..................................................................................Health & Fitness

 Professor V. R. Talwalkar 

All About Muscles

Talwalkars flex the biggest muscles in the business of fitness in the country today. This fitness fraternity has an interesting story to tell. Almost 80 years ago, a teenager, Vishnu Ramkrishna Talwalkar, nurturing dreams of wrestling, left his native village in Maharashtra and came to Mumbai in search of a job. Little did he imagine that in the years to come, his name would become synonymous with physical fitness, countrywide.

He was lured by wrestling matches held on the beach in Chowpatty, which earned him a rupee for every bout won! This exposure translated into a job as wrestling and 'Mallakhamb' teacher (gymnastics on a conical pole) in Hind Vyayamshala. In 1932, V.R.Talwalkar let his dreams lead the way and started his own gym with the help of his younger brother, A. R. Talwalkar. 

Two generations after, the first branch of the fitness centre was inaugurated. The Talwalkars vision was realised and numerous such branches mushroomed all over the city.