Nomination Form

[Notice and welcome message can be found here (Link1). Hints on how to motivate oneself for physical exercise is posted here (Link2). The field assembly pattern, structure of unit and group are shown with schematic diagram here (Link3).]

All registered students of this program are welcome to self-nominate for Group Leader (GL) or Deputy Group Leader (DGL) positions by filling-up this form. Each group will be of size 30 or 33. Each Unit will have 3 Groups A, B and C. There are 9 Groups and total 840 students.

There will be regular field activity, intra-unit (among groups) and inter-unit competitions and in addition, promotional activities on healthy lifestyle. GL and DGLs are to play lead role in organizing and motivating group members. They will also help in attendance-taking, field demonstration. A desire to serve and leading by example is what we are looking for among the qualities of GL and DGL. DGL should be prepared to take the role of GL if situation demands that.

Please click the "Nomination Form for GL, DGL" link below which will lead you to the form. Note that, only registered students to this program "Health and Fitness (NSO), IIT Kharagpur" i.e. 607 'Health and Fitness' and 233 'Yoga' registered students of ERP, are eligible to fill-up this form. 'Yoga' activity is merged with 'Health and Fitness' from February, 2013.

Nomination Form for GL, DGL

Field Assembly

[Notice and welcome message can be found here (Link1). Hints on how to motivate oneself for physical exercise is posted here (Link2).]

In this post, schematic of tentative field assembly of 840 students is presented. Please click on the image itself to have a larger and sharper view of it.

Motivation

[Notice and welcome message can be found in previous post (Link).]

The literature available abundantly in public domain / online, unambiguously talks about well-being associated with physical exercise. The following lists a few of them. Let us motivate ourselves and get started, if not done that yet.

Benefit of exercise:

•        Improved cardio-respiratory function

•        More efficient metabolism

•        Improved body composition

•        Improved immune function and wellness over life span

•        Increased energy and stamina, endurance, strength

•        Improved sleep

•        Vigor for tasks of daily living

•        Decreased risk of injury

•        Improved self image

Long term effects:

•        Increased cognitive functioning – alertness, learning, memory and ability to manage stress

•        Risk of heart disease and heart attack significantly reduced

•        Decreased body fat

•        Reduced risk of colon cancer and other forms of cancer

•        Insulin sensitivity remains constant or improves, helping to prevent Type-2 diabetes

•        Reduced risk of low-back pain, injuries, osteoporosis

•        Lower resting blood pressure, reduced platelet stickiness which is a factor of coronary heart disease

•        Higher level of good cholesterol (HDL) and lower level of bad cholesterol (LDL)

We should be careful about mental road-blocks which may try to deceive us in our journey towards health and fitness. Few of these, as given in the literature, are given below. We shall overcome them by motivating each other.

•        “I don’t have time.”

•        “I’m too tired.”

•        “I don’t like to sweat.”

•        “I don’t know what to do specifically.”

•        “I don’t want to.”

•        “I’m afraid I’ll hurt myself.”

•        “It’s boring.”

•        “I can’t stay motivated.”

•        “It is not important.”

•        “I cannot wake up early in the morning.”

Welcome!

[NOTICE: All 'Health & Fitness' and Yoga' enrolled students of IIT Kharagpur are to report at Tata Steel Sports ground of IIT Kharagpur on Februray 02, 2013, Saturday at 5:30 A.M.]

 

Welcome to Health and Fitness (NSO) web space of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur! Health and Fitness (NSO) is an official Extra Academic Activity of IIT Kharagpur. The aim here is to inculcate and promote healthy lifestyle through structured program. It includes weekly training work-outs and awareness drive through workshop, rally and publications in different media.

We are happy to launch this blog on auspicious birthday of Subhash Chandra Bose who stands tall before the youth of this country and is idolized by patriot India.

To quote President of India from his 20th January, 2013 speech, "This great son of India's life was a story of sacrifice and service. The motto of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was 'seva' and 'tyag' (service and sacrifice). In many centuries, we may not have someone like him."

In this very district where IIT Kharagpur is situated, on Dec. 21, 1929, addressing a huge youth rally Subhas Chandra said, "I want a society and a state which will not only remove all the needs of the Indian people but serve as a model to the world at large. The new society will have to be built on the basis of equality. The caste system will have to be blown away. The woman will have to be freed from all shackles and endowed with rights and responsibilities equal to man. The inequalities of wealth will have to be swept away, and everyone irrespective of creed, caste or colour will have to be given equal opportunities for education and self-realisation."

We remember him today and rededicate ourselves to build a stronger nation by building a stronger youth force; youth who not only feel the issues nation faces and plans solutions but also are physically strong enough to execute the action-plan on ground and take the solution to masses.

Acknowledgement: Our sincere thanks to Commanding Officer of N.C.C. Air Wing, Wing Commander Trilok Bandhu Gupta and his team for their unqualified support to this program which they treat as a part of their commitment to serve the nation.