Discover why people of all ages are embracing this fitness regimen
Updated On: 01 June, 2024 10:30 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
As more people indulge in different fitness activities in Mumbai, the parkour community seems to be growing steadily but not without misconceptions and stereotypes. With the recent opening of a new centre in Mumbai, mid-day.com spoke to members of the community to understand what drives them
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Most of us have grown up spending summer vacations playing and jumping walls in our neighbourhood. The joy it brought by being able to do it well and better than your friend was so much that we would take every opportunity to show it off to people around us. Interestingly, this very act of jumping was formally called ‘parkour’, long before any of us knew about it and it only gets better because Mumbai has a community of parkour enthusiasts and the community is growing with every passing day.
In March, Mumbai Parkour Academy opened a new space in Bandra for parkour. It is their fifth centre in Mumbai including their main one in Andheri, along with South Mumbai, Santacruz and Juhu too. Slowly and steadily, parkour is one of the many ways Mumbaikars have been engaging in fitness activities in the city not only during the summer but other times of the year too. For the uninitiated, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, parkour is defined as the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently. While it may seem like it is only for children, Aneeta Iyer Bhagat, who is in her early 40s has also joined the bandwagon in the last year.
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