Betting :(

How it ruined my interest in Cricket ...

Till a few weeks ago, I was totally into IPL cricket. For the past five seasons, I did not like this division of Mumbai,Delhi,Hyderabad into different teams. But this season apparently something different happened. I love to fantast football in English Premier League. A small bunch from college plays this for the whole year with fantastic intensity. For the first time, IPL official site was offering this and I was hooked onto it for the fun and thrill of selecting a squad and analyzing the teams. For the whole IPL season, I played the league with total commitment. And on one friday, news comes in about betting and fixing in IPL. Now, I am an avid fan but a practical one too. There was always a chance of betting in such a high profile event. But, this news took the wind out of my sails. Then, I stopped playing IPL fantasy and inadvertently stopped with cricket.

MY FAVORITE IPL PLAYER : CHRIS GAYLE

MY FAVORITE CRICKETER : SACHIN TENDULKAR

How is this run ..

Today, the betting circuit is run by a superbookie like CSK owners and RR owners. They provide team information to the betting mafia that sits in london. This way they pass onto info to TOP punters in India. The top punters gather that info and predict the outcome. That way they manipulate the odds and play the game.

God, this game has stooped to new levels. Thank you IPL. :(

DTP : MY PLAN

Will try to make it simple. Following my routine. Started on 23rd Jan 2013 with a cardio session
Started with around 87.5kgs. Now down to 85.0 kgs in last week.
Simple RULE : Cardiovascular + Hard Core lifting.
Hope to follow the schedule.

Courtesy : http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/kris-gethin-dtp-training.html

Day 1: Legs, Upper Abs

Day 2: Cardio

Day 3: Chest, Back

Day 4: Cardio

Day 5: Arms, Lower Abs

Day 6: Cardio

Day 7: Shoulders, Upper Traps

DTP Overview

GYM : From January 23rd : DTP Program : Dramatic Transformation Principle by Kris Gethin : 12 weeks

DTP Principles 

The principles of DTP are simple. You can do this trainer in your home gym. There's no need for fancy equipment or specialized machines. If you follow the principles as they're laid out, there's no reason you won't see amazing results.

DTP is a pyramid trainer. You lift four days per week with cardio days between each weight session. You'll only be doing one or two exercises for each muscle group or body part, but you might hit 500 reps across multiple sets.

• Day 1: Legs, Upper Abs
• Day 2: Cardio
• Day 3: Chest, Back
• Day 4: Cardio
• Day 5: Arms, Lower Abs
• Day 6: Cardio
• Day 7: Shoulders, Upper Traps

Pyramid Scheme ///

DTP sets are typically 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 reps. You increase weight as you go up the pyramid, so you're always lifting as heavy as possible in a given rep range. When you've completed the first 5 sets, you'll go back down the pyramid -- 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 reps -- decreasing weight as you go. All told, you'll do ten sets.

50 reps for the first set might seem like a lot, but stick to it. It'll serve to act as your warm-up set, and it will take you to absolute failure. This high amount of reps promotes the flow of synovial fluid to your joints, opens up neuromuscular pathways, gets more blood to your muscles, and activates nerve endings to get those motor-neurons firing for proper muscle-fiber contraction.

You may hit failure before 50. If that's the case, take a rest, do a couple reps, take another rest, and continue. Make sure you get to 50 reps! After you've hit 50, rest for 45 seconds, up the weight, and go for 40.

As the weight goes up, take longer rest periods between sets. The rest intervals for the first 5 sets look like this: 45, 60, 75, 90, 105 seconds. When you go back down, you'll rest for 120, 105, 90, 75, 60 seconds. Most importantly, rest as long as you need to recover your strength, and not a moment longer.

Book Fest

January 2013 : My Own Book Fest

I read a few books this January, to be exact : 3. The first book I started was The Immortals of Meluha, which I finished in rougly 4 days. A book of more than 400 pages, needless to say I completed more than half of it sittting in office. The second book is the secondpart of the SHIVA TRIOLOGY : The Secret of the Nagas, which was much more engrossing than the first book. By the time, I completed this 400 page book I was hooked on reading. So I took up 'Shit Happens' a 170 page fun ride of an Indian boy who heads to America to become a new guy. He enjoys the American way of life and learns his lessons the hard way.

All in all , a fun two weeks. Hope to continue reading..