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Check Out Indian Cricket’s Poster Boy Hardik Pandya’s Diet and Fitness Routine

Check Out Indian Cricket’s Poster Boy Hardik Pandya’s Diet and Fitness Routine

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14 Jun 2021

Check Out Indian Cricket’s Poster Boy Hardik Pandya’s Diet and Fitness Routine

Indian cricket’s new poster boy Hardik Pandya has everything going for him. He has the captain’s trust. Remember the Asia Cup final where he defended 7 runs in the final over. Bangladesh needed just 2 to win from the final 3 balls and Pandya took two wickets in the next two deliveries. The final ball ended in runout and India won the match by a run.

A true IPL product Pandya was born in a financially unstable family in Surat, Gujarat. Unable to focus, he left school in the 9th grade. At the age of 20, he made his first-class debut for Baroda and played an important role in lifting the 2013-14 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He got a call up from Mumbai Indians and it changed his career completely.


He made his India debut against Australia in 2016 and he hasn’t looked back ever since. Today, he is looked at as a genuine all-rounder across formats. The country has huge hopes from the lanky lad as India never had a good all-rounder since Kapil Dev, hence the comparisons.

Hardik Pandya Workout:

Like almost everyone in the country, Pandya too is inspired by his captain Virat Kohli. In his recent interview, he said, “Virat is far, far ahead of us in fitness and awareness. He sets the tone for younger players. I see him and observe a lot of his patterns. He never misses his training schedule, gym sessions. He has shown us the value of eating on time, training on time and most importantly sleeping on time.”

Before Pandya had access to the gym, he maintained his body by running and sprinting in open grounds. He still uses running as a part of his warm-up along with cardio as his fitness regime. After his body has opened up and he is full of strength and stamina, he proceeds to gymming.

His core exercises are – power weight lifting, leg squats, push ups, pull ups, weighted sit-ups, and crunches.

Power Weight Lifting:

It improves muscle strength and protects your joints from injury. It also helps in maintaining flexibility and balance.

Leg Squats:

They promote body-wide muscle building by creating an anabolic environment in your body. They work up your quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, abdominal muscles, lower back and your butt too.

Push Ups:

They are beneficial for building upper body strength. They work the triceps, pectoral muscles, and shoulders. When done with proper form, they can also strengthen the lower back and core by engaging (pulling in) the abdominal muscles

Pull Ups:

Pull-ups are very efficient because each and every single pull up work out your biceps, triceps, forearms, wrists, grip strength, lats, shoulders, and your core.

Weighted Sit Ups:

By using weights to sit-ups, you add extra resistance to the motion in two ways. That is when you sit up and lower your upper body back to the starting position.

Crunches:

The exercise aids in strengthening the core muscles, improving the posture, and increasing the mobility and flexibility of the muscles. When these exercises are performed, the rectus abdominus and the oblique muscles are tightened.

Pandya says fitness has helped him to bowl fast. He says, “Earlier, I used to bowl in the mid-130s (kmph) but now I am bowling above 140.”