Fitness mantra: Women should focus on being fit than thin, says Yasmin

It makes everything else that you do in life better. In a chat, Karachiwala who has trained the who’s who of Bollywood talks of the benefits of Pilates.

It is extremely important to be fit. Women run behind being thin and a certain size whereas what is more important is your energy levels during the day and how you are feeling, how much you are able to accomplish and how easily you are able to do your daily tasks. What’s the point of being thin and weak? Rather be fit and strong.

Crash dieting. It’s the worst thing to go any kind of an extreme diet because (i) it’s not sustainable, (ii) your body doesn’t get the nutrients that it needs, (iii) higher chances of getting injured and (iv) really isn’t good for your body in the long run!

Every form of exercise or sport has a different intention as to why it was invented. For example, martial arts were invented for self defence, yoga was invented as a means to be closer to your spiritual self, and the gym or weight lifting was invented for building muscle using weights. Pilates was invented for one reason alone: to make the human body move as efficiently as possible. If your biceps are stronger than your triceps, your arm will not move efficiently. If you have a six-pack or strong rectus abdominal muscles but weak back muscles, you will end up injuring yourself. Pilates ensures that your entire body develops long, lean muscles, evenly throughout the front and back, the upper and lower hemispheres so that the body can move as efficiently as possible. When your body moves efficiently, it saves energy, which can be used in other parts of your life! Pilates literally makes you move better, and live better.

I do one hour of Pilates a day and 1 hour of cardio everyday. Sunday is my rest day where I make sureI get amassage.