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Know how your favourite bollywood celebs keep themselves fit
In the past two decades, Yasmin Karachiwala has helped sculpt the bodies of celebrities like Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor. The fitness expert says being skinny may have been a trend once upon a time in showbiz, but people are now focussed on becoming fit and strong.
Actors who are open to experimenting with looks have certain deadlines when they have to achieve a certain get-up and body frame for their projects. Does that pressure fall on a fitness expert like her too?
“Like any job, there is always pressure, especially when my clients need to look a certain way for a role in a movie or a song. But we always plan in advance. And luckily, they are all in great shape,” Karachiwala told in an email interaction.
However, dismissing the skinny look, Karachiwala said: “Celebrities don’t just want to be skinny but be fit, strong and live a healthy life.”
Karachiwala is certified to teach on the mat, reformer, cadillac, wunda chair, and step barrell equipment. She is also an ACE certified group and personal trainer, and a Balance Body certified trainer for the Core-Align, BB Barre and Motr routines.
On the Bollywood front, she helped Katrina get the perfect look in “Dhoom 3” and she also worked on Deepika’s toned look in “Cocktail”.
Of late, actors have been losing or gaining weight depending upon their projects and the demands of their scripts.
How healthy is that? Is there a rule of the thumb that should be adhered to when it comes to fitness?
“All jobs have their own health hazards, like sitting at a desk all day. You have to do what is important to you; if a role demands it, then it needs to be done. It also depends on the actor… if he or she is willing to do it,” said Karachiwala.
She compared it to a sporstperson’s routine.
“In a sport, you are in your best form before a match, and then the whole year you work to more or less maintain the fitness levels,” added Karachiwala, who is a certified Pilates instructor as well.
Pilates, a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates, after whom it was named, is Karachiwala’s forte. She says the workout has become popular in India in the last few years.
“Everybody wants to do it because people have realised that it not only gives you a long, lean body and really works on the core, but it is also about alignment and posture and prevents injuries,” she said.
If she has to stand in a debate against a yoga instructor, what would be her argument?”
“I would not debate over what one should do. It’s your choice. I can only tell you about Pilates and its benefits — a workout that stretches and strengthens at the same time. It focuses on balancing muscle development and prevents injuries, and it helps you do what you love doing better,” said Karachiwala.
She has harnessed her knowledge and experience to author a book titled “Sculpt and Shape: The Pilate Way”, which gives an insight into the fitness form and how it facilitates a better approach to life.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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