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FITNESS

It is important to
keep your adrenalin
levels charged all the
Vidyut is not just passionate about fitness; he is a fitness freak to the core. The actor believes time. It also makes a
that health, fitness and lifestyle go hand in hand and it is very important for every person to big difference to the
respect his body and treat it with care. Vidyut is also among those who does not subscribe to way you feel.
the existing trends of six-packs and rippling muscles. He believes that even simple exercises
like running, swimming or playing an outdoor game, can make a difference to fitness levels.

His initiation into fitness
Vidyut got initiated into an exercise routine His day stars at 6 a.m. in the morning with
from his early childhood days when he four glasses of water. “Water is the most
learnt Kalaripayattu, the ancient art of essential component for a fit body. That’s
sword fighting, in Kerala. He later trained in the first thing I take in the morning to flush
gymnastics and martial arts, after which he out all the toxins from the body. On an
imbibed yoga into his routine for attaining average I make it a point to drink at least
flexibility. The actor says that a regular 8-10 litres of water a day,” he says.
exercise regimen supported by a proper
diet plan can work wonders on your body. He follows it up with a bowl of muesli
“It is important to keep your adrenalin levels before hitting the gym in the morning. Post
charged all the time. It also makes a big workout, he has a breakfast of idli-sambar.
difference to the way you feel,” he says. “I consider it the best breakfast since it has
a lot of nutrition and is light on the body
His exercise routine: too.”
Being a martial arts expert, Vidyut dedicates
five days of the week to martial arts and His mid-day pre-lunch meal consists
the other two days for weight-training. He of a protein shake and a bowl of
trains in martial arts for almost six-eight seasonal fruit, while lunch consists
hours a day. “I dedicate three hours in the of rotis, vegetables and dal. His
morning and evening to my routine,” he says. evening snack is a bowl of upma,
His other workouts are exclusively designed after which he wraps up the day
for the lower body. “I put a lot of emphasis with a light dinner by 8 p.m.
on the lower body workouts especially legs
and calves with squats, lunges, roman rings, According to the actor, it is
push-ups and bars. I feel it is very important very important for youngsters
to work on the lower body first in order to to cultivate the right attitude
build up resistance,” he says. towards fitness, “Fitness starts
in the mind. It all depends on
His Diet how much importance you
Being a hardcore vegetarian and an give to health and fitness in
ardent supporter of PETA, Vidyut makes your daily routine. You don’t
sure that he includes enough protein in his need to spend hours in the
diet in addition to his daily intake of fruits, gym for that. You can simply
vegetables and cereals. “I make up for the enjoy a morning walk or go
protein through Tofu. I also have a protein cycling or swimming. Also it
shake after my workout.” He also makes it is important not to indulge
a point to avoid fried foods, aerated drinks, in anything more than your
alcohol and smoking. body requires. Those are
the simple keys to fitness,”
Among his many dietary norms, Vidyut he signs off.
believes in having six meals a day. “It helps
to maintain your energy and keeps up your (As told to S.Bhagat)
metabolic pace. It is important to eat in
moderation but it is also important to keep
your metabolism activated by spacing out
your meals every two to three hours,” he
says.

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