Wonder How Your Sports Idols Stay Fit? Watch Videos & Get Motivated Now!

The last thing I think about before or after work is exercise. Doesn’t it happen to you too? You work for 8-9 hours a day; you have a bunch of things lined up for the next day even before today ends and then it hits you–it’s gym day! My usual reaction to this is, “Nah, maybe tomorrow.”

And yet I crave for a fit body, perfectly glowing skin and stamina that would let me breathe after running behind a bus. If you can relate to this, but lack the motivation to exercise, here is an inspirational series of videos, that started from a simple challenge on Twitter.

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Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports (as also the Minister of Information and Broadcasting) took to Twitter to openly challenge sportspeople to share their favourite workout session with the online world. This Member of Parliament is an ex-army officer and an Olympic medallist!

Effortlessly, he gets to the ground and does fast push-ups while maintaining his tone in talking to the camera.

#HumFitTohIndiaFit ???

Post pictures and videos of how you keep yourself fit and send a #FitnessChallenge to your friends on social media. Here’s my video ?and I challenge @iHrithik, @imVkohli & @NSaina to join in? pic.twitter.com/pYhRY1lNEm

— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) May 22, 2018

Soon enough, the chain of challenging fitness idols started on Twitter, and celebrities like Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma, Suresh Raina, Kidambi Srikanth, Mithali Raj and Randeep Hooda joined the fitness bandwagon.

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Want a little fitness motivation for the weekend? Check out these cool workout sessions from your favourite celeb and start your exercise!

I have accepted the #FitnessChallenge by @ra_THORe sir. Now I would like to challenge my wife @AnushkaSharma , our PM @narendramodi ji and @msdhoni Bhai for the same. ? #HumFitTohIndiaFit #ComeOutAndPlay pic.twitter.com/e9BAToE6bg

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) May 23, 2018

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If you want to look like an Athlete, then train like an Athlete.
Thank you @PTUshaOfficial @deepikapadukone for the #FitnessChallenge.
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Let’s do this. I
I would like to challenge @MangteC @sachin_rt @priyankachopra @MissNicollet #HumFitTohIndiaFit pic.twitter.com/KSo0tEsM9e

— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) May 24, 2018

Thanks @BabitaPhogat for the challenge.. thanks @Ra_THORe & his initiatives to bring sports and fitness in the forefront of the nation’s conciousness #HumFitTohIndiaFit I #FitnessChallenge @_AdilHussain @AfrozShah1 @Neetu_Chandra @boxervijender @virendersehwag @impoornapatel pic.twitter.com/ZLdeiXrLOL

— Randeep Hooda (@RandeepHooda) May 24, 2018

#HumFitTohIndiaFit – Great Initiative by our Sports Minister @Ra_THORe sir. Challenge accepted @imsathisholy??. I further Challenge @msdhoni @sachin_rt @Rakulpreet @RanaDaggubati to take the #FitnessChallenge. pic.twitter.com/UN9r4clR0u

— Kidambi Srikanth (@srikidambi) May 24, 2018

Thanks @mall_rohit for tagging me. As para-badminton players, we need to be on our toes and skipping sans a prosthetic keeps me fit.
Thank you minister @Ra_THORe for encouraging #humfittohindiafit.
I request @Sukant_Kadam @poorvishasram24 @domzybatra to share their videos. pic.twitter.com/EaWv9k0Q7E

— Manasi Joshi (@joshimanasi11) May 23, 2018

(Edited by Shruti Singhal)

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