As we gathered after our weekly weekend cricket matches, one of us suggested we go to Leh on bikes. Initially we had thought only 3-4 friends would be interested but as we asked the group, almost all were excited and eagerly said "YES"!
This was approximately 135 days before THE DAY. Reading various blogs and forums we concluded that since most of us were pot bellied, middle aged and some even approaching 'old age' we need to work on our fitness on priority. Leh/Ladakh has less oxygen coupled with biking 6- 8 hours of daily biking added to our anxities.
Enter ENDOMONDO!
Incase you don't know, Endomondo is one of the best fitness tracking apps available for both Android & iOS. It allows you to add friends, setup group challenges, watch and encourage friends fitness activities. It caught up fast among us and most of us were soon jogging 5 kms at a stretch. We even managed to reach 10 km jogging and cycling from Pune to Lonavla (45kms each way) and track our calories burnt on the app.
Nikhil was a leader in calories burnt for 2 straight months, burning 15000 to 25000 calories monthly. Praveen was our cycling expert and our most senior member.
Advice: Nitrojains really recommend Endomondo if you are serious about getting physically fit for the Leh trip.
This was approximately 135 days before THE DAY. Reading various blogs and forums we concluded that since most of us were pot bellied, middle aged and some even approaching 'old age' we need to work on our fitness on priority. Leh/Ladakh has less oxygen coupled with biking 6- 8 hours of daily biking added to our anxities.
Enter ENDOMONDO!
Nikhil was a leader in calories burnt for 2 straight months, burning 15000 to 25000 calories monthly. Praveen was our cycling expert and our most senior member.
Advice: Nitrojains really recommend Endomondo if you are serious about getting physically fit for the Leh trip.