Issue 10 | 20 Jan. 2007

Skip! Hop! Jump!

Figurine Fitness opens outlet in Jayanagar

Fitness is not a fad, it’s a necessity. It’s not routine, it’s fun. More and more people in Bangalore are discovering this little known truth, and one reason why they are doing so is Figurine Fitness, the fitness centre who have now opened an outlet in Jayanagar.

Started in the late 80s by Santosh, a qualified trainer from the prestigious Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER), and his wife Anu, also a fitness expert, Figurine Fitness focuses primarily on making fitness an enjoyable activity, through its gym, aerobics, dance and yoga.

Unlike many other aerobics centers, Santosh, constantly innovates new exercise routines. Always mixing aerobics, dance and high intensity jazz, Indian folk music, popular film music and even Indian classical music to add an element of fun to the routine.

A team of highly qualified professionals certified by international universities with a teaching experience of over 15 years, ensure there’s ample variety in the daily one hour activity involving Cardio Dance, Tae-Boo step, Pilates, Bands and Tubes.
Suspended wooden flooring with spring boards every one and a half feet, wall to wall mirrors and acoustically designed surround-sound make for a perfect setting to get in shape.

The Gym is loaded with carefully selected hi-tech imported equipment such as exercise bikes, recumbent bikes, treadmills, sport treadmills, pro-treadmills, steppers, rowing machines and low impact climbers complemented by a well trained team of instructors to give you that extra push to tone up.

Santosh proudly states that Figurine Fitness was the first to introduce specialised circuit training programmes in India. Circuit   Training combines aerobics and gym training and is the most favoured form of body conditioning.

There’s also a 8,000 sq ft Dance Fitness Studio with floating wooden floors, high quality equipment, soft lighting and digital sound. Salsa, Jive, Chach, Meringue and Free-style are some of the Dance fitness programmes designed to get the body rocking.

A panel of diet counsellors and nutritionists customize diet packages according to the body type, food, habits, and needs of individual client.

A fully-eqipped Kerala Ayurvedic Massage Centre and Spa beckons people with ailments such as arthritis, asthma, backache, spondilitis, high/low BP.

Among its clients are top models, cricketers, celebrities and many prominent sports persons.

With three state-of-the-art fitness centres at KSCA, Indiranagar and now Jayanagar Figurine Fitness is now a complete One-Stop-Fitness-Centre, with a centrally air conditioned, oxygen bar, a state-of-the-art gym, Jacuzzi, Massage parlour, Steam and sauna, shower room, personal lockers and coffee shop.

(Figurine Fitness: At KSCA (Cricket Stadium), Gate # 18, MG Road (22867499); Indiranagar: # 3167, ESI Hospital Road, Indiranagar (25292201); Jayanagar: # 818, 13th Cross, 7th Block, (West) (26712201, 9845032994); Email: figuine5@rediffmail.com.)