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Look, I love cricket and, by virtue of being the principal's blue-eyed boy at St Joseph's College, was made the team captain. Since I somehow felt marooned in a crease and hated loving the game, in my first 'away' match, I was out first ball and gave the bowler his hat trick. In subsequent matches, I scored 4 (a boundary) 3 and 6, thereby ending my threat to Dhoni and Kohli and their tribe, as the blue from the Princy's eyes faded away.
But I truly came into my own in squash, thanks to my friend and top flight trainer Abbas Khan during the 35 years I have been in Dubai.
There was a high point when Abbas arranged an exhibition match for me against world champion Jahangir Khan. Finally having been reduced to pulp without taking a point, I confronted the champ on the court and said, 'if you don't give me a point I won't print your picture in the papers'. He was gracious enough to put the ball into the tin and I did a lap of honour to great applause.
Today, at the riper age of 70, I still 'need the need' to sweat it out. I have built a kind of badminton court at my house in Safa and most evenings it is open house and great fun to be beaten by my daughters.
If it is too windy, I go swimming with my granddaughters. Just do something. Climb the flipping stairs if nothing else.
Trick is not to give up. Not to do it for a month and then let gravity take over but to keep at it and enjoy the sheer exhilaration of a workout.
This past week, I joined the Galadari-inspired Zumba class as part of the 30-day Dubai Fitness Challenge. Clumsy though I was (the video is hilarious), next morning, I had that happy ache of unused muscles and bones creaking yet so liberated.
Then came this incredible chair yoga session from Fit the Click and there I was in all my senior citizen glory twisted like a pretzel and loving every moment of it. This morning, I felt like a million dollars, no aches, no pain, like that is what it is all about.
Keep walking. Just do it. Don't be a couch potato. Take that first step. Today and for the rest of your life.
Don't get bogged down by all the fads and fancies and techniques and clever-sounding procedures. They are all good in themselves but they sound like a lesson in class.
It is between your body and you and you set the pace.
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