Essays & series

I didn't 'hit' rock bottom at 103 kg. I built it—one skipped workout, one 'tomorrow,' one late-night snack at a time.

The 5 rules that bent my trendline. The 14-day log that proved them. The morning question that changed everything.

Thirty days of boring rules stacked into something you could finally measure. The receipts that proved the system worked.

I didn't out-will cravings; I out-systemed them. The playbook that made weight loss predictable while fueling HYROX and faster runs.

I stopped coming home heavier by treating travel like a system, not a cheat code. One anchor meal, one indulgence, daily movement. That's it.

I loved the barbell. HYROX didn't care. It demanded engine + economy—run between stations, move load under fatigue, then run again. This is how I rebuilt my week from 'lifter' to hybrid athlete without losing strength.

HYROX humbled me in the exact places my training was thin—and proved I can suffer well. We crossed in 1:37:23. Not pretty. Precise. Now we know.

Speed didn't show up when I 'tried harder.' It showed up when I got cheaper—less energy per kilometer. This is how I'm moving from ~7:11/km toward 6:xx/km without blowing up my heart rate.

Mumbai proved I can finish. Bangalore is where I compete—faster laps, cleaner stations, and a body that feels like a well-tuned machine, not a project under construction.