Training Like A Fauji?

Fitness routine for a disciplined lifestyle.

- Anjali Kochhar

A three-year-old girl fell in love with the Indian Armed Forces when she saw her father in his Olive green uniform and peek cap. She was the youngest of all in the family but saw a big dream to join the Indian Army. But, as they say, "man proposes, God, disposes." After multiple attempts, she never got through the final rounds. Later in life, her undying love for fitness and the Indian Army led her to start a fitness centre based on a military theme where civilians are trained in Indian Army-like fitness tactics.

Rashmi Palande, the daughter of Retd. Col. Anil Palande is the owner of a fitness training centre Fitness Regiment in Pune that provides in-depth military training run by ex-servicemen of the Indian Army. Through hour-long batches of military fitness training in the mornings and evenings, they train civilians in army drills including lifts, carries, crawls, runs, ruck swims and mobility. They also organise outdoor sessions that help netizens to enhance their team-building and self-discipline.

Palande feels that it is important for civilians to train like the Indian army to have a sense of patriotism instilled in them and respect the Indian Army personnel and their sacrifices.

"Experiencing the military style of bonding, brotherhood and fitness will help people understand what the Indian Armed Forces stand for better and will help create awareness of more youth being encouraged to join the Indian Army," she adds.

"At the same time, the Fitness Regiment is also a space where retired soldiers, especially the Indian Army Institute of Physical Training get a source of livelihood doing what they love doing the most," Palande shares.