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A Bengaluru fitness community is in Mumbai to encourage women to take up sports
Updated On: 04 July, 2024 09:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Devashish Kamble
A Bengaluru based fitness community run by two sportswomen aims to encourage Mumbai’s women to enter the sporting arena across disciplines from football to swimming
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(Left and right) Participants at previous sports sessions conducted in Bengaluru
The next time someone tells you that you run, throw, or fight like a girl, give yourself a pat on the back and point them to Swetha Subbiah, a fitness instructor from Bengaluru who is breaking gender barriers on the field with Sisters in Sweat. The female-led sports community founded by Subbiah and professional footballer Tanvie Hans, has been promoting female participation in sports for seven years now. This month, they head to Mumbai to grow the tribe with a two-month-long programme for women who wish to try their hands (and feet) at recreational sports.
“We organised a private football game in Bengaluru for a close friend who wanted to dip a toe in sports in 2017. She didn’t lead an active lifestyle, so Tanvie and I designed a session that would make it easier for her,” Subbiah recalls. It’s this 17-member game that kicked off the duo’s journey that now has nearly 10,000 women on board. “By the end of the game, our friends suggested we do this every weekend. Like any good friend would, we obliged,” she chuckles.
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