I begin my day with 30 minutes of cardio. I had to modify the equipment to suit my needs. Since my palms are small, I found it difficult to have a tight grip on things like dumbbells. Meanwhile, the equipment at the gym are manufactured for common people. I look up to Sangram Chougule, Manoj Patil and Haryana’s Amit Panghal to develop my bodybuilding skills. I do not have a coach but I do take advice and tips from experienced bodybuilders. I motivated myself despite the difficulties I faced due to my disabilities. My mother picked up tailoring and stitching for women and whatever she earned, she spent all that on my diet. When I had started training, the diet cost a lot and I did not have enough money to go ahead with it. My father is a mason and a daily wager while my mother is a housewife. On fitness, diet and overcoming obstacles We had initially entered smallest but they corrected us later.Īfter a long wait, I had the title under my name on September 16. We began the process for entering the Guinness Book of Records but our forms were rejected as we were entering the criterion wrong. Till then the shortest in records was a bodybuilder with a height 4 foot 12 inches while my height is 3 foot 4 inches. He asked on my behalf the criterions required to be the World’s Shortest Bodybuilder. My friend Tanzeel ur Rehman had made a video on me for his YouTube channel and then later suggested that I apply for the Guinness World Record in 2019. Then the very next year, I bagged my silver. I participated in my first Maharashtra Shree competition in 2017 and while I did not have a podium finish, it helped me work towards improving myself. After my performance, I was applauded and many even took photographs with me backstage.
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It was four years later I participated in my first bodybuilding event and instead of giving in to the ridicule, I was determined to perform my best on the stage.
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Even when I practiced flexing my muscles in front of the mirror in the gym, people made fun of me. For a while I was hesitant in participating in competitions and going on stage to pose as I was afraid that people might mock me. In 2012, I was introduced to bodybuilding through an event in Dolavali, Raigarh district. Read | Pune: Man posing as army sleuth arrested