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Breaking out of Bollywood’s idea of fitness in 2013

Hindustan Times | ByMickey Mehta
Dec 29, 2012 05:43 PM IST

Over the next year, Bollywood will continue to be the benchmark for what a good body looks like (for men and women). But to know what a good body feels like, you’ll have to do much more.

First answer this question: Do you have six-pack abs and 16-inch biceps but still feel lethargic through the day? If you answer yes, let me gently break it to you that you are not fit. You may have muscles bigger than Akshay Kumar’s, but it doesn’t mean you are holistically well. It just means you’ve aped Akshay’s physique, but not his level of fitness. Many young people work out or starve themselves so that they can flaunt a waistline as tiny as Anushka Sharma’s or build muscles like John Abraham’s. They survive on one meal a day and take supplements so that they can sculpt their bodies like their favourite star. Over the next year, Bollywood will continue to be the benchmark for what a good body looks like (for men and women). But to know what a good body feels like, you’ll have to do much more.

Mickey Mehta: India’s leading holistic health guru has trained beauty pageant hopefuls, top industrialists, Bollywood stars and big names in fashion. His idea of fitness blends diet, exercise, yoga and Zen philosophies
Mickey Mehta: India’s leading holistic health guru has trained beauty pageant hopefuls, top industrialists, Bollywood stars and big names in fashion. His idea of fitness blends diet, exercise, yoga and Zen philosophies
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