliver quality contents to you. I got huge response from the article that I wrote yesterday on adding Google Analytics with your Blogger website. Please have a look if you haven't already.
Today’s article is basically a prequel of that write-up and sequel of indexing your Blogger website (if you don’t know how to index your site, take a glance!). I have already promised there that I won’t let all of your hard works go in vain after writing all those valuable contents and not being able to put there for people. I have made a draft of the solutions and share very shortly. But today’s content mainly talks about one of those solutions of highlighting your works through Google News Publisher Center, even if you can’t index it through search console.
Now, what is Google News? It's basically "the news" icon, in between "everything" and "picture" when you search anything on Google. It is a comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated and operated by Google Inc. from thousands of news or news from various publications and updates according to a specific algorithm. So, if your articles don't get indexed or rank first in general searches, you can still stand out among other websites by simply publishing your one here. There's a high chance that your articles will get indexed more & quickly after getting approved there. The process is a little lengthy but I'll try to explain it in 6 easy steps below. So, bear with me & let's begin!
1. Simply search for "Google Publisher Center", click on the first result which will take you to the main page. Click on Add publication on left-upper hand side, and a box will appear with Publication name (you can put your page name here), Primary website property (put your website URL) and location. Then click on Add publication to move forward.
2. Your publication name will be added & now click on Publication Settings. The next dialogue box will require you to put your Publication Name again, followed by your primary language (keep it English if you write for general people worldwide) and location (few people prefer keeping it United States to get early approvals, but I got mine with Bangladesh too). Move on then
3. Next box will ask you to click on verify for your website (it will be instantly verified) and put your website URL, Additional website property URLs (I kept it blank as I don't have any), and contacts (you can keep your same Gmail account here). Click save and move on to the page where you have to provide 3 kind of logos (A square, 1 light colored rectangular and 1 dark colored rectangular). I create all the designs from Canva. After this, you can keep your fonts as Arial and click save and next to move forward.
4. At this page, click on Google News > Basic information > Fill up Publication Category and keep other things as it is to click next.(Select the most relevant category. I chose Special Interest as I talk about pretty much everything 👽)
5. From Sections, click on New Section. Next page is very important where you have to provide a Title for your sections (I kept mine as 'My Adventures'), RSS URL (I'm explaining it down separately) , keep your View Access to anyone and click Next.
Now, regarding finding the RSS URL, go to home Homepage of website, press CTRL+U and a page will appear with codes. Nothing to worry much about here. Press CTRL+F, write rss and you'll find a link like as shown below. Copy upto "/default" (excluding the question mark and onwards) and paste it in the RSS URL section as mentioned above.
6. Click on Save in the new page, keep things unchanged to press Next. In the next page, press "Reload" button and do it until you see all your contents in the Preview. Once you're done with doing this, now click "Review", provide your name, email, title of your website, keep an organization name (I kept Fahadventure), accept the terms and conditions and finally choose "Publish"
Congratulations! You have done all the hard works successfully and keep checking until the “In Review” changes to “Live” ( they might say to wait for 2/3 weeks but I got approved in just 5 days and you’ll see all your articles published right-hand side! If you’ve done and followed each step exactly and correctly as I mentioned, you’re on your way to getting approval very soon! Enjoy these intermediary moments because good days are coming! 🤩 Find the detailed version in my Blogger Website.
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Okay, Hi all pretty people reading this article in Blogger or anywhere else and congratulations on opening your Blogger website/ any other site bravely to take the first step. Now that you have taken all the courage to do something to change your life, let’s take one step at a time with me together! If you now want to be noticed by google, don’t delay on indexing your site easily following the link, so that google can recognize your work, showcase those to audience and you earn the benefit!
But wait! If you have done all the hard work to write, do the SEO carefully, index your pages and now dreaming of a bright glowing future ahead, how would you actually measure your success and get further insights? Because simply, without showing off your result in numbers, and deep analysis, people won’t care what and how you are doing and achieving things!
So, apart from Google Console and its help, you need a tool for keeping all those counts and success and Google Analytics will help and guide you to fulfill all those requirements. To know more about how to use this tool, Google analytics certification, you can find courses for free online or read my article on free courses I did where I wrote about other relevant courses too. You will learn How to add Google analytics with your website in 6 easy steps!
So, let’s start my suggestion on Google analytics account, google analytics login page, the usage and please do follow them one by one as mentioned below:
1. Search for “Google Analytics” and click on the first result you get there. The Google analytics sign up process is quite easy. You’ll be needing to sign in using your Gmail account and try to keep all of your gmail accounts same for Blogger, Search console and here. A page will appear after this saying ‘Welcome to Google Analytics’. Just click on ‘Start Measuring’.
2. Now that you’ve done that, the next page will ask you to create account, with some details. Keep any name that you want to be knows as (you can change the name later, if you like) and don’t waste much time on this. Make that all the boxes are ticked and move ahead.
3. Next page will show you the terms and conditions. You just have two tasks here. Change the country name to where you belong from, and then tick on ‘I accept’ and then move on.
4. Next page will take you to set up date stream, where you just need to put your website URL and you can set your stream name too. Make sure the toggle button of Enhanced Measurement is turned on, to provide maximum information and then move on.
5. If you have done everything correctly so far, the next page will show you Stream Details (Name, URL, ID and Measurement ID). Measurement ID is the one that we’ll be needing from here. A dialogue might appear above, stating Data collection isn’t active for your website and that’s completely fine, as you haven’t tagged Google Analytics to your Blogger site yet. As written before, copy the Measurement ID from here now and move on.
6. This is the last step, where you need to get back to your Blogger site, go to Settings and in the Basic Section, just above the Favicon, click on the Google Analytics Measurement ID and paste the ID that you copied before. Wait for 48 hours maximum and Voila! Your Google analytics ID is tagged with your Blogger website! 👏😎
So, you’re done tagging your Blogger website or any other website with your Google Analytics account. Now if anyone asks you, What is Google analytics used for? You can simply say that it’s a platform that oversees data from your websites and apps to make reports and analysis that provide more information and insights into your business for free! So, start measuring your success and please share your success story with me (with or without numbers) if you have time and found this helpful! Find the detailed version in my Blogger website.
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I’ve read it somewhere that when you’re angry, try to express it with your body (actually working out) rather than speaking out aloud on someone and later regretting it. The science that works behind this is the secretion of some hormones also known as “feel good” hormones which have both short and long-term responses to exercise. For example, cortisol, prolactin, growth hormone and testosterone rise during workouts while a rise in luteinizing hormone becomes prominent only after rest (post-workout phase). New research found the production of another natural molecule after intense workout as “endocannabinoids” that act similar to the THC, the active chemical in marijuana.
It can be tough yet important to figure out how to keep your physical and mental health in check, especially with all the problems going on in the world and your head. If you can’t take those out of your body, they will take the control of your mind. Have a look at my first article on Home Workout where I briefly discussed about my stories and journeys with workouts, followed by my workout routines on Chest and Triceps with and without equipment. Let’s begin out today’s journey on Back & Biceps!
Back: For a number of reasons, it’s evident that people are obsessed with abs, arms, chest and boulder shoulders and not back muscles, as nothing much can be seen on camera. But, trust me, it’s one of the most important part of your body (if not the most important) as it will prevent you from injuries, helping you pull more weight in all lifts, to developing the coveted V-shape. The next few points will cover most of your back portions for overall growth at home, with and without equipment. Watch this Youtube video on back and biceps that I made for your convenience!
1. Superman: Like the name suggests, it a super exercise which can be deceptively challenging at times. Just lie keeping your face down on the floor, bed or any elevated platform. Engage your core, glutes and lift your upper and lower body off the ground, as high as possible, pause a little and return to the initial position in a controlled motion like below.
2. Backward Fly: Lying in the same position and core engagement, now take your hands from in front to all the way back over the head, like a bird will do with its wings while jumping from top to a position below. Try to contract the blades at your back, pause and then bring forward slowly.
3. Back Extension: Again, from the same position, you can keep both your hands crossed at your chest and press your feet into the floor behind you to stay balanced. Bend first at your waist, bringing your body down toward the floor and slowly raise your upper body upwards until your shoulders are above hip eight. Engage your core and glutes and keep your feet on the floor. Pause, and then slowly lower down on repeat.
4. Lat Pulldown: Most of you are Familiar with Lat pulldowns which work effectively on your lats. I have 2 customized home workouts in the similar pattern, starting with Lying Lat Pulldown. Lie on a flat surface for this, keep your hands forward wider than shoulder-width apart imagining that you're holding something there (you can use a towel if that helps you). Begin to lower your hands now toward your chest, bending your elbows and pointing them downwards. Engage your upper back and mid-back throughout the move keeping your torso straight. Another version of this item is Dumbbells Lat Pulldown. The only difference is that you'll stand up and use the dumbbells and gravity for hitting the lats in the similar fashion.
5. Rows: I have 3 customized versions of Rows here for you, which start with Close grip dumbbell rows. Just stand and then bend a little, hinge your hips, slightly bend your knees and maintain a neutral position. Hold the dumbbells with an overhand grip, a little wider than shoulder-width part. Now, pull the dumbbells toward your chest by squeezing your shoulder blades together and avoid overusing your arms. Slowly return the dumbbells to the starting position. You can do the same with one arm at a time, alternatively.
Another variation is wide-arm row where you follow the same mechanism but keeping your arms a little wider (but don't mistake it for flying).
6. Deadlift: It's said that there are 2 kings of all workouts, first of which is Deadlift (general) and I have 2 variations for it. Let's start with the Dumbbell Deadlift, where you have to stand with feet shoulder-width apart. Keeping chest lifted, begin to hinge at your hips and slowly bend knees, reaching down to pick up the dumbbells. Keep your back straight and hold the dumbbells. Keeping feet flat on the floor, push back up to a standing position keeping your back straight throughout the movement, your shoulders should be down and back. Return to the starting position, pushing your hips back and bending your knees until bringing the dumbbells back towards the floor. The next variation works same but keeping your legs wider, and picking the dumbbells from the space in between, in close grips also known as Sumo Deadlift.
Biceps: It’s one of the easiest target to hit in your body which can be done with any type of curls. Just remember that Bi means Two, so biceps is actually a set of two muscles (short and long-head) and your routine should hit all of them. Short muscles can be hit while contracting and extending your arms, keeping your hands close to your body and the long muscles can be hit with all other workout where you put your arms away from your body. Again, watch my YouTube video if you find difficulties regarding any of these items.
1. Hammer Curl: It's actually a heavily-overlooked workout because it hit the brachialis, a muscle beneath the biceps (not actually the biceps). But, increasing the girth of this muscle can raise your biceps from below, making your entire arm larger and fulfill your purpose! So, without wasting time, hold and turn your wrists with dumbbells in each hand facing each other. Keep your arms tucked in at your sides and flex your elbows to curl the dumbbells up towards your shoulders. Lower them back with control.
2. Reverse-grip Curl: This exercise is again a compound exercise, targeting biceps, forearms and brachialis. With your hands around shoulder-width position, palms facing down and neutral, grip the dumbbells and allow them to hand with arms extended. Now, curl them up while maintaining your shoulder position and keeping the elbows to their side. The only movement should come from the forearm and biceps muscles flexing the elbow.
3. Concentrated Preacher Curl: This one is the combination of Concentration and Preacher Curl and an interesting item as I have customized it in my own way. This is all about feeling your biceps work, sitting down somewhere elevated and resting your elbows just like you'd do on a preacher bench. It will keep the biceps under tension for a longer period of time, which usually equates to more muscle growth. Using the dumbbells, turn the hands inwards, making the move more comfortable on the wrists and keep doing the curls in a slow speed.
4. Overhead Dumbbell Curls: It's quite similar to that of cable curls. You just have to stand in a comfortable position, picking up a dumbbell in each hand. Tense your upper back and let your arms hand so they're fully extended in straight line like 180 degree. Without moving your shoulders, curl the weight up toward your shoulders. Pause there for about a second, and then slowly get back to the previous position with control.
5. Towel Curls: How could I finish the article without my trademark Towel workout!? 👀 So, here it is, hold a towel with both your hands, place it behind your knee-joint, as use your leg's power to create the resistance. Now you can simply do all the different kinds of curls, feeling all the tensions and you can change the grips depending on which workout you want to execute!
So yes! That’s pretty much all about it. Find the same article in my Blogger Website. As I said before already, I have used my body (read fingers) to make my anger disappear by writing all about my back and biceps home workout (I’ve worked out in the morning though). I feel much fresh now and am going to meet my friends to freshen up my mind more! 😻
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I’m little tired and stressed out today as I had to do a lot of works, including workouts and got so many problems regarding indexing my home workout plans that I started long before, continued for chest and triceps without equipment and plans with dumbbells, and google thinks all of these as same! 🤣
But I’m sure after reading those articles, including my overall home workout plan you’re somewhat aware of physical fitness and distinguish among the workouts and their differences. So, I’ll write about my plans for Shoulder and Traps , the connecting muscle between shoulder and neck (these 2 go well together). You can look above for my workout chart and customize accordingly. By the way, I’ve also uploaded an YouTube workout video as well for your quick and easy understanding on this article, don’t forget to visit! Let’s go:
Shoulder: An easy way to workout for shoulder is that, whatever exercise you've done for chest, the hands' positions will now be moved a little wider so that the pressure of focus shifts to the shoulders. Just remember, shoulder muscles also consist of 3 parts in easy language: Front, Side/ lateral and Back/ rear portion. I'll write about the typical ones with dumbbells along with some my own customized plans without any equipment and of course with towels! 🤓
1.1 For the front deltoid, any lift-up in the front position will hit the front muscles of the shoulder. I shuffle 3 different workouts for hitting this area. The first one is Dumbbell Arnold Press which is a modified version of dumbbell overhead press. From a comfortable standing position, lift your dumbbells forward, contracting your front delts while twisting your hands so that your pals face outwards. Squeeze your delts at the top and slowly return to the starting position on repeat.
1.2 The next exercise I do for front deltoid is Dumbbell Front Raise. Here, contract your front deltoids to raise the dumbbells in front of you, stopping just above forehead level. pause for a moment, then slowly return to the starting position like below.
1.3 The last exercise I do is Handstand Push ups which is an advanced version of Angled Downward Push-up/ Pike Push-Up (Try these at first, for easier practice). Simply lie along your wall upright, placing your hands next to each other, bend your elbows out to the sides and lower your forehead towards the ground. Pause for a moment and contract your front delts to push yourself back to the starting position.
2.1 For the lateral/ side delts, start with Dumbbell Side Lateral Raises. Engage your core and keep your back straight as you raise your dumbbells to the side, keeping your palms facing your body. Keep raising them until they are parallel to the floor. You can keep your hands straight if the weight is light or bend your elbows a little if the weights are too heavy. Lower the weights back down to your side in a slow and controlled motion.
2.2 The next one in the list is Dumbbell Upright row. Again, engage your core, keep your back straight and you can incline a little depending on the weight. Slowly, bring the dumbbells up, bending your elbows out to the side, keeping your palms facing your body and keeping your hands slightly closer than shoulder-width apart. Keep your dumbbells close to each other and pull them until they reach your chin. Pause at the top, before slowly lowering the dumbbells and repeat.
3.1 For the back / rear deltoids, I keep my traditional towel workouts handy, with Towel Face Pull which is similar to that of Resistance Band Face Pull. Just keep a semi-long stretchable rope/ towel to a stable point, several inches above your head, grab it with an overhand grip, keeping your hands about six inches apart. Step back from the point with your arms extended in front of you until you feel tension in the towel. Keeping your back straight and elbows high, now pull the towel toward your face until your nose reach the anchor pint of towel which will practically take your body forward. Slowly reverse the move to return to the starting position, and repeat for reps.
3.2 The next item I follow is Dumbbell Reverse Fly. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, push your hips back and hinge forwards at the waist until your torso is almost parallel with the floor. Let your arms hang straight down, palms facing each other. Your your back flat and abs engaged, maintain a slight bend in your elbows as you raise your arms out to the sides until they reach shoulder level. Squeeze your shoulder blades together at the top of the movement. Slowly reverse the move to return the weights to the starting position, and repeat for reps.
Traps: Your biceps, triceps, shoulders might be popping but these are nothing without some bulging traps muscles to support your upper look. The muscle in this region as mentioned above falls between shoulders and neck also known as Trapezius. So, any workout that squeezes this portion should come in handy and I've sorted down 3 easy items from the list. Don't forget to watch this Workout Video for detailed demonstration!
1.1 The most common and great item to start with is Dumbbells Shrugs which will activate your upper and middle traps and help to build mass, strength and muscular endurance. Simply, take your weight beside your body, keep your hands straight and pull them by your neck muscles upwards, without moving any other thing at all. Take pause at the peak (for 2-15 seconds) and slowly bring them down on repeat.
1.2 The next workout is similar to above, but done with the resistance of hands, and I call it Hands Shrugs. Simply lock your fingers of one hand to the other, in the back of your body (as shown in the picture), hold tight and pull downward so that you feel the tension. Now, assuming that you have weights in your hand, pull your traps muscles up, feel the resistance, pause for a few seconds and release the tension. Do it on repeat with alternate hands.
1.3 The next workout is also my customized item, which I call Hands Squeeze Up. Just keep your both hands up parallelly and then touch and cross over your fingers to squeeze your traps, so that it creates a cone '^' shape on top. Feel the tension, take a little pause and release the pressure again.
1.4 Additional workouts you can lend from shoulder workouts are Towel Face Pull and Dumbbell Upright rows where you'll do the similar exercises, but putting the primary focus on your traps.
That’s all for today! I hope you found this article (find the same in my blogger website) helpful and are preparing to lift your goals very soon! You can follow all these aforementioned items step by step, or make your own customized plan by combining those, that suit best for you! I’ll be back again to write down more on next chapter. Head to my Youtube channel for these videos for better understanding!
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Most of you have already got an idea about me, my passions for exploring things and stepping into weird stoppages once in a while. Today’s topic will somewhat seem boring to a lot of people, but trust me, it is the single most important factor specially if you’ve aced all the necessary skills to flourish in life and earning money like never before and now want to keep those somewhere safe, calculatedly! I’ve worked in a local bank here in Bangladesh, for more than 2.5 years and had fair share of experience to know and implement the basics. Sharing my funny photos and a card below 👨 Let’s learn about some banking terms and my story in this sector!
What is Banking?
- Banking is an industry or business that handles cash, other financial transaction for individual consumers and businesses alike, protects money for others. They do it by lending money, generating interest that creates profits for the bank and its customers.
What are some common basic Bank Services?
Banks offer various ways to stash your cash and various ways to borrow money, i.e
- Checking Accounts: These are deposits used by consumers and businesses to pay their bills and make cash withdrawals. They pay little or no interest and typically come with monthly fess, usage fees or both.
- Savings Accounts: These accounts pay interest to the depositor depending on how long the account holders hope to keep their money in the bank.
- Loan Services: Banks make loans to consumers and businesses at a higher interest rate from the cash that is deposited by their customers. Banks lend the money out in car loans, credit cards, mortgages, business loans etc.
For example, a bank may pay 1% interest on saving accounts and charge 6% interest for its mortgage loans, earning a gross profit of 5% for its owners.
What are the types of Banks?
Most banks can be categorized as retail, commercial or corporate, or investment banks. The big global banks often operate separate arms for each of these categories and I’ll try to talk about those too.
- Retails Banks: These are probably the ones you’re most familiar with. Your checking and savings accounts are often kept with a retail bank, which focuses on general public. These banks offer loans and may provide credit, debit cards and they’re the ones with numerous branch locations in populated areas.
For example, BRAC Bank in Bangladesh.
- Commercial Banks: The ones that focus on business customers also known as ‘Corporate banks’. They manage payments for customers, provide lines of credit to manage cash flow, and offer foreign exchange services for companies that do business overseas. Ex — Standard Chartered Bank
- Investment Banks: If a company wants to go public or sell debt to investors, it often uses an investment bank. They help businesses raise capital in financial markets and may also advise corporations on mergers and acquisitions. Ex — IDLC Finance Ltd
- Online/ Mobile/ Neobanks: They aren’t actually real banks, with physical outlets rater these tech-forward companies create attractive and easy-to-use interfaces to operate their service virtually. They generally partner with a traditional bank that holds customers’ deposits and manages finances like the ability to view accounts, pay bills online etc. Ex- bKash
- Central Banks: They usually manage the monetary system for a government and do not deal directly with the public. They are responsible for the stability of the currency and the economic system as a whole. Bangladesh Bank, the Swiss National Banks are some of the examples.
- Community Development Banks: Sometimes referred to as CD banks, are privately owned banks that focus on Social responsibility and may receive support from the federal government. Grameen Bank is a popular example for this.
- Credit Unions: Similar to banks, but they are not-for-profit organizations owned by their customers (Investors own most banks). They accept deposits and offer loans but unlike banks, they pass earnings on to members rather than shareholders. Ex — Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd.
What is Banking Software/ portal / app?
- If your bank is internet-friendly, it will have a portal/ website/ app where you can access your account by logging in and do all kinds of transactions including paying bills. I have worked directly for a year in the core team of Building Astha and got certified, the first mobile banking app from BRAC Bank. Other examples are EBL SKYBANKING, City Touch etc.
Debit vs Credit Card
- Debit card, also known as ATM cards are often used for taking your money off in cash from any ATM booth, or for instant transaction after buying anything. You can do the same for credit card but the amount will be billed at a later date.
For Example: You buy a cloth for $10 by debit card, and your account will be reduced by the same amount instantly. You do the same by credit card, the amount will reduce at a later date.
How to choose a bank?
- It’s a personal decision that depends on lots of factors I mentioned above already and involves weighing different considerations. Please read all those carefully and choose your priorities. Consider important factors like location, fees, interest rates, purpose of banking, offers and discounts, security, apps etc.
How’s life as a Banker?
- I’d like to answer diplomatically being aligned with the title, bittersweet! For most, it will be tiring, boring desk job which is true. But if you look at the incentives, facilities and stabilities, it actually has got massive potentials for your future growth (of course if you can multi-task and keep balance between your everyday work-life). There are different kinds of bonuses that you can avail from time to time, including insurances for security and paid annual leave for straight 11 days in Bangladesh (which adds up to 17 days in total if you can keep all the weekends). I remember visiting Goa, India and Koh Phangan and Bangkok, Thailand in the same year I got in bank in 2019 (the last normal year, without Covid-19). These are also spaces for casual, emergency, sick leaves in case you need them.
That’s all for today! I hope you found this article helpful and will share these tips among your closed ones. Let me know if you have other queries through my blogger website. I will try to detail down all these points separately in my upcoming articles.
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If you have/ haven’t read my journey on TEFL already, I am sure you’re/ will be enjoying the journey and want to know more about it. For those, who might want to know, Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) involves teaching English abroad or online where English is not the primary language. An Online English teacher has great demands worldwide! Teaching English online is a flexible way of earning an income from the comfort of your own home. You can read more about my adventures in Fahadventure and can find the same article in my Blogger website.
When I was a Banker, I used to love travelling a lot and wanted to earn money while doing so. So, I left my job and started my life as an ESL teacher online and increased my rate as I gained more experience. My average rate was between $4-$6 / hour initially and I earn just a little over, according to my needs doing this part time. Nowadays, I have diversified my income sources, but here are some questions I had when I wanted to teach English from home.
1. Do I need to have a teaching degree or license? (No and Yes)
No — you don’t need to have a full-on teaching degree mostly but,
Yes — you have to have some sort of teaching qualification, like a TEFL for some companies or at least some hands on experience (1–3 years).
Before you panic and worry about all the time and money you have to spend getting one, you can get a 168 hours level 5 TEFL certification (120 hours is standard and enough) which I did and can be done online and at your own pace. It is much much cheaper than a degree and way faster.
Quite a few of my friends have teaching degrees, but the online English schools were more interested in their TEFL certificates then their actual degrees! As far I remember, The TEFL Academy offers several courses online now at discounted rates, which come with a several video modules with specific training for teaching online. They are also endorsed by some reputed companies. TTA offers168 hours LEVEL 5 course that provides extra modules on online/ business/ 1 to 1 teaching (if you finish the course before the time limit. I got one!) and specific training to ensure your application, resumes, introduction videos for recruiters is done right.
The great thing about this TEFL compared to other providers, is it specializes in preparing you to teach both online and offline, as well as preparing you to teach English as a second language. By the end of the course, you will have a strong understanding of the online teaching industry and job market, how to prepare your lesson plans and how to motivate your students in an online classroom. I will talk about it in future articles in details.
2. Do I need to be a native English speaker? (No)
Contrary to popular belief, you don’t actually need to be a native English speaker. Speaking English as a first language, you can initially demand higher rate, but if you gain some experience, you can often raise your rate. I will write down about companies that higher non native English speakers to teach English online in a separate article.
3. What equipment and material do I need to have? ( laptop, internet, headset)
It really depends on the type of school and platform you teach on. Some online schools will require minimum internet speed (2 mbps reaching up to any amount maximum), specific RAM and ROM preferences, operating system etc. Some will require you to know technologies based on Skype, Google meets, their own platforms like Native Camp etc. Some might demand a pair of good headsets or any earplugs as well. But all of them will ask you to keep a clean background, noise free environment with casual decent dress ups. most platforms will provide you the material as well. I personally teach with a notebook, which I sometimes use as a tab.
4. How much can I earn? ($4- $30 on avg)
It also depends on the type of organization you teach on. For most online schools, salaries range between $4-$30 on avg per hour. However, if you have your own private students, you can set your own rate.
5. Can I do this part time? (Yes)
The great thing here is for most companies, you decide how many days and hours you want to work! So if you want to teach English from home, you can work for a couple of hours for 1–2 days a week. This will help you earn extra money, on top of your day job.
6. Do I have to pay tax? (Yes and No)
Most online English School will sign you as an independent contractor, so you are liable for your own tax. So this means it’s up to you to declare (or not) your income.
Notes: Please inform me politely if you find any information misleading, irrelevant or outdated. Most companies change their policies, salaries periodically. I’ll correct the information accordingly. Let me know for any guidance and find a sample introduction video, that got me this job! Find the same article in my Blogger website.
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This article is for those, who are struggling every now and then for mastering anything or learning skills, be that something related to sport, music, art or even academics. These are few of the learning skills examples, however, any professional person might find the forthcoming tips quite silly and redundant, but I’m hopeful that my guidelines might bring some lights for the bright amateurs, who are hopelessly roaming around to find the sparkle and potential in them. So, let’s start the art! And you can find the same article in my Blogger website here.
1. Breaking down your goals with target: Running a marathon or even 10 km at stretch on the first day, for anyone can be challenging, but if the same person is told to run 1 km per hour or day with periodical rests and complete the rest of the 9km in the similar fashion, same thing will become much easier for him/her and achievable in shorter time overall. Remember that, it’s very important to have an efficient mindset like this, instead of losing confidence in the beginning to complete a goal. I followed this strict rule, before dancing for the first time, in one of my friend's wedding ceremony. I will tell you more about the technique of learning dance moves at home in one of my next articles.
Right now, I try to cover and upload a song each Thursday every week, so that my passion keeps alive and the songs remain somewhere organized. Generally, on Saturday, I think of the songs I want to play. On Sunday I explore YouTube videos to find the easiest & somewhat ear-soothing versions and shortlist one or two. On Monday I try to master any 1 minute part of guitarplay, that I wish to learn, probably within 1-2 hours at night. On Tuesday, I listen to the song thoroughly so that I can also sing in the same way. Finally and mostly on Wednesday, I try to play guitar and sing simultaneously and if everything seems alright, I film it on the same day so that I can upload on Thursday. So, my 1 minute YouTube short, is actually a result of 6 consecutive nights of thinking and practicing part by part!
2. Dedication and consistency: These 2 things are simply among the most important factors here to learn anything. You must spare some of your time, energy, passion in the form of dedication for mastering anything. After that, just have some consistent, regular practice of those things which will also build your discipline in that particular field as a wise man said: "Practice makes a man perfect!" Learning life skills in school and learning life skills through sports can be termed as inter-related if given proper opportunity to them.
I have achieved few of the very well known degrees and certificates from school, college, universities, online, offline, companies, done sketching, extra and co-curricular activities, sports like cricket and football, excelled in those and I think I did most of these out of curiosity, transformed those into my passions and just kept on practicing on a regular basis. Another thing which is very important to my life is working out and since 2017, I have been executing the practice consistently each week. I’ve been following the similar pattern for learning language online too since the pandemic, during 2020.
3. Maintaining Confidence: Now that your have worked on your targets and consistency, the only thing that might stop you from reaching your goals could be the lack of confidence. A lot of top-professionals have excelled in their field on & off, but didn't lose their temper and confidence as they knew how heavily it would affect their performance. One way of doing it is just enjoy whatever you do and don't think of others, take breaks where necessary and move on again. You will be soon well on your way of succeeding! The reason why it is also called, Form is temporary but class is permanent.
Learning life skills for adults can be of different types but those can be learnt at early age too. I remember learning debating and public speaking just by following the same rule. I used to be nervous initially, looking at the audience and expressing my thoughts but soon I worked on it, turned my weakness into strength and got back stronger to win many more awards later! One secret: I follow the same pattern while playing FIFA 23 with my friends!🤫 I don't win a lot though, but I surely do enjoy how I play and I do get the appreciations for my gameplay.
That's all for today folks on learning skills and some learning skills examples! Learning life skills can be done through sports, music or any other medium and applicable for adults in companies or even in school. I will try to write down more about the factors and skills separately in my next few articles. And you can find the same article in my Blogger website here. Till then, have a look at my YouTube video on learning and let me know if you find these useful!
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I'm soooo glad that people are actually putting efforts for their physical well-being and this mindset itself will be heavy enough to lift you up with your fit lifegoals. So, as an appreciation to that dedication, let me guide you there through some of my useful tips, with today's article, Home workout plan with dumbbells for Chest and Triceps as a continuation of same workout plan but with dumbbells now.
So, here, we don't have to workout with fancy weights, rather just a set of dumbbells (removable ones will be even better) can be enough to overweigh your workout goals. You can have a full look on My YouTube video for better understandings. Just like the previous article, starting this one in similar order, chest followed by triceps.
Chest: I've talked about the different kinds of chest positions, types, distances between the hands in my previous article. Have a quick look and see if you find those useful! So continuing again:
For upper chest, consistent flies from any standing position from bottom towards top, squeezing your chest should be effective and my Standing Dumbbell Fly workout is similar to Incline Dumbbell Fly or Cable Crossover. Simply take your hands up from sides, closing in the gap and bringing forward like the picture below.
Another easy exercise for upper chest should be Dumbbell Pullover, where you just need a flat elevated platform for lying and bringing your dumbbells from behind your head through front, parallel to your chest, putting full focus on your chest like as shown below.
2. For middle region, do the Close-grip Dumbbell Press again putting full focus on mid-region while pushing the dumbbell up and bringing down. The another name for it is Squeeze press.
3. For lower chest, do the exact opposite thing, i.e consistent flies from top towards bottom, squeezing your chest with any grip which I call Standing Dumbbell Crossover, similar Decline Dumbbell Fly or Cable Crossover.
You can have a full look on My YouTube video for better understandings of each of these.
Triceps: Again, before reading this part, I've talked about the different kinds of triceps positions, types in my previous article. Have a quick look and see if you find those useful! So continuing again:
The first good examples could be Skull Crusher which is also known as Lying Triceps Extension where you have to put your dumbbells right in front of your eyes parallelly. Now start by only moving your forearms down and then bringing up, without moving anything else.
2. Next item is Triceps Dumbbell Kickback, similar to rope pushdowns where you take your dumbbells from front to down very slowly, putting all the resistances from your sides and try to extend your hands backward a little after that. You can do it with a single hand, or both hands alternatively or together.
3. The last one in the list is Overhead Triceps Extension with dumbbells where you will follow the similar mechanism overhead, I did with towel in my previous article, just by moving your forearms and not anything else from down towards up.
That's all for today! I hope you found this article helpful too after my Home workout plan: Chest and Triceps (Without equipment). You can follow all these aforementioned items step by step, or make your own customized plan by combining those, that suit best for you! Head to my Youtube channel for these videos for better understanding! Find the same article here and leave feedbacks if you found it useful!
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If you're a fitness freak but getting freaky nowadays for all the life pressures, stress and time constraints, the all-in-one solution could be having a convenient Home workout plan. The best part is that it isn't gender biased, so you can have an easy home workout plan for men, for women or even for beginners at any time and corner of your house without even an equipment. Have a look at my Home workout journey so far if you still need some kind of motivations to start with, instead of actually putting your body here to do some work. The article talks briefly about how & when I started my journey there. But for today and as promised there, I will break down my routine to write down about the first part : Plan for Chest and Triceps without any equipment.
As you have already seen in my previous article and also above, I have kept 4 days (which I keep on shuffling periodically) for my overall workout. But if you're a newbie or just want to focus on your Chest or Triceps, or both (these two can have best combinations if mixed). Most of the muscles are interrelated for these two categories and you can easily start doing those without buying equipment. So, if you're looking for a home workout plan to build muscle or just to be fit, it might just be the right place for you!
Chest: Typically, any kind of Push Ups (3 sets, 10 reps per set) should be enough for building chest initially overall. Your hands should be at the same distance apart, like your one shoulder to the other, neither very wide, nor very close. But if you want to level up a little bit more, you should know that this region consists of 3 sub-parts: Upper chest, Middle Region and Lower chest and shape your plan accordingly, separately.
For upper chest, consistent push ups from any inclined position should be good. You can put your feet on a chair or anything that is elevated from the ground and keep your hands on the ground.
2. For middle region, do the same from any plain surface.
3. And finally for hitting the lower chest region, follow the same instruction but this time, from a declined position. Again, put your hands on the chair/ your bed and keep your legs on the ground, maintaining a straight position like a stick.
Depending on your level and skills, you can bring some variations in push ups like I did in this home workout video. You can go for simple push ups, but at a faster pace. Or you can do clap push ups/ Jack push ups/ Superman push ups at any position. Also try doing only 1 rep for a long time for going down (I do for 30-50 seconds) and take the same time for going up slowly. Try doing these consistently and regularly and you'll notice the changes within 3 months!
Triceps: Before starting your workout game here, know that there are three portions of this part of your arm (hence TRI-ceps) and a good plan consists of hitting each of them. In easy language, remember that there are short muscles which can be hit while contracting and extending your arms, keeping your hands close to your body and arms before you. The long muscles can be hit with all other workout where you put your arms close to your head or back of it.
Some good examples could be Triceps Dips where you can put your hands backward on any elevated thing and put your feet either on ground or any other object. Simply put pressure on your triceps to go up and down.
2. Another easy item is Push up in diamond position. Please remember that the only difference of this one with the normal push ups are, you put pressure centrally on both your hands to go up and downs while in normal push-ups, you put the pressure in your chest.
3. Next item can be termed as Towel Pushdowns (similar to rope pushdowns) where you put your towel to hold with your secondary hand and push your primary hand on the other side.
4. The last one could be Overhead Triceps Extension with towel where you will follow the similar mechanism overhead, with towel.
That's all for today! I hope you found this article helpful and are preparing to post your post-workout pictures very soon! You can follow all these aforementioned items step by step, or make your own customized plan by combining those, that suit best for you! I'll be back again to write down the next part of this article those who already own some kind of equipment. Head to my Youtube channel for these videos for better understanding!
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If you are reading this, then I'm sure you've already opened a website or working on it and trying to put your website somewhere there in Google, so that general people can find you and you can rank gradually among the competitors. I'm just like the same person among you to today, will write about how to index your website on search engines using Google Search Console. I've found a lot of articles and videos in the internet already, but couldn't find a single one on Blogger Website. Hence, I'm writing this article to help you with this particularly 😎
Start with checking if it's present in Google: Before actually doing all the hard work, it's important to check if Google already knows about your site and posts (it happens automatically sometimes). Just go to google, write 'Site: Your post URL' and google will show the answer depending on the presence of it.
Congratulations if it's there already, but if not, don't worry, you can follow the below 3 steps:
1. Search for Google Search Console: What is Google Search Console (formerly Webmasters)? It's simply a set of tools and reports that will help you index your site, measure your site's traffic and performance, fix issues and make your site do better gradually. If you don't know about Google Search Console login, simply google, Google Search console and an interface will be there, simply click on 'Start Now' which will take you to a page where you'll be able to put your domain name (website URL). If you don't own a personal website and using a platform like Blogger, put it in "URL Prefix' field and your site will automatically be verified like as shown below.
2. Navigate to URL inspection tool to put your post URL: Now that your website is verified in Google Search Console, copy and paste your post URL in the top center space or you can find the same in the URL inspection tool and wait for some time.
3. Wait for the check and click the 'Request Indexing' button: After waiting for like 2-3 minutes at most, there will be a dialogue that your site is not indexed but don't worry, simply click on the 'Request Indexing' button and there will be dialogues like below, that it is being checked for crawling and indexing. It took almost like an hour for me to see the URL finally getting accepted like below! 😍
This process is the fastest and easiest way to index your content like my website through Google Search Console. You're effectively requesting Google to check something that you've just added. From now on, you definitely know the simplest answer if someone asks you ' how to index your website on search engines'. However, requesting indexing might not be the only solution every time due to some underlying problems which will prevent Google to follow the instruction. I'm still looking for all the possibilities and odds and solutions to those problems. Keep your eyes on the blog for the advanced solutions ahead.
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Learning any new thing can be tiresome, time-consuming, stressful and filled with excuses but learning languages is not! I've already shared about a multiple number of useful things that I learnt virtually and will be helpful in the future. But today, I'll share my story about learning language online which will be helpful throughout the life and how I mastered the art of regular practices (still learning though!).
It was again, in the year of 2020, when the whole world was taking nap due to the Covid-19 pandemic lock-down and when I, along with 2 of my friends started to realize that we should take the opportunity to utilize this time productively and wisely. Maintaining the safety measures, we used to sit on our rooftops and finally one day, decided to learn French as we were already good at English and our native language Bengali. This is how our first draft looked like 🤣
So, after 2 days of starting the habit, we decided to look for learning languages app and other platforms for learning language online and found a few like Duolingo, Loecsen where you can learn number of languages simultaneously. Randomly, I chose the first one as the interface looked more interesting to me and I got recommendations from one of my friends, however, you can choose any of them as most of them are similar.
Irony is that, after downloading the app, I continued doing it on a regular basis (I have never missed a single day since the last 450 days!) but my friends joined the sea of excuses with other people leaving me alone 😢. As I said initially, learning anything can seem difficult initially but anything can be conquered through regular practices even if it is for just 5 minutes! From the app interface, you can see that it shows the language you want to learn, the gems you'll collect and can use for greater levels ahead, the learning streak etc. They will also mail you statistics of your progress so that you can keep track and count and be motivated.
There are simple practices for Reading, speaking and listening in various forms and tasks like completing sentences, Fill in the blanks, matching pairs, translation etc. Another good part is that you'll never get bored here as there are options to add your friends or random people, see their progress, motivate & compete against them etc. There are even learning language quotes which will come up periodically to boost and lift you up (Ex: Learning 10 minutes in Duolingo will take you to places, what will 10 minutes in social media do?)
So, all these were small glimpses of how my journey of learning languages or more particularly learning language online started and it's still going smoothly. As I initiated it with French only, now I know a little bit of Spanish too! Out of curiosity, I have tried Romanian and Japanese too but I found there are more convenience and similarities between French and Spanish and I'll keep my mission limited to these for now and keep the other for some other day and time. Till then, I can't wait to see you share your success story or your learning curve and screenshots of your lesson completion from units to units. For now, My lesson is complete!
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If you’ve come across my articles on TEFL, Home Workout, Digital Journeys 1 and 2 , you are welcome for a different treat today which will talk briefly about my journeys of acoustic music works from the scratch and can give you ideas here and in the next few articles on acoustic guitar for beginners, how to play acoustic guitar chords, finding good acoustic music shop, some acoustic guitar songs which are easy to play and finally a technique to tune your acoustic guitar and ukulele without any acoustic guitar tuner.
Background: Let’s start with a small history check of 2008, when I was just a teenager cadet, studying in Mirzapur Cadet College and was looking at my other fellow multi-talented batchmates and seniors doing lots of productive things and learning more. Artcell, Aurthohin, Black, Warfaze were some of the renowned popular Bangladeshi bands of that time that we would listen to, all day long, accompanied by some Indian and Pakistani bands like Jaal and English bands like Backstreet Boys, Greenday etc. Some of my friends had huge fascination for singing and music altogether, but none of us could take it to the next level. At those times, we were given small vacations after every 2 or 3 months so that we could meet our family and cherish few of the things that we couldn’t do for the limitations and restrictions there.
Beginner phase: So, in the same year during vacation, I got a guitar from my sister as a gift at a cheap price. Afterwards, started looking for teachers (as Youtube was not prominent for learning anything by then), started learning the basics through them (I had to learn from several teachers as my vacations were inconsistent with their time) and practiced them after going back to cadet, with my seniors and 2 of my batchmates periodically. A typical starter pack might include doing some hand and finger exercises, knowing how to draw the basic chords and hold them practically, names of the notes, finger picking and plucking tasks, RPGO etc (will explain and talk about all these in the following articles). A lot of my friends got inspiration through us and started learning without having a guitar, as their mentors were right in front of them! Remember there are only 12 notes namely, A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G# (# are called sharp) and 14 chords (A-G, all Major and minors). Right now, in 2023, I have learnt playing some advanced versions and stored them in my own Youtube Channel.
Mistakes to avoid: As a beginner, you might face a lot of difficulties and have rush of blood, enough to take bad decisions. Please remember, learning anything like playing guitar needs focus, practice, patience and a little bit of time. Don’t try to cover a song immediately after the day you bought a guitar. Whether you’re a righty or lefty, take some time to adjust your hands and fingers to hold it and get used to doing things it has never done before. There are plenty of online videos on hand exercises. Buying a cheap or normal guitar with good sound is also very important, as you don’t want to lose your money while experimenting on the fancy guitars and damage it. Slowly, master the chords one by one, enrich your knowledge on what major and minor chords are why they are called so. I’m hopeful that within a month or two, you’ll be able to perform on stages with these knowledges. I have kept my Youtube channel just as a part of my hobby, but in future I have ambitions to earn through them as well! It’s very important to earn views at first with contents with quality just like the one I got with one of the popular songs, Bondu! (21K views already 😱).
Last words: If you like to sing as a hobby like me and don’t want to pursue your career as a guitarist, still learn it! It’s one of the easiest instruments to learn and impress your friends or (girlfriends/boyfriends!). You can perform on stages and get the extra attention, wherever you’re shining. If you’re residing in Dhaka, Bangladesh, you can find good acoustic music shops in Science Lab, Bashundhara City etc or you can even order online through some facebook pages. There are several easy-going acoustic guitar songs that you can find in Youtube channels like. Finally, if you don’t know how to tune a guitar, you can buy an acoustic guitar tuner from one of the aforementioned shops or you can simply use one of your natural organs, ‘ear’ as the tuner if you have a pair of good listening ones. I have a video that I made for tuning ukulele but you can use the same technique for your guitar, if you’re out of network and don’t have the access to tune guitar from elsewhere online. That’s all for today.
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Hi! Today I'm going to write about I totally different topic which isn't related to any boring, academic subject, rather it's a very important aspect of life, i.e Fitness. The definition of fitness can be of different types depending on the location, gender, equipment etc. But the special one I am writing about today specially after the coronavirus pandemic, is Home workout, which is gaining popularity for its comfort, flexibility and easy concept. Though it's comparatively easier, even the simpler ones need some kind of efforts and time. I don't want to talk about the fake promises that most of the advertisements would say you. So if you are up for or living a fit life and see yourself flourish in the next few years with your body and mind, brace yourself, now is the time!
Let's talk about some reality now. I didn't gain my fitness overnight. Rather I started having interest in working out (find a video of me here) in the year of 2017, when I started visiting various places frequently (mostly beaches to get jealous of the beach-fit bodies). Apart from that I've always been a sports enthusiast having fair share of participation and caliber in games like football or soccer, cricket, running athletics etc as I was a Cadet. So to be honest, I was always in a good shape physically but not with muscles. In the year of 2015 when I got hurt in knee while playing football, my ligament got torn after which I had to pause my love for soccer for almost a year. Right after the operation, it was my rehabilitation phase, where I had to do do some basic leg workouts to make myself capable of playing again. In the process, that's when my I workout journey began. I've worked out in one of the local gyms for straight 3 years, took a lot of pictures afterwards in my trip in Goa, India followed by the best trip of my life so for in Koh Phangan, Thailand to celebrate the new year 2020 after which the struggle for Corona started and all of our lives stopped for a while including working out in gyms.
However, as a fitness enthusiast, nothing could stop me from continuing my workouts and I transformed my room as the mini gym, for doing home workouts. Today, the impact of coronavirus has decreased but my home is still the best, most comfortable and most efficient place for me for working out. I still remember that I had to adjust my time for preparing myself, dressing up, going to the gym, performing workouts, having random gossips, then freshening up, start for home and finally reaching my bed for rest which would take and waste a lot of unnecessary times. But now I can do all of my tasks in hand, share the gossips, eat and finally have some more spare time to use productively. Diet is also an important factor, but not the most important one! As, if you workout intensively, without wasting much time, you are already burning and shredding some fats, and if you’re working out less, your mind will tell you automatically to eat less as a matter of fact, unless of course you get addicted to the junk foods. I will write a separate article on it someday.
The best part of home workout is is that you need a very little or close to nothing to start with. I remember starting my initial days using only a towel and I also Googled and found out out many helpful youtube videos which needed no equipment at all. Later on, I added a push up bar and just two dumbbells and these are all I have now for home workout trainingsplan. Is you are starting fresh, you can look up for youtube videos of home workout for beginners no matter if you're male or female. Some of the my home workout videos and others, using towel can be found in my Youtube Channel.
I have distributed my home workout plan in 4 days per week. As Friday and Saturday are weekends here in my country, I take those days off and choose any of the week days to take rest (mostly Tuesday). My typical home workout plan includes Leg day on Sunday, Shoulder on Monday, Biceps and back workout on Wednesday and Triceps and chest On Thursday. Usually I work out for 40 to 50 minutes at a stretch with periodical breaks in between sets and reps. Each of the set includes three reps, for example if I want to work out on my chest, I will do do 10 pushups, have 30-50 seconds rest, continue more 10, rest, continue last 10, rest for a minute, start the next workout, repeat and so on. Head towards my channel to find the glimpse of my home workout video .
So, it was a brief summary of how I started working out in my mind first, took myself to a gym, built passion for it and still continued in the pandemic through home workout. I will discuss more in details about each of them one by one in my next few articles so that you can have a proper mindset to start and carry on like this too. Till then, best of luck & muscle up! 💪
