The Working Athlete Podcast

Today's guest, Dr. Kaustubh Radkar is a Doctor in sports and exercise physiology, 25 time full Ironman finisher across 6 continents, Ironman Kona finisher, Ultraman, a Boston qualified marathoner, Ultra marathoner, and an Ironman certified triathlon coach. As a relentless athlete and a coach, he is an inspiration and a guiding force to many athletes across the length and breath of the country. In...

Today's guest, Lokesh Jain is a HR professional and one of the regulars in the Bangalore brevet and racing communities today. He regularly rides 100s of kms at a stretch as part of brevets and races. But, not too long ago, he was struggling to even climb a flight of stairs. In this episode he shares his 20kg weight loss and fitness journey along with his learnings so far as a working athlete. This...

Keerthana Swaminathan is a psychology graduate from Women's Christian College in Chennai who specialized in Sports and Exercise psychology from Loughborough University in the UK. She helps a lot of young athletes from various sports with their mental health and mental strength so that they can perform at their best in their sport. She herself is a runner and a cyclist. In this episode she shares T...

In this episode I want to take time to talk about how we can take care of our mental and physical health during these times.  This episode covers: Loneliness: Importance of reaching out and connecting with the loved ones and friends Burden of expectations: Why it is important to reevaluate goals and expectations and lessen the stress Doing tasks with tangible outcomes to feel good.  Main...

Today's topic is something that is very relevant to the current situation. With the pandemic second wave hitting hard for all of us, most of us are staying indoors either forced by the lockdowns or voluntarily. This episode covers: How Indoor riding can be beneficial Ventilation while riding indoors Sweat while riding indoors Importance of having a structure while riding indoors Indoor training ap...

Today's guest, Akshay Jaitley runs a law firm and a sub3 hour marathon as well. Although he rides a bike and can drop quite a few of us, I think he identifies himself more as a runner than a cyclist. In this episode he shares his journey in endurance running and cycling and what keeps him going despite a busy schedule. This episode covers: What does he love more? Cycling or Running? Initial years...

In this episode, we talk with Vinolee Ramalingam!! Vinolee Ramalingam is an inspiration to many women from all around India. She was an athletic kid who won medals at national level until higher studies put them at the back burner. An M.Tech graduate and an assistant professor, she picked up sport to lose weight after the birth of her son. Little did she know that it will rekindle her childhood pa...

In this episode a topic that came out of a question sent in by one of the fans of the podcast, Dr. Dhanashri Bapat from Pune, on how we can improve our recovery! This episode covers: 1. Ensuring proper recovery and rest is built into the training plan - Building in rest and recovery into a periodized training plan! 2. Keeping easy rides easy - Why recovery rides are important and how to ensure we...

In this episode, we talk with Nihal Ahamad Baig!! Nihal is a top-class Working Athlete. He is not just a marathoner. He is a B.Tech and M.Tech graduate from IIT Mumbai working as a Risk Analyst at MSCI Inc. He recently won New Delhi Marathon(NDM) with a super impressive time of 2:31:33. He was the top amateur runner at the race. This was nearly 16mins better than his previous best time at Marathon...

In this episode, we talk with Naveen John. Naveen John is a multiple time national champion and he recently defended his Individual time trial gold medal at the nationals 2020. For the first time ever he took part in Track nationals where he competed in 4km individual pursuit, arguably one of the toughest of disciplines in track cycling. This is an excellent testament to his constant hunger for le...

In this episode, we talk with Ketaki Agtey Sathe from Mumbai/Bangalore! Ketaki is a long time runner, a mom of two, a communication specialist making the corporate world a better place, and more recently a triathlete who qualified to take part in the Ironman 70.3 World championships based on her performance in her first 70.3 Ironman Triathlon! In this episode she shares her journey in fitness, how...

In this episode, we talk with Abhirami Manoharan from Chennai! Abhirami has an inspirational journey! She was told, "This isn't the age to follow a passion". She was told, "You can't dream when you are a mother". She was told, "You should have started earlier". But she dreamt.. she dreamt in spite of being a single mother of two kids. She dreamt in spite of many odds against her. She worked hard t...

In this episode, we talk with Dr Amit Samarth from Nagpur! Dr. Amit has a favorite saying and that is, "Be Your Own Hero". But, through his actions and accomplishments, he has become a hero and an inspiration for many Indians around the world. He is the founder of ProHealthFoundation. He is the founder and coach at Miles and Milers Endurance Academy helping hundreds of working athletes get fitter...

In this episode, we talk with Vidya Chandran from Bangalore! Vidya started out with running as she was entering her 40s to stay fit. While participating in Thonnur Triathlon soon after, she discovered that she enjoyed cycling more than running and struck to cycling from then on. A mother to two teenage daughters and a working athlete, she started an exclusive cycling club for women called Spo...

In this episode, we talk with Ankita Gaur, a marathon runner living and working in Bangalore! Ankita has always been active in sports as a kid but an accident in college while cycling resulted in her being bedridden, depressed and gaining weight. Once she was able to walk again, she got back to swimming and took up running when Delhi winters made swimming impossible. With the help of her then frie...

In this episode, we talk with Nisha Madgavkar from Goa! Nisha was a national level competitive swimmer in her younger years. After moving away from sport in her early 20s, she got back to sport in her mid 30s. After starting a family and having two kids, she wanted to use sport as her me-time. Soon, she discovered the world of triathlon and dove right into it. From someone who didn't know cycling...

In this episode, we talk with Rohan Kini of Bums On The Saddle a.k.a BOTS! Rohan was your typical Working Athlete who started out cycling to work on a bike to beat the Bangalore traffic. His passion for cycling and happenstance lead him and a friend start a part-time bike shop on the terrace of his friend's home. After doing it part-time for nearly 5 years while working in IT full time, he went fu...

In this episode, we talk with Hemendra Upadyay! Hemendra is your typical Working Athlete. A shy and humble guy working for an IT consultancy. During 2015 he used to weigh 93kgs. Over the years, he not only lost over 30kilos but also became one of the strongest master's athletes in Bangalore! From struggling to finish in top 10 of a field of 11, he is now consistently on the podium giving the best...

In this episode, we talk about the mental side of sport and ruminate on what balance could mean. We have a quick round up of some of the things we talked about in the previous four episodes! Some Links Below: Link to Anchor Voice messages Link to the YouTube Channel Working Athlete Community  on FB. About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from...

In this episode, we talk with Jamie Anderson Jamie is a world class Working Athlete. An Australian living in Belgium, he is a management guru who graduated from London Business School and is an adjunct professor at Antwerp Management School. He's a TEDx Speaker, a stand-up strategist, a husband, a father, a super strong cyclist, a winner of some of the top amateur UCI -granfondo races around the w...

In this episode, we talk with Asst. Prof. Ganesh Nayak. Ganesh is an explorer a heart. An explorer who started out searching for some answers in the depths of his own soul. In the process of discovering himself, he ended up, quite literally, scaling Himalayan heights!. He completed BE and MTech degrees from MIT, Manipal and started working as an assistant professor there. But the answers he was lo...

In this episode, we talk with first Indian to finish the Race Across America, Lt. Col.(Dr) Srinivas Gokulnath. Srini is a simple humble guy with a string of big achievements and an even bigger heart! He is the first Indian to finish the Race Across America, a 4800km race across america which is considered one of the toughest races there is. He is the first Indian to finish Race Around Austria a 22...

In this episode, we talk with multiple time Indian National champion in cycling, Naveen John. Today's guest needs no introduction for any cyclist in India. He started out as a 100kg+ obese youngster who picked up sport to lose weight while pursuing an engineering degree in the US. He underwent a metamorphosis to turn himself into a multiple time national champion. He got into sport late in life bu...

 In this episode, I talk about the start of my journey in cycling and mainly the story behind the start of this podcast! Topics covered Intro and fan message Initial days, intro to cycling The rise and the stagnation Losing my center and the impostor syndrome Struggles through pandemic Finding my center and the origin of The Working Athlete Podcast Related links: Story of my start in cycling...

Mayank Tripathi is one of the new breed of Ultra cyclists, that India is seeing who aims at not just finishing mind-numbingly long ultra events but actually do well in them. He believes that Ultra cycling in India can benefit a lot from more people focusing on getting faster and not stopping at taking pride in just surviving for the distance. Many would consider him too young to be focusing on Ult...