Part II: Questions from Jim Smith

These questions were asked by Jim Smith, the Registrar of Records for the British Amateur Weight Lifters’ Association and the World Masters Weightlifting Champion in the two-handed standing press. Since winning his first title in 1959, Jim Smith has dedicated his entire adult life to amateur weightlifting. He is also an international referee and a teacher of young hopefuls. Organiser of four British national weightlifting contests and creator of the weightlifting pentathlon, Jim Smith has a depth of experience on both the competitive and official levels that makes him one of the great authorities on the sport of weightlifting.

Jim Smith: Could you please tell me your training schedule?

Sri Chinmoy: It takes me practically fifty minutes — sometimes even an hour — just to warm up by doing general stretching exercises. I was an athlete, so I know quite a few stretching exercises. Then, after the stretching, I do 200 push-ups. Then I use some of my exercise machines. All these things I do almost every day. It takes me three and a half hours altogether. But I practise for two hours, and then I take a few minutes’ rest before continuing. Once every ten days I don’t do everything. I do four or five items fewer. Otherwise, almost every day I do all the exercises regularly, without fail. So this is my schedule. And at our tennis court I also have three or four exercise machines that I use.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Aspiration-body, illumination-soul, part 1, Agni Press, 1993
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