MANGALURU: Close on the heels of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi throwing
fitness challenge, a sexagenarian rationalist from the city has come up with his own shirtless challenge calling it an “ordinary citizen’s” challenge.
“Since a lot of politicians around my age (67) have been showing off poses lying down on rocks, walking on manicured lawns wearing designer outfits in fitness challenges to each other, I too would like to join in as an ordinary citizen of the nation with my own shirtless challenge,”
Nayak, president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, said.
“People with flabby bodies and paunches wear designer outfits and talk about fitness. They put hands in the air and call it yoga. If you want to do something fit, do something really fit,” he said. “I do challenge them to remove those designer outfits which conveniently hide their fat and flab.”
Nayak, who has maintained an attractive physique for his age, said he does weights for half-an-hour every day and swims for 30 minutes in the morning and evening. Regarding his diet, he said, “I am not a vegetarian. I do not eat mushrooms or desi ghee and avoid cereals as much as possible. I do consume fish, meat and eggs every day. I eat nuts and raw vegetables but no fruits local or exotic. I do not consume milk.”
Nayak said he has put up the challenge on social media and anybody in the world can take it up.
Within a few hours, the post was shared and commented upon by several netizens. “U share the word 'Narendra' in common with the fitness challengers (sic),” read a comment. “You hv not mentioned your chest size (sic),” read another.
“Not 56”. Nowhere near it!,” Nayak responded.
Nayak