by S. Kenneth Shishir
Sports play an important role in everyone’s life especially to keep fit. But as days go by, one finds it difficult to find time to exercise due to their hectic schedules and nature of work.
But here is Shireen Reginald, an Associate Marketing Manager at Rangsons Marketing Services Pvt. Ltd. Mysore, who is a Power-Lifter champion and also a Body-Lifting champion. According to Shireen, “if one can find a place of worship anywhere, one can also find a place to exercise.”
Shireen, speaking to SOM, said that he came to know about Body-Lifting championship through newspapers and invitations from Indian Body Lifting Federation (IBLF) in Punjab which had sent invitations to gyms. After seeing the invitation, he said that he felt the urge in himself to participate in the event and began training himself for the same.
Speaking about Body-Lifting, Shireen said the sport is all about lifting one’s body weight by holding a bar overhead without shaking the legs and body. The most number of times one lifts the body without shaking is considered valid and the person who does the most lift is declared the winner.
Giving credit to his coach Y. Nagesh Rao (YNR) of Appollo Gym, who is a retired Physical Education Teacher of Marimallappa’s High School, Mysore, for his efforts in making what he his now, Shireen said the initial training given by YNR helped him achieve success in many competitions.
Speaking about his work-outs, Shireen said he works out for one-and-a-half-hour everyday and runs a kilometre for warming up before work-out. On Sundays and holidays, he runs one full circle of Kukkarahalli Lake which is about 3.6 kms.
Shireen said, “My job involves a lot of travelling. I have travelled across India and where ever I go, I find a gym and make sure that I never miss my daily work-outs” and added “where ever you go, you will find a place of worship and a place to exercise too,” with a grin.
Elaborating further, Shireen said, “I handle North India and Nepal as Associate Marketing Manager in N. Ranga Rao & Sons that requires a lot of travelling indeed. But in spite of it, I do not miss my exercise even a single day. If my flight is at 6 am, I get up at 2.30 am and exercise for an hour. That is the amount of dedication one should have towards their fitness regime.”
Shireen has participated in the National-Level Body-Lifting Championship organised by All J&K Body Lifting Association affiliated to Indian Body-Lifting Federation and International Body-Lifting Federation held in Amarnath Yatri Nivas Bhavan, Jammu recently.
He has won Gold medal in District-Level Bench Press Competition (Power-Lifting) held at Mysore, Gold in Karnataka State-Level Body-Lifting Championship held in Chamundi Vihar Stadium, Mysore, Bronze in Karnataka State-Level Arm Wrestling Competition held at Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore, Silver in District-Level Arm Wrestling Competition held at Sarada Vilas Centenary Hall, Mysore and secured fourth place in National-Level Body-Lifting Championship held at Jammu and Kashmir.
Shireen did his schooling at St. Thomas School, Vidyaranyapuram, PU from Sarada Vilas College, Krishnamurthypuram and pursued BE in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore. After completing his MBA (Marketing) from Centre for Management Studies, SJCE, Mysore, he took up the job at N.Ranga Rao & Sons in city.
Speaking about his food diet, Shireen said that his mother and wife are the ones who prepare all kind of strength rendering foods for him, that help him in performing better.
A resident of J.P. Nagar in city, Shireen stays with his father G. Reginald, a Retired Professor who served as the Principal of Junior First Grade College in Periyapatna, mother Uma Reginald, a home-maker and wife Mangala Shireen, a Law Graduate and a home-maker.
Shireen says that he is indebted to his family and his organisation for their support and added that his organisation which supports sports persons takes care of his travel and other expenditure to participate in the competitions across the country.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / by Kenneth Shishir / March 16th, 2014