..................................................................................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.
