This episode is brought to you by Findbetter.ai. Find better is a social networking app for cycling & running enthusiasts to discover and shop together. For today's guest Chetan Shah, life has thrown many challenges. In 2009 he had a tumor removed from his brain which resulted in hearing loss in one ear and loss of a balancing nerve. In 2011 he had to undergo a knee replacement surgery. In 2013, he had to undergo full bypass surgery for his heart because of 5 blocked arteries. Despite all these challenges, the fighter that he is, Chetan decided to fight for his life and turned his life around. In the following 10 years, till date, he has ridden about 1lakh 30 thousand km. Rain or shine he rides 6 days a week even in the toughest of climatic conditions of Mumbai Monsoons. In this episode we talk about his inspirational journey. We talk about the lifestyle choices that he made that helped turn his life around. We talk about the many self supported bike tours he has done around the world. And we also talk about Tour of Nilgiris where I first met him. It was an inspiring conversation with an inspiring individual. I hope you'll enjoy as much as I did. 0:00:00 Intro 0:05:10 Sports background, Cricket life 0:10:50 Heart bypass surgery and dealing with it 0:21:00 Initial days of cycling after the bypass surgery 0:30:00 Lifestyle changes that helped him stay consistent 0:34:00 Cycling tours all around the world 0:49:30 Tour of Nilgiris experience 0:53:30 His tips for working athletes 0:55:10 Closing remarks About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future. Who is a working athlete? Someone working fulltime/part-time, entrepreneur or anyone who has to work to make ends meet and doesn't let being busy to stop him/her from pursuing an active lifestyle is a working athlete. I consider stay at home moms/dads who pursue a sport, as working athletes because homemaking is a full-time job. If you like this, share with friends who could be interested. For the visually inclined, a video version of the podcast can be found here: YouTube Other Places you'll find the podcast on: Anchor | RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Breaker A bit about myself: I'm Venkat/Venkateswara Rao in my work avatar, working as a Chief Data Analyst in the IT industry in Bangalore. I'm Venky/Bikeyvenky for my friends in the cycling community. All through my life I struggled with weight and health issues. After multiple failed attempts through the life to get fit and healthy, in 2008, I managed to lose 16kgs. My motivation was to be able to take care of my unborn son with the thought that "if I'm not able to take care of myself, how am I going to take care of my family?". When my son was 6 months old, having lost 16kgs, I picked up a bike to keep that weight off and stay fit. That became a passion and lost more weight and became better at it. I continue to train myself not just to stay fit but also race competitively in races in and outside the country. I also have been coaching a few riders to get stronger and faster at cycling since 2016. With 'The Working Athlete Podcast', I have a bit of a selfish motive. That is, it will provide me an opportunity for me to meet and talk to many people from all walks of life across different sports to learn how they manage an active lifestyle while doing well at work. I hope to share those learnings with all of you. That way, it will help both you and me to keep learning and keep growing.

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