Shilpa says we tend to focus more on size than agility
The actor says people tend to focus more on superficial elements rather than real body strengthening, agility, endurance when it comes to fitness
PUNE: From making her debut in Bollywood with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Baazigar to winning the international reality show Celebrity Big Brother 5, delivering commercially successful Hindi ilms and establishing herself as a itness enthusiast, Shilpa Shetty Kundra has done it all. The actor says people tend to focus more on supericial elements rather than real body strengthening when it comes to itness.
Shilpa had led a group of 2,353 people to create the Guinness World Records of holding the abdominal plank for 60 seconds. The event that happened on Sunday was organised by Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company.
Talking about her transformation from an actor to a itness enthusiast, Shilpa said: “I think we tend to focus more on size, shapes, how well we it into designer clothes rather than on core strengthening, agility, endurance etc.
“I understood the value of itness when I had my baby because I realised that I am responsible for another life and to take care of him, I have to be physically and emotionally strong and healthy. So that becomes my constant motivation,” added the mother of a seven-year-old boy.
Shilpa is also known for acting in commercial potboilers. She was also praised for her role in the ilm Phir Milenge that dealt with Aids.
Now as a Youtuber, she is enjoying the fruit of success. Many people are subscribers of her Youtube channel where she shares healthy recipes and itness tips.
“At times, shooting a video for Youtube costs me more than anything else,” she said with a laugh.
“But my idea of starting the channel and sharing easy recipes was to encourage youngsters to take a step towards healthy eating. I know this for a fact that the number of youngsters staying independently... away from family is increasing every year.
“They mostly don’t know how to cook healthy yet tasty food at home and end up eating processed food that damages their health. So, as a itness enthusiast I had to ind a solution to that,” added the actor.
Shilpa did not appear in ilms for quite sometime. Still, she managed to stay in the public eye by encouraging people to practise Yoga and judging dance shows like “Nach Baliye” and “Super Dancer.”