How Rupal Sidhpura Faria makes Bollywood stars bendy like Gumby

Prenatal yogaPrenatal yoga is as interesting as it is complicated Yoursquore dealing with hormonal women who donrsquot want to work out Pre and postnatal regimens can only be crafted on learning the clientrsquos history Soha Ali Khan is experimental I began training her in her fourth month of pregnancy The thing with pregnancy is that things change by the week There is so much that happens especially in the second trimester that the body can feel significantly different in the first two weeks of the fifth month than in the last two We had to alter workouts accordingly With Soha we made her do exercises like sweeping the floor while doing a duck walk in her fifth monthThat is something we couldnrsquot do in the first month because it involves deep squats which would put pressure on the groin One celebrity came to me with a lowlying placenta I trained her in seated and supine postures over routines that changed weekly Her placenta was in place in five monthsKareena Kapoor doesnrsquot like to train during her pregnancy she prefers to enjoy the phase I started training her after her first pregnancy and have been doing so since then Shersquos enthusiastic even if she begins the workout nagging about how strenuous it is shersquos willing to perform further sets once she commences I negotiate an intense workout plan by not letting clients think too much and engaging them in conversationAlso Read Pooja Banerjee is back in action Aalisha Panwar likes keeping it shortTending to joint achesAnurag Kashyap is into Crossfit So with him I knew I was dealing with a tight body He is also muscular and when we began working together he could barely do a forward bend or twist He has improved a lot Physical flexibility makes you mentally flexible I have been able to keep infections at bay for him with jalneti He also had joint issues which had become more pronounced in the last few months In fact currently I am taking him through a sevenday plan catering to training the joints alone When anyone comes to me with joint problems that is a factor that must be dealt with before planning any other routine Itrsquos not something that needs to be kept in the background and avoided People cut out ghee and oil But how will your joints stay lubricated without them We usually begin with mobility work spend the first four days on strengthening the joints and the remaining three in stretching them Anurag had gone through an angioplasty recently After vaccination he experienced pronounced aftereffects His gut health also needs to improve so we are factoring in that tooFlexibilityWith Saif Ali Khan we were dealing with two factors mdash weightloss and flexibility I began working with him during Laal Kaptaan in which he needed to showcase a muscular body We travelled to Rajasthan for the shoot and trained twice a day taking to yoga once and strengthtraining later I often say that the person that you are on the mat reflects in your personality off it and viceversa Saif is extremely flexible mentally He easily lets go of stressful situations and is always ready to evolve and take advice even from someone less experienced That reflects on the mat too because he is willing to explore different perspectives of yoga It is easy to pull him away one form of regimen and introduce him to another which enables him to reap benefits He could pulloff fight sequences due to these changesAlso Read Fitness trainer Sahil Rasheed on Shweta Tiwari She was lean not fitMental healthZoya Akhtar had an erratic work schedule and was looking to take to a fitness routine She has great strength but would feel stiff despite doing classes regularly We trained daily during the first lockdown and took to a mix of functional training and yoga When I establish a routine the first thing I look into is including yoga into it Apart from pranayams I talk to my students a lot to know what they are thinking She was eager to take to a weightloss programme but I had to draw her attention to how she would instead benefit from a holistic planThe cheats Shamita ShettyWhatrsquos your cheat meal Chicken biryani chicken Thai green curry apple pie or chocolatesHow often do you indulge Whenever I crave for it I will train extra later but I wonrsquot avoid it unless I have a shoot in the pipelineCheat meal vs cheat day It is usually a cheat dayDo you compensate for it I donrsquot alter my routine but I will do an extra hour of cardiovascular work the next dayOn my gym Gurmeet ChoudharyBhaag MilkhaBhaagLakshyaSongs ofIqbalFitness tip that works forMahesh ShettyCalisthenics running walking and executing a lot of freehand exercises has been helpful I am not a gym person and would rather run in the woods or a jungleAlso Read Bhagyashree Raveena Tandon Madhoo Shah share their fitness secret