Taapsee Pannu: Having strong muscles is not a man's domain

'Girls ought to solely do cardio, lifting is for guys', 'You will not appear to be a lady in the event you construct muscles' -- it is 2021 and ladies are nonetheless going through such stereotypical fitness-related remarks. Actor Taapsee Pannu is fully in opposition to the widespread notion that having a muscular physique is a man's domain. "Unfortunately, there's nonetheless a stereotypical outlook in the direction of girls's health. It's extraordinarily unhappy. Who has made this rule that girls cannot have muscles? I discover this to be a large delusion which all of us will need to have heard and perhaps to start with once I was making an attempt to reduce weight at a level in life, I additionally heard that 'simply do cardio and do not do weightlifting'.

I paid consideration to that silly recommendation as a result of I did not know any higher and I used to be not that open-minded at the moment that I'd query it, however slowly with time I realised it is completely mistaken," Taapsee informed ANI.

According to her, it is baseless to physique disgrace any girl for having muscles. "Why do people put too much emphasis on a certain kind of a body? A woman's body will not become a man's body after building muscles. It will still be a woman's body because it's shaped in a different way. I really find this type of stereotyping baseless. I want this notion to be broken because having strong muscles is not a man's domain. Period," Taapsee emphasised. 

Like many others, Taapsee additionally just lately fell prey to physique shaming. A piece of social media customers trolled her for her bodily transformation for ZEE5's movie 'Rashmi Rocket', wherein she essays the position of a skilled sprinter who is compelled to endure gender testing. Many described her transformation as manly.

Talking about the identical, she mentioned, "People would have drooled over my look if I had put up a bikini picture. There would be comments like 'whatta body', 'so hot'. For me, the body that's worth appreciating is the one that has been worked hard on. I would rather appreciate someone who has worked very hard on the body and whenever you work hard on your body, you do have certain defined muscles in your body which would show up... I would rather appreciate that body than someone who's just blessed by God to be thin."