Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan spoke about his physical struggles at the launch of Deanne Panday’s fitness book Shut Up and Train. The actor claimed that though he has been dealing with injuries, he is now fit enough to do an action film.
“If I am offered an action film, I will do it. There is no big deal about it. I am fit enough to do an action film again,” Khan said, according to Times of India.
“I never wanted to be muscular. Everybody has a body type. I have nice, lean long muscles. I am happy with them. I don’t like to show off,” he said.
Due to the number of injuries SRK has suffered, he finds it difficult to do certain exercises.
“I can’t do over-head and shoulder exercises at all. Because of my spinal injury, I can’t do a lot of things. I used to love doing pull-ups, but I can now hardly do three or four. I can’t do exercises with bars. As soon as I stretch my arms, I can’t balance things. I can’t lift too much weight,” he said.
Khan’s New Year’s resolution is to be fit. “My fitness pledge is that by March, I need to be really, really fit. I want to have a body structure I have never had before. I really want to do it. I hope I don’t get injured before that. I am working out every day,” he said.
The 48-year-old superstar is currently shooting for Farah Khan’s Happy New Year and is following a strict regime to ensure that he is fit and healthy to tackle everything that his roles may demand of him.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 12th, 2013.
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