Yasmin Karachiwala reveals her secrets on weight loss and fitness

Yasmin Karachiwala is one of the most soughtafter celebrity fitness trainers in Bollywood Yasmin is the person behind Katrina Kaifs figure in Tees Maar Khan Deepika Padukones gorgeous body in Ram Leela and Alia Bhatts bikini body in Shaandaar She is the proprietor of her own personal fitness studio ndash Yasmins Body Image ndash which was founded 12 years ago Yasmin Karachiwala is also the first BASI certified Pilates instructor in India and established the first Pilates studio in Mumbai We spoke to Yasmin Karachiwala about Pilates fitness and her stint with Bollywood celebritiesWhat made you choose Pilates as a form of fitness I had done a lot of aerobics weights TRX functional training but I wanted something to work from the inside out and nothing does that better than pilates It stretches and strengthens the body from giving you better posture alignment and better form in anything else you make choose to do It also prevents injuriesHow is it training with celebrities Who is your favorite celeb client Why Training celebrities are always fun as they have certain looks they need to do for a movie or a song I dont have any favourites they all work extremely hard even though they have extremely busy schedules My favourite transformations would be The time I worked with Katrina Kaif to achieve her Sheila ki Jawaani look Getting Alia Bhatt ready for her bikini scene in Shaandaar and Deepika Padukones training for her Hollywood film xXx Return of Xander CageWhat are some of the common challenges you face with celebrity clients It always fun training celebrities to achieve their various looks for different roles It keeps me on my toes to think differently and make new workouts They work extremely hard despite their shooting schedules and so I have to sometimes come to work and 12 and 1 at night alsoTell us something about Yasmins Body Image Yasmins Body Image is a place that is extremely personalised to your goals My team and I discuss every workout before its made and for what purpose we give an exercise to a client Be it in the gym or in Pilates we work with different types of clients with different body compositions and so we plan a workout accordinglyWhat is that one fitness tip you swear by To be mobile and active We are too sedentary and we need to move to try doing at least 6k steps per day Dont sit for too long stand walk around and just be activeWhat is your fitness mantra Be fit because you deserve itWhat are your tips for people who want to lose weightMove Be active throughout the day take the stairs walk around the office just moveEat smart We all know what foods to avoid like sweets fried etc and eat healthy lots of veggies fruit lean protein and good fatsStrength Train Even own body weight exercises you dont need to go to the gymHydrate You need to drink 8 10 glasses of water most people dont know but if you are thirsty that means your body is already dehydrated so keep drinking waterAttitude Be positive and believe you can do it and you willHere are some fitness videos of Yasmin KarachiwalaExerciseoftheDay is one of my favourites to strengthen the Triceps Dips on the WundaChair for healingwithpilates and WundaChairWednesday and my ig friends zaynagold functionfabulous and lorishipp ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0092AcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0095ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009fAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0092AcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0095 For my PilatesIndia ig friends This one is also one of katrinakaif s fave exerciseacircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009dcurren befitbecauseyoudeserveit yasminfitnessmantra YasminsBodyImage BeFitwithYasminKarachiwala Pilates PilatesMasterTrainer BalancedBody CelebrityTrainer YasminsBodyImageA post shared by Yasmin Karachiwala yasminkarachiwala onOct 25 2017 at 1036am PDTBooty Challenge exercises as requested by some of you 1 Modified Squat to give you an idea how low to go 2 Squat 3 Bridge 4 Forward Lunge befitbecauseyoudeserveit yasminfitnessmantra YasminsBodyImage BeFitwithYasminKarachiwala fitnessgoals CelebrityTrainer bootychallenge Pilates PilatesMasterTrainer PilatesIndiaA post shared by Yasmin Karachiwala yasminkarachiwala onDec 2 2017 at 955pm PSTIts so easy to keep a track of my workouts with my FitbitIN Whether its Pilates or Gym love my Fitbit Charge2 and all that it does for me TeamFitbit befitbecauseyoudeserveit yasminfitnessmantra YasminsBodyImage BeFitwithYasminKarachiwala Pilates PilatesIndia PilatesMasterTrainer CelebrityTrainer fitnessgoalsA post shared by Yasmin Karachiwala yasminkarachiwala onDec 12 2017 at 124am PSTCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates