You will see more Indian women pumping weights in the coming years. They couldn’t believe their eyes and later expressed dismay over my bodybuilding and the fact that I had renounced my IT career for it,” says another fitness model from Koramangala, who used to work in IT.ĭespite the lack of encouragement, one thing is for sure. “I hid what I was into from my folks but a photograph of me in a fitness magazine, spotted by my parents during a plane journey, blew it all. Besides lack of encouragement, building muscles is also expensive.
Still a Taboo in Indiaįamilies in India are still not supportive towards women who want to get into lifting weights. Today she is a respected fitness expert and competes in women’s physique competitions at national and international levels.
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Shweta Mehta, a senior software engineer with IT major Accenture in Bengaluru, quit her job to get full time into fitness. She even won a bronze medal at the Asian Bodybuilding Championship in Bhutan in September. Swami was the winner of the Ms.Fit Factor India title under the fitness model category. Soon I got hooked to it and entered rigorous training,” says Swami. I discovered my love for weights and slowly started mild training. But then I started practicing zumba at a gym near home. “After having my second child through a C-section I was advised to remain cautious. Their focus is not on building raw volumes of muscle mass, but on a combination that balances model and muscular physiques, combining lean muscle building, body shape and beauty. Sonali Swami (mother of two, from Bangalore) belongs to a rare breed of ladies in India who indulge in serious weight training and compete on stage to showcase their muscles and fitness in national and international contests.Īnd this is the category that is attracting most women in India. Their interest is more in the “Sports Physique” category, where participants are judged based on toned muscles, ramp walk, flexibility and even knowledge of fitness. The Indian Body Building Federation (IBBF) acknowledges that, in the last few years, participation of women in body building contests has increased like never before.
These attract lots of women, including college girls and corporate executives. Several cities in India now have a model fitness category in bodybuilding competitions, which emphasizes on toned bodies and agility, and not grotesquely bulging muscles. They might be in a minority yet but the fact is that the number of Indian women lifting weights and building muscles is on the rise.Īnd these women don’t look at the extra muscles as something ugly, but the overall experience is about being fit, toned and looking strong (an important factor in India where women as inherently seen as weak). Indian women go muscular, Model Fitness competitions attract college girls and corporate executives.
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