#17. #inikahlifestyle (#inikahdiet & #inikahtraining) – WHAT???

The word has been going around.
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What’s with all these hashtags?
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#𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗵𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘁, #𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗵𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, #𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲 ..?
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Implementing fitness in your life, probably makes you 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝. You don’t know if you can be consistent. You’re not sure if you can prepare your meals everyday. You don’t really know how to deal with calories. You have a hectic job, and you have friends that always ask you to hang out.
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Well, I have that kind of lifestyle. Hectic. Sometimes my lifestyle gets too crazy, that mismanaging my social life and work life is a normal thing for me.
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“𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞?”
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That’s my point. I’ve been interested in fitness even before my military days in Singapore, around 7 years back. That was during my high school days, where working out was easy, since managing my high school time table wasn’t that hard.
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𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝. I was lifting same weight almost every day and I didn’t look like I lifted at all. Then I had to enter military and that’s when my life changed.
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I realized that even with working out, my fitness level was still extremely poor. We had to do a fitness test and I barely passed. 𝟔𝟐 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟎𝟎 (𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝟔𝟏).
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I saw my commanders with 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. That’s where I grew inspired to delve deeper in fitness and nutrition.
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I learnt a lot, experienced different styles of training and nutrition. I tried preparing meals everyday for a while, I tried training like a bodybuilder, a powerlifter-and even tried bodyweight-only exercises and prioritized running.
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𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝. And furthermore, they were all unsustainable as my social life and work life grew bigger.
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I realized that I had to change my approach to fitness altogether. That’s how I started the #inikahlifestyle.
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With #inikahlifestyle, we would know 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹) 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, to achieve social-work-fitness life balance. Given my already hectic schedules, I’m still able to maintain, if not grow my physique into levels I haven’t reached before, effortlessly. Eating all kinds of foods, training minimally with the #inikahlifestyle approach got me to where I am.
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It saddens me to see how messed up the fitness industry is now. Unnatural athletes selling products and portraying unrealistic goals to people. I never even use Whey Protein and other supplements. 𝐈 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝. Not those broccoli and plain breast meat nonsense.
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This drives me to change people one by one. I’m inspired to impart all my knowledge to people who are not interested in bullshit and crappy coaching. I’m inspired to see people implement fitness and nutrition effortlessly with #inikahlifestyle. I swear, this method can be used for life (yes, even until you’re grey and old). It’s amazing.
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𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 #𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞, #𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐃𝐌 (@thenicholaschenfitness) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲. You’ll be a master at sustainable fitness and nutrition after a 6-12 months of training.
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𝐏.𝐒. 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚, 𝐣𝐚𝐝𝐢 𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐮 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚-𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚!