Once I saw an old man. He was buying dumbbells from a local fitness equipment store. I was inquisitiveas he was in his 70s. I asked him, 'Dumbbells in such an old age?' He smiled. Staring into my eyes, he said, 'Never quit the battlefield; especially when you have health and fitness clicks away.' Battlefield? Health and fitness clicks away? His words left me wondering for a while. Since then, it had become a riddle for me. Yesterday, I was doing a bit of fitness exercise research work online. I needed to take notes about nutrients. Search results drove me to a link where I found the answer to my query i.e. the battlefield query. I got to understand why that old man used the word 'battlefield' then. Yes, with my internet access, I was surfing through an online fitness equipment store's website.
Since primitive times, humans have been in the battlefield one way or another. Struggle between success and failure, health and disease rotates this world into a battlefield. People, all over the world, try to keep themselves and their dear-ones healthy and fit to fight back bacteria and viruses. Fitness equipment is one of the defensive strategies against such diseases. 'Especially when you have internet access'--as the old man said-- it has become very easy for us to find affordable online fitness equipment.
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