I have always been very active all my life. I love and have learnt many sports. I try to keep fit as much as I can, however working as a software engineer behind desk makes that very difficult now.

I was born in Iran where it is sunny 9 month a year and there is plenty of space to do sport. The nice weather makes it easy to be active all year round. My home town was 10 miles from the mountains below Russia's Caspian Sea. So I have the opportunity to go skiing in winter and mountaineering in summer. The weather is a big factor in motivating people to go out and exercise.

I try to do at least 30 min vigorous exercise daily and play tennis for several hours during weekend in summer. I try to use very opportunity to be active, so whenever I can I walk, run and cycle instead of taking the car. My car has only 30,000 miles on it after having it for 7 years. One important lesson is to do daily activities more vigorously than usual. If I can help it I jog rather than walk. When taking the stairs I run up to work out. When carrying the shopping of carrying anything, I use it to do a light workout. Office chair can also be used for exercising. Every 30 min I do some light exercise and when at home I do more intense exercises using my chair. It is amazing how much workout one can get out of everyday objects and opportunities.