My fitness is one area I’ve never had questioned in my career.
For me, fitness is a lifetime commitment; I don’t remember ever being out of shape.
Fitness is not about being better than someone else, but it is about being better than what you used to be!
I am a fitness freak, and I do not celebrate any festivity in a grand way during the months of December and January because I am busy preparing for my marathon.
Being a fitness enthusiast, I try to stay away from overindulgence. I make sure my family eats healthy, too.
I feel I should get better at my fitness regimen, but I think it’s about doing it more regularly rather than expecting miracles. There are no shortcuts.
For working mothers, creating a work-life balance is critical, as we must ensure we do not neglect any significant part of our lives – our children, our family’s health, our own health and fitness, our marriage, and, of course, our careers.
I do a bit of boxing in the off-season to stay fit – it’s a different kind of fitness.
When I was younger, my food and fitness were less controlled – I just loved football.
I knew that, to be the best right-back in the world, I had to improve my fitness so I could run up and down constantly for 90 minutes.
Of course, on the road with me, I’ve got my coach, my own private physiotherapist. Back home, I have another coach who coaches me and also does all my racquets. I have a fitness trainer. I have a mental coach. It’s a pretty big team.
I was really into fitness.
Like most, I’ve had an on again, off again relationship with fitness, sometimes beginning every day at the gym only to forget about my membership for months at a time.
I’m not a fitness buff.
I focus on how to improve my fitness level.
Fitness gives you confidence, and if you’re fit, you don’t have to wonder whether you’ll last the 90 minutes.
When you play, of course you want to win, but the most important thing about pre-season is improving your fitness.
Although I train hard with England and Rajasthan Royals, when I am at home in London I always like to join some group fitness classes and experiment with new workout ideas.
I know that fitness helps me to be better at everything I do and to live my life in the best possible way, so it has become a genuine passion, even outside of cricket.
I work out only with my trainer. And I make sure to do a lot of power training. For me, fitness is more about being on the ground rather than being in a gym.
When I began, I was more of a swing bowler with little pace, but I realized it will be difficult to sustain without the pace, so my fitness has now allowed me maybe an extra yard of pace. That has been the secret of my success.
Whether you’re a batsman, bowler, or an all-rounder, fitness is tough if you follow your regimen religiously.
I’ve been working really hard on my fitness.
I think fitness and performance levels are the right indicators to determine if it’s the time to leave the scene.
I remember, before the 2003 World Cup, I worked extremely hard on my fitness. A great deal of training and dietary discipline. I believe I lost 19 kg. And 19 is the number of runs I scored in the entire tournament.
