Happy Birthday Vikram: His Intense Fitness Routine Will Inspire You

The holder of seven Filmfare Awards, one Tamil State Award and one National Award who has also received an Honorary Decorate in May 2011 by People’s University in Milan, Vikram has done over 50 films. He made his debut when he was just 24 years old in 1990 in a movie called En Kadhal Kanmani. But he came in the limelight only after doing the movie Anniyan in 2005, a version of it was also made in Hindi and was released in the same year by the name Aparichit. It is a psychological thriller where he played the role of a person with multiple personality disorder.( Also read : Happy Birthday Aamir Khan: 3 Extreme Body Transformations He Did For His Movies )It is believed that Vikram was on a fibre-based diet where he ate a lot of fruits and in fact, many exotic fruits were exported for him from different countries. The diet was framed in such a way that it complimented his plyometric workout. Plyometric is also called jump training or Plyos which helps you build strength and power by exerting maximum force on the muscles with short intervals of time. It is is also believed that he used head massages with oil as a way to relax and calm after an intense workout.In an interview with the famous Indian film critic Rajeev Masand in October 2014 for his show Lounge Unwing on CNN-IBN, Vikram confirms that he worked really hard for 4 years for the movie and shares, “I beefed up first, like really became muscular and then became like a model like really fit, after that I had to be really scrawny.” He further talked about the diet he followed to have that scrawny and ripped look, "When you diet, by around 5 ‘o’ clock you get really cranky and  so, I has like 10 small meals in a day. 1 egg white then half an apple then a small piece of salmon or little vegetable and so on.” He talks about how particular he had been about the timing of these meals. “If 8:30 is the time and by 8:31 the is not there, I would go crazy. I was burning 300 grams a day. I used to work out thrice a day. I was burning more calories than what I was eating.” He continued a similar diet for 2 and half years.When questioned if performing action stunts gets harder as one gets older, he replied, “I have been fit all my life. I always workout.”
Also a father of two, Vikram appeared buffed and bulked up in a more recent film, Iru Mugan (2016) for which he did a lot of weight lifting and even gave up on his favourite dishes Pazhya Sadam and Karruvattu Kolambu. He has always encouraged the young generation to have a healthy diet and indulge in regular workout for a better lifestyle. Happy Birthday, Vikram!Disclaimer:The opinions expressed within this article are the personal opinions of the author. NDTV is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, suitability, or validity of any information on this article. All information is provided on an as-is basis. The information, facts or opinions appearing in the article do not reflect the views of NDTV and NDTV does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.