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Rajusk Legend Username: Rajusk Post Number: 59164 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 170.74.231.22 Rating: |
He hasn’t had dinner since the past decade, saying his body doesn’t need it | ||
Rajusk Legend Username: Rajusk Post Number: 59163 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 170.74.231.22 Rating: N/A |
full story ikkada undi.. Major Shankar comes from a small town in Karnataka called Sankeshwar, where he grew up learning to swim in wells. He was an athlete in school and college, and got selected in the Airforce, the Army and the petroleum company once he graduated. “But the joining date of the petroleum company was early and my father said I should take it up, and I did.” However, Shankar never let go of his dream to wear the uniform, which he finally achieved when he was 40. And it wasn’t easy. “There are 10 levels in the selection process of the Army. I passed nine of them but in the very last one, I got rejected because I was overweight by 10 kg. They gave me one month’s time to reduce that weight and then try again. That’s when the war with my own body began. In 30 days, with a rigorous work out regime and a strict diet and abundant help from my wife, I managed to shed 10 kg. I reappeared for the medical test, and earned my uniform,” says Shankar, who is one of the 28 officers in the country to be part of the Territorial Army that takes care of fuel emergencies | ||
Rajusk Legend Username: Rajusk Post Number: 59162 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 68.199.132.194 Rating: N/A |
To swim 2.9 km, cycle 135 km and run 31 km within 12 hours is no small feat. At 50, Shankar Karajagi will be the only person in all of Hyderabad to attempt the 3/4 Iron Triathlon come Sunday. This is the toughest category on offer at the 2017 Hyderabad Triathlon. Talking about his passion for keeping fit, he asks, “If you leave your home without brushing, you’ll feel a little strange, no? Same goes with me and exercise! The day I don’t work out, my energy levels are low and the whole day is a drab. I wake up at 4 am, study till 5.45 am, then go for a run of about 10 to 12 km. I cycle 50 to 60 km on Saturdays but I don’t swim much as I don’t feel like it exerts me enough. Since the past three weeks, I have been doing a  |
