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Ria Verma: Why You Should Never Stop Challenging Yourself

Are you a person who is your best self when pushed to the limits? Do you like, enjoy, and grow through challenges? If yes, you will have that in common with Ria Verma, weekly winner of SocialBoat’s Super Women game.

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Borkha Kalita: From Being a Yoga Instructor to a Yoga Teacher

To most, an instructor and a teacher might be the same thing. But, for teacher-yogini Borkha these two terms mean two distinct identities. Perhaps this stems from her personal journey from being a skilled yoga instructor to a wholesome guru/teacher of body, mind, and soul.

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Lakshay Solanki: An 18-Year-Old Boxer with an Olympic Dream

In 2017, Lakshay Solanki, aged 13, played his first wrestling match. After failing to wake up after three counts till 8, his match was RSCed, meaning it was stopped by the referee. Lakshay couldn’t play any more matches that season.

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Shalini Soni: Finding Opportunity in Adversity

Have you ever looked back upon the opportunities that you have missed and thought about what they could have led to? Reflecting on her life journey, Shalini Soni credits the progress of her fitness to the opportunities that she took up.

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Ashly Alemao: A Conversation on All Things Cycling

Are you thinking about beginning cycling after hearing about its numerous benefits? Here are some things that you might want to know from the expert himself.

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Rajesh Arya: Achieving All the Fitness Goals

Do you want the strength of Thor and speed of Usain Bolt? Almost every fitness enthusiast runs into this dilemma. Well, Rajesh Arya has a solution for you.

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5 Fun Booster Tasks from SocialBoat That You Must Try with Your Friends

Are you bored of following the same workout routine every day? Do you want to make it more interesting and spice it up a bit? We will share some SocialBoat secret ingredients with you.

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Garvit Kawatra: Shedding 45 kgs in 4 Months

Are you looking to shed some kgs? Do you have your doubts and questions about extreme fitness transformation journeys? Garvit shed 45kgs in just 4 months, and his experience might have the answers that you are looking for.

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How the SocialBoat Community Members are Collectively Pushing Each Other

Have you struggled with being addicted to video games? Do you remember what was it that kept you hooked? Most of you will agree that it is the desire to do just a little better this time.

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Healthy Holidaying with Deepika Rao

When you imagine a holiday, is it always about food and enjoyment? Does it make you worry that you will be cheating with your diet and workout routine? You might want to know about the very possible concept of a "healthy holiday."

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Can Exercise Reverse Diabetes?

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases all across the world. Its commonplaceness is evident by the fact that each of us knows at least 2 people around us that have been diagnosed with or have inherited the disease.

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Minakshi Shukla: Fitness and Its Changing Meanings for a National-Level Athlete

Meenakshi Shukla, a national-level professional powerlifting athlete. Her list of achievements is long - Ms. Fitness India 2019, Gold medal in kettlebell competition IKFF (International Kettlebell and Fitness Federation), ‘Mahila Prashikshan Sansthan’ as ‘Face of the Year 2019,’ and many more.

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Rahul Ganguly: Sneak Peek into a Fighter’s Life Journey

Have you had to put your dreams and passion on pause because there were other things that required your attention? If that is the case, you must know and believe that there is always a possibility to unpause and carry your passion forward.

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Ghanshyam Ukey: Reflective Past, Incredible Present, and Visionary Future

Age is, truly, just a number when it comes to the incredible stamina of Mr. Ghanshyam Ukey, who is almost 46-years-old. In his comparatively short but rapidly growing journey of fitness, he has participated in more than 200 marathons and triathlons, many of which he has won.

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Fitness and the Pandemic: 4 Ways in Which Fitness Has Changed

Numerous times it has been said that fitness is a part of one’s lifestyle. With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the world, the lifestyle was subject to a huge change, also changing the meaning of fitness with it.

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Coach Sandy: On Returning To Boxing

It has been rightly said that it is never too late to follow your passion and work towards living your dream. Coach Sandeep is an example of such dedication. Juggling between his passion for music, boxing, and his corporate job, he has been making progress in all three

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Hear It from the Winner Among Team Leaders: Ravi Yadav

Ravi Yadav was pronounced the winner among the team leaders of SocialBoat’s February ‘Fat Burner’ challenge, with a team of 37 members, 2,04,258 calories, and 255 streaks.

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Gagandeep Khatojia: Returning to Fitness with a Win

Trying to get back to your older fitter self after a long break of inactivity? Gagandeep just succeeded in overcoming his workout slump and ended up second on the leaderboard of the 'Work From Home' challenge.

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Eshan Jain: Shedding 25 kgs in a Year

This story is not one of overnight success, it wasn’t with the help of a magic pill. The results were not from a fad diet or a product from an infomercial. Eshan Jain’s journey has been more like a roller coaster ride of trials, many errors

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Ronaldo, Goku, Dreams, and Dedication: Bhavneet’s Journey with Football and Fitness

About a decade ago, Bhavneet would sneak into the wifi network of his neighbours and watch videos of Ronaldo scoring impossible goals and dream of becoming like him one day.

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Urmi Kothari: Why Consistency Might NOT Be Key

Even after working out exactly as planned, do you sometimes feel unfulfilled and dissatisfied with your effort? If that is the case, you might feel that there is something that you are not doing right.

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Life Comes Full Circle: Ashish Reflects on his Journey as a Fitness Trainer

We have seen fitness find a place in our lives only after we are past a certain age. During our childhood days, fitness isn’t even one of the thoughts, let alone a primary concern. For our coach Ashish, however, things have been different.

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From Pune to Europe: Gineel Journey with Fitness Training

A few years ago, when Gineel was touring in Germany, a girl came up to him in East Berlin and asked him to click her picture. Just when he was ready with the camera, she broke into a leg split, and Gineel, as he says, “was completely zapped.”

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Sumit Takhar: Enjoying Profession and Passion

Do you worry that your passion and profession might not coincide with each other in your career path? Sumit has interesting insights to offer on making the most of both.

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Aju Baji: Life Lessons from Calisthenics

Have trouble succeeding in the fitness goals that you've set for yourself? Maybe, it is time you question if you are setting the goals correctly or not. Aju, a fitness coach on SocialBoat has an interesting take on why setting the right goals is important. Plus, he also tells us