Weight Loss

Calorie Cycling - A Flexible Alternative To Daily Calorie Counting

Counting calories every day may seem like a good idea to manage your weight - but can be hard to follow through daily. Calorie cycling presents an easier alternative that accounts for both our schedules and our cravings! Our in-house Health Coach, Chandni Haldurai, explains.
Fitness

Understanding Post Workout Muscle Soreness (DOMS)

Remember that intense leg day which made sitting and climbing stairs difficult? Or the day after an upper body workout when you struggled to put on your t-shirt? That feeling of ā€˜pain’ or ā€˜discomfort’ which makes moving slightly difficult is what DOMS is.
Engineering

Solving Test Environment Conflicts Using Virtual Clusters

Testing microservices is hard. The inherently distributed nature introduces dependencies on downstream services...
Fitness

Boxing at cult.fit: All you need to know

A common misunderstanding about Fitness Boxing is that it’s an aggressive workout which involves fighting, and is only for people who want to learn boxing. Boxing coach Mujtaba Kamal is here to bust some myths and help us understand the difference between actual boxing and fitness boxing.
Weight Loss

Scaling Up: A Guide to Healthy Weight Gain

Believe it or not, gaining weight can be as big of an issue for some people as weight loss. Our fitness expert Shoaib discusses what it means to be underweight, and shares tips on how to gain weight in a healthy way.
Healthy Mind

People Pleasing - The What And The Why

All of us want to have great relationships and be liked - and that’s a big part of why we indulge in people pleasing behavior. But how do we recognize the real impact it’s having on us? Read on to find out.
Behind the Scenes

We are cult.fit

Winston Churchill once said, ā€œTo improve is to change. To be perfect is to change often.ā€For us, this change came in the form of a simple name swap. Over the last 5+ years, we've redefined fitness & made it fun for everyone and will now be operating under a new name, ā€˜cult.fit’.
Fitness

Debunking 5 popular fitness myths

What you don’t know about fitness can hurt you—and, most importantly, interfere with your fitness goals. For safer workouts with excellent results, our Fitness Expert, Rahul Basak, shows us the truth behind five common fitness and exercise myths. Let’s get started!
Healthy Mind

Hope in the time of COVID-19

Is hope possible in the midst of a collective disaster? And if it is, is it insensitive? It can seem like a foolish luxury in these uncertain times -- but the truth is, it’s hope that will give us the strength to persevere. Read on for more.
Healthy Eating

Veganism: Separating myth from reality

Veganism is so much more than just a buzzword. It’s a choice that transforms lifestyles. Here, we bust ten myths about veganism and leave you with just the facts!
Healthy Mind

Find your calm in the storm with mindfulness

These are scary times, and there’s bound to be feelings of anxiety and uncertainty. That’s why it’s important to slow down, relax and focus on the present moment with mindfulness. Read on for how to get started!
Engineering

API Test Automation — Our Journey At cure.fit

In the wake of the sheer volume of deployments and automated tests becoming mandatory, we had to up our API Test Automation game. Salil Gupta, Test Architect @ cure.fit gives us a detailed run down of how we went about it and what we learnt along the way.
Healthy Eating

Good carbs, bad carbs - How to make the right choices?

To eat carbs or not to eat carbs, that is the question! Carbs are often rumoured to foil all your weight loss plans but before wondering about whether we should remove them from our diets altogether, we must understand the simple science behind them.
Healthy Mind

Burnout: Spotting the signs and seeking help

The pandemic and the resultant work-from-home situation has led to blurred personal and professional boundaries. As a result, burnout -- emotional and physical exhaustion due prolonged stress -- has become more common. Shama Shah, Cluster Format Head - Therapy @ cult.fit sheds light on its signs and gives tips to deal with the same.
Healthy Eating

What Is Your Gut Telling You?

Lately, everyone seems to be talking about gut health — perhaps while talking about something called the ā€˜microbiome’ or when sipping on a glass of kombucha. However, if you can’t tell your prebiotics from probiotics, don’t fret.
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