Kunal Kapoor Instagram – After almost thirty years I had a chance to go back and workout at my first gym, Rane maidan. It wasn’t like the fancy gyms we have today, it was more like an akhada. Very basic and raw.
What got me to Rane maidan in the first place, was the fact that I was a super skinny kid, the kind that was always subjected to well-meaning but irritating comments like ‘Tum kuch khaate nahi kya’ When you think of body shaming, you mostly think about people that are considered overweight. Trust me, the underweight ones have it equally bad. I sometimes wore three t-shirts, just so that I wouldn’t look skinny.
In the apartment block I lived in, there was an older kid that we all looked upto, Greg. Like me, he was super skinny, but over two summers Greg had transformed into a beast, sweating it out at Rane maidan. Remember the famous Bullworker ad? So on my 16th birthday I joined Greg at the gym ready to get rid of my three t shirts.
Initially, it was all about wanting to look better, but over the years it transformed into something far deeper. My journey into fitness and wellness began, and it gradually evolved into my greatest passion. Now, thirty years later, it remains an integral part of my life.
#fitnessjourney | Posted on 26/Oct/2023 17:58:59
