What the Press has to say about Mickey Mehta
Experts Speak
If you can afford it, I think it is best to go in for branded fitness wear as these Clothes are designed to fit body well and are available for the different seasons of the year. It is best to stick to cotton or other variants of cotton like lycra. Today you get many designs which allow for movement and are partially elastic. Perforations in t-shirts help to keep the body temperature down during the summer. Women should wear cotton tracks and loose round neck t-shirts and men can wear perforated t-shirts with knee-high shorts.
………………Mickey Mehta,
Times of India, What's Hot, 1st June 2007
WORK IT FOR YOUR BODY TYPE
Let your body type dictate how you tone up and lose weight
Now a days in our society our ideals are film stars and fashion models. Appearance (looks and body image) plays a very important role in creating a first impression, which is everlasting.
There are basically three body types and each has a specific personality associated with it. The ectomorph is very lean with little body fat and usually very little muscle mass. These individuals tend to be like the endurance athletes such as marathon runners or the tall, very lean super-models with striated bodies.
The mesomorph’s body has a broad and heavy bone structure and easy to gain muscle mass. A typically advantageous frame with fast responding body.
The endomorph is characterized by a soft, round body and of large stature. They compared to ectomorphs put on muscle mass easily and also tend to be heavy with a high percentage of body fat.
Obviously no one is purely one body type or another. We all have traits from each category. One needs to analyse one’s body type and then set goals rather than wasting time, energy and money behind unrealistic goals in fitness.
Our body can only adapt to changes slowly but cannot change the basic structure altogether. The very idea of changing to another body type means consumption of steroids and supplements, which are synthetic, unnatural and manufactured in the laboratories. In the long run the side-effects are degenerative and destructive to health.
Analyzing your body type, you can programme the exercise pattern to suit your aspirations of having a perfect body which could be like film stars or models.
………………Mickey Mehta,
DNA, 7th January 2007
AQUA AEROBICS
How hard can it be to do jumping jacks in the pool? That’s what I was thinking before I stepped into the artic waters of the rooftop pool at Crunch, a gym in Lower Parel. I had turned up for a session of aqua aerobics designed by Mickey Mehta, who describes himself as a holistic health guru. I changed my mind as soon as Nrendra Thekedar, one of Mehta’s instructors, began his drill. My first task was to jog up and down the length of the pool. Despite determined efforts, I could only cut through the water at the speed of a turtle on land. But if Thekedar is to be believed, practice makes you zip across effortlessly.
Mehta insists that aerobic exercises are more effective when done without the proper use of props: evidently, things get more strenuous that way. But since I was a beginner, Thekedar gave me a couple of dumbbell-shaped floats. I had to hold them to my sides below water and cycle with my legs on the spot.
But at the end of a session, I felt thoroughly worked out. My body felt deliciously stretched and I left the pool feeling limber as an acrobat. “The water improves the muscles, stamina and flexibility,” Mehta explained. “Even swimming with proper strokes is aerobic. It’s one of the finest aerobic (exercises) after yoga.” The work-out also helps people with weak limbs, motor problems and injuries, Mehta said.
While aqua aerobics is hugely popular abroad, we’re yet to catch on to it. Mehta has been running aqua aerobics classes since 1993
Mickey Mehta’s 360* Gym,
29 Kohinoor Bldg,
Hughes Road,
(2380-4621) Call for details
………………By Pronoti Datta
TIME OUT MUMBAI, January 26 – February 8, 2007