Fast ‘n’ Furious

How fast is fast?
The question has been hanging heavy for some time and reached a flashpoint today when Arora-sah’b pulled up Razia Khan for rushing through the exercises. “When you see somebody stepping out of the circle after an exercise, why must you be in a hurry to start the next one?” he demanded. “Can’t you wait? In any case, people require at least 10 seconds' rest after every exercise to gather their breath.”
Razia deflected the blame to Nahid Khan (as usual) who supposedly keeps egging everybody to speed up (“Jaldi karo, jaldi karo…”) while conducting the exercises. “Now, who should I listen to?” she murmured to herself. “Some say I am going too slow, some say I am going too fast.”
She has a point. Members like Yusuf-bhai, Tara Chand-ji and Khatoon Baig have often complained about the exercises being conducted at break-neck speed, particularly when there’s Razia or Nahid Khan in the middle. Consequently, the morning session which should ideally last for 45 to 50 minutes, gets over by 7:35 a.m.
On the other hand, there’s Sunita Jajodia for whom, no amount of hurrying is good enough, as she has to leave early. Sitaram-ji (left) has also been heard voicing his impatience, whenever things tend to get prolonged. Part of the reason is that members often get carried away with small talk and cracking jokes – usually when Yusuf-bhai or Arora-sah’b orchestrates the proceedings.
So what should be the optimal pace of conducting the exercises? With so many members, each having a different threshold (and reason to exercise), there can never be a consensus on this count. For fitness trainers though, the established norm is that you need to break into ‘healthy sweat’ for any exercise to have an effect. At the same time, overdoing it or rushing through would only create complications for your heart, pulse rate, BP, etc. So where do you strike a balance? Think about it.
Meanwhile, on a lighter note, here’s news of Renu Babani (right) out to settle scores with her hubby – none other than our Blog Guru (see panel alongside). While filling in for Santosh-ji’s post-exercise ‘joke narration’, Kishor-bhai committed the indiscretion of comparing a wife to her sister (saali) – describing the latter as fruit cake and tooty-fruity (among other delectable must-haves in life) as against the wife being earthquake, kismet- phooty, etc. Renu has taken this to heart and announced there’d be no food for Kishor-bhai today at home. Last, he was seen wandering around the Garden, accosting strangers to host him for lunch or dinner!
Hope Renu-ji reconsiders her decision – on compassionate grounds.

Renu Babani deposes:
OK, so let the guessing game begin. What do you guys think actually happened the entire day? Interesting isn't it, and bet everyone is curious to know the end. Well, I guess everyone has to wait till tomorrow morning to see hubby dearest, whether he has shrunk a size or two or is his same old self. Meanwhile, I shall sleep in peace while everyone else awaits the morning hour to meet Kishor and myself.
--Renu

Harish Wadhwa says:
Well, I would have loved to side with Kishor-bhai regarding the saali mahima, but am unfortunate not to have one. I have no experience to know therefore the taste of fruit cake and tooty-fruity. However, I do tend to believe that there must be some truth in his Guru Gyan as the grass is green to the other side of the fence.
--Harish

Bhaswati Bose adds:
Kishor-bhai, now even if you change your mind and want to join Renu to her maikey, you cannot. The doors are closed for you!
--Bhaswati