The Fit Folk
Every person we feature, in one place — public creators we cover editorially and everyday people who share their stories with consent. Real people, real places.
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Tripat Singh — Started lifting at 62. Virat Kohli calls him an inspiration.
Diksha Chhabra — PCOD, thyroid, 100+kg post-pregnancy — answered with a barbell.
All the folk
- India
Anupriya Kapur
Single mother and former corporate worker who took up running in 2009 and documented using it to overcome postpartum depression on her blog Mom on the Run — later averaging 100+ km a month and founding the personal-care brand Imbue.
- India
Deepa Malik
India's first woman to win a Paralympic medal — silver in F53 shot put at Rio 2016. Paraplegic after spinal tumour surgeries; Padma Shri and Khel Ratna awardee; former President of the Paralympic Committee of India.
- Pune
Deepika Chowdhury
Molecular biologist (formerly at the National Institute of Virology) who joined a gym in 2012 and in 2016 became the first Indian woman to earn IFBB Pro status, as a Figure athlete.
- Delhi NCR
Diksha Chhabra
Came back from thyroid, PCOD, depression and 100+kg post-pregnancy weight through strength training begun in April 2016, reached 61kg, finished second runner-up at Mrs India Earth 2017, and now runs her own fitness consultancy focused on women's hormonal health.
- Delhi
Garima Barnoliya
Delhi's IFBB Figure Pro — earned her pro card after an Overall Champion win, competing and coaching from Delhi.
- Delhi NCR
Gaurav Taneja
An IIT Kharagpur civil engineer and former airline pilot who applies engineering discipline to lifting, documenting structured training and nutrition through FitMuscle TV and his Instagram.
- India / United States
Guru Mann
Exercise and nutrition science graduate with one of India's largest fitness education audiences, known for free structured programs that systematise training and Indian home-food nutrition.
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Jelly Roll
Jelly Roll, born Jason Bradley DeFord on December 4, 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee, is a country-rap singer-songwriter known both for his music career and for speaking publicly about personal struggle, including a five-year, 275-pound weight-loss journey detailed in a Men's Health cover story that emphasized therapy for food addiction alongside physical change.
- India
Kajal
Fitness creator (@flex_fit_kajal) who documented a journey from 101kg to 65kg on a home-cooked Indian food rotation, covered by India TV.
