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How to swing a Hanuman gada

“I will not sell to a man with a big belly,” declares Gyanshankul Singh. As multifaceted as he is opinionated, Singh teaches wrestlers at the 490-year-old Swaminathan Akhara in Varanasi, in addition to being a certified strength coach, an arm wrestler and a self-confessed poet. He also makes traditional wooden fitness equipment that Indian wrestlers […]

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See | Fitness Coaches are now rolling in the Hanuman Gadas

See: Fitness Coaches are now shaking Hanuman Gadas Video Credit: Hindu ApexPractical place for Indian martial art, not for everyone. The dition is a machew, male domain, they claim to decide, sweat and perseverance year after year. “The boys must climb the rope, swim and start with Indian barpiz. Only three to four years later […]