Hello friends. Just noticed the thread on physical fitness.
Unfortunately, the polling option is closed. However, as a preference I believe that having strength and endurance is necessary in order to keep oneself street-ready. Everyone has different body types and therefore putting on muscle can vary from their genetic structure.
For example, there is a higher chance for people from northern or southern India to put on bulky muscles (without supplements) than people in from my place. Our body structure is generally what you would call, 'lean and mean'. Centuries of running up and down the mountainous terrain while picking up heavy goods as well as our choice of foods has kind of helped people here to maintain that structure.
Although now due to fast foods, I do come across fat people here in Sikkim as well.
For workouts, I go for the traditional sandbag lifting and long endurance runs, everyday early morning. Usually about 15-20 kg of total weight disbursed evenly on forearms, thighs, shins, chest and back and for about 90-120 minutes. It is a good workout especially when running uphill, which is common in my place.
After this some push-ups, pull-ups (alternate days) stomach crunches and some self defence training.
Staying fit is needed in my job roles as my expeditions take me to some of the remotest corners of the world. If we get stuck somewhere, there is no other way out but to have endurance to run for a very very long time to some native yurts or huts.
Now this could be in the coldest or the hottest places in the world. Once my team was stuck in the Kazakh steppes in the winters for a shoot. We had two flat tires on our crew van and only one spare. when in minus temperatures, being able to endure is what saved my neck. It took nearly 3 hours of walking-jogging to find the nearest local settlement of villagers who took us in and treated us with food and vodka. Needless to say I thanked the day I learnt Russian at that time.