Showing posts with label Parineeti Chopra fitness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parineeti Chopra fitness. Show all posts
For Saina, we had to teach Parineeti Chopra to focus on the shuttle-Eshan Naqvi
8:13 AM
As they readied her for the upcoming Saina Nehwal biopic, Chopra’s badminton trainers, and the actor, chronicle why the serve is an integral part of the sport
Sonia Lulla (MID-DAY; March 17, 2021)
When pitted against the average man’s 50, Usain Bolt’s muscle composition includes 80 per cent fast-twitch fibres (sprinting facilitators), giving him an added advantage on the field. Swimmer Michael Phelps, on the other hand, apparently produces half the amount of lactic acid of a typical athlete, which implies that his muscles recover significantly faster than that of his competitors. Not negating the insurmountable toil that goes into their victories, genetic predisposition plays a crucial role in determining athletes’ success. Of course, celebrities imitating athletes for cinematic adaptations need not be sporting mavericks. Yet, surely some discussion on their tendencies to play a sport may make for discussion during the casting process.
Eshan Naqvi, one among Parineeti Chopra’s trainers for the upcoming film, Saina, says the actor’s “hand-to-eye-coordination” skills gave her an edge. Another factor that helped her learn the tropes of badminton was her training in kalaripayattu and yoga. “Flexibility is a key factor in badminton because the shuttle can move in any direction. A player should be able to move and twist accordingly — pull herself, and turn in any direction. We needed to build the kind of endurance that would aid her in this sport. The endurance you build as a runner doesn’t help you here, because it is [sports-specific],” says Naqvi, adding that footwork training was among the few things that Chopra was taught, early on in the process of readying her to play Saina Nehwal.
“Just like choreography in dance, badminton needs one to learn movements to conserve energy. An athlete must only take as many steps as is needed. Parineeti hasn’t played the sport before, so we had to build muscle endurance, and power, and teach her to focus on the shuttle.”
Given that he had only seven months to prepare the actor, Naqvi says he had to address different requirements, simultaneously. “We didn’t have time to indulge in the basics because there was a lot that she needed to learn. We were teaching her explosive work, because the higher that an athlete jumps and catches the shuttle, the more the advantage she has. We had to also cater to [advance] work at the same time. Sometimes, she would need to gather herself. When she was shooting in London for The Girl On The Train, she would wake up at 5 am to train. When she was unwell, and couldn’t run, we’d merely make her stand and hit the shuttle.”
Shrikant Vad, president of the Thane Badminton Academy, and under whose watch Naqvi was training Chopra, spent 12 days with her at the academy. “We focused on service, footwork, and point of contact with the shuttle. We know how Saina serves — it is a famous [aspect of her game]. We would watch videos of Saina, and demonstrate [the movements] for her. We paid heed to how her elbow [moved], how she held the [racquet], and her swing. I tried to show her how a player can serve well, which is important in this game. Often, I would set targets, asking her to ensure she hit eight out of 10 shots at the right spot,” says Vad, adding that the job was particularly challenging given that Chopra had not had a brush with the sport.
Chopra says the first advice she got from her trainers, and Nehwal, was to commence living like an athlete, before training like one. “Everything I ate was monitored. I ensured that I had enough carbohydrates, fats and protein in my diet to provide the required energy, and had an amazing set of nutritionists who catered to it. We wanted to make sure that I had enough stamina to play the game for 12 hours, as would be required when we began filming. Weight-loss was never the motive. In fact, body-wise, I was correct. I had to develop the muscles of my thigh, and target muscle groups that I never had, in the past.”
Agility training, and explosive movements, she says, formed the crux of her routine, as Naqvi adds that they took to light weight-lifting sessions as well. “The shuttle is the fastest-recorded [object] in sport, traveling at a speed of 400 km per hour. It takes a normal person four years to be ready to merely play a match, let alone [win a competition]. You need to be agile and execute fast movements, and hence, heavy weight-lifting is not an option. Parineeti’s routine was so vigorous that she would do 30 minutes of physiotherapy to make her core stronger.”
Chopra says her day would commence with meditation, before she jumped into a two-hour practice session. “On alternate days, my coach made me do strength training with a mix of cardio and machine work. I was excited to learn how to smash. Saina’s smashes are a class apart, and I would ask the team when I would learn it. I was taught how she places them, and the power she employs. It takes years to smash like she does.”
Chopra with Vad and Naqvi during the training sessions
I feel fitter and sexier than ever before-Parineeti Chopra
7:57 AM
Parineeti Chopra is on a ‘cleansing’ vacation after a smog-filled shoot
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; January 10, 2018)
After wrapping up an extensive schedule in Delhi and Nepal with co-star
Arjun Kapoor of their next film, Parineeti Chopra decided to “cleanse
herself” and in the first week of the New Year the 29-year-old actress
took off to a luxurious wellness spa overlooking the Mulshi lake with
two girlfriends. She rented a villa with in-house massage facilities,
butler service, a private gym and an infinity pool.
The resort,
three hours away from the city, is a favourite with Sonakshi Sinha,
Malaika Arora Khan, Bipasha Basu and husband Karan Singh Grover, and
many other B-town celebs, and Parineeti asserts that kicking off 2018
with wellness, health and inner peace was a great idea. “The smog in
Delhi affected my throat badly so it was a relief to be amidst nature
and cleanse myself,” says the actress who went trekking to the Mulshi
dam and river.For Parineeti who was last seen in Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal Again, the last two years have been all about fitness and understanding her body better. “This is the fittest I have ever been and I am loving it. I have always been a happy person but the new-found fitness has provided me with more stamina, energy and flexibility and I am less tired now. It has also started to reflect in my work,” beams the actress who has been getting the thumbs up from the fashion police for her recent red carpet turns. “My confidence level has upped and I feel sexier than ever before. Earlier, I wouldn’t wear sleeveless tops and dresses that exposed even a hint of cleavage because I was not comfortable with my figure. Now, I love dressing up and even before I slip into an outfit, I can visualise myself in it. I feel great to have undergone such a transformation. I like that I have a fun, experimental, updated wardrobe,” she exults.
Get inspired, go out there, try it-Parineeti Chopra
7:52 AM
Parineeti Chopra on the importance of staying fit and the motivation behind running a marathon
Upala KBR (DNA; March 11, 2016)
Fitness, to me, means finding your healthiest self
whatever the body type. A lot of people confuse fitness with being thin
or being skinny; which to me is the exact opposite of fitness. I think
it’s unhealthy as I have seen the thinnest of people to be very weak.
Find the balance
People who don’t have a healthy diet, don’t have enough stamina, are not able to work effectively or concentrate and are thin. And I have seen some people who have a bigger build or broader body type and yet, they are so fit and active. I have realised every human being can have a different body type but they could be at a different level of fitness which they need to find. They need to find that perfect balance of how much fat is there in their body which they must get rid of without making themselves unhealthy.
Eat, drink, sleep, repeat
The basic method of being fit is about taking care of what goes into your body so a lot of water, a healthy diet, a good amount of sleep and living in a clean environment that is directly related to your fitness. Which underlines my three principles of fitness: a good workout, a healthy amount of sleep, drinking lots of water and a healthy clean environment to live in.
To improve your stamina, flexibility, strength, core strength — for everything you need to put in little bit of a workout, so I make sure I work out without straining myself and basically try to live a healthy lifestyle.
Looking the part
I have adapted my physique to my roles. Right from my first film itself I have tried to look the part as much as I could. Ladies vs Ricky Bahl required an overweight actor, so I made sure I took no care of my fitness at that time. Ishaqzaade required me to be flexible and agile, so I took care of that. I think it’s very important for every actor to look the part that they are playing.
A women’s burden
It is an understatement to say that it extremely important for women to be as fit as men. It is absolutely crucial. Of course, women’s bodies are different from men’s bodies and the kind of workout and the levels of fitness they require are very different, but it’s very important as women have to take care of their health in a more sensitive way. We have periods to deal with and produce children so, obviously as that’s the kind of burden a women faces and they need to be very fit. I urge every single woman to go out there and do a little bit of exercise and take care of what she eats because having a healthy body is extremely important.
A little more love and respect!
I personally don’t believe in celebrating Women’s Day, Friendship Day or Valentine’s Day in particular, as I feel that these are commercial holidays. But if anybody were to take anything from them to use them I would thank our parents or women on that day. If all the men in our lives could just give us extra pampering, love and respect on that day, it would be enough.
Life goals
I think the dna iCan Women’s Half Marathon is a really cool thing. It won’t just motivate women, but hopefully, their children, husbands, brothers and boyfriends too, to just put in some kind of kind of physical activity in their day, however busy they may be. Marathons sound scary, but it could be a goal for somebody because if you really train and prepare for it and can do it, it could be a kind of motivation which could stay with you all your life. So I would urge people to just get inspired, go out there and try it.
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