The union minister of sports Anurag Thakur on Sunday launched a Fit India Mobile application at Major Dhyan Chand National stadium in New Delhi on the ocassion of National Sports Day. With him was also present the state minister of sports Nisith Pramanik including secretaries of sports and youth sports Ravi Mittal and Usha Sharma.
Before launching this Fit India app the ministers paid their floral tributes to the father of Indian Hockey Major Dhyan Chand who won three gold medals in Olympics raising the Indian Flag high globally about eighty years ago from now in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
An important APP to empower each and every individual, the unique feature of the Fit India App is to check his/her fitness score based on a set of age specific fitness tests and get specific recommendations on how to improve their fitness level through physical activities including yoga protocols.
Animated Videos have been provided to make individuals understand about the procedure for conducting the fitness tests themselves. These features are based on the Age-appropriate fitness protocols launched by Prime Minister.
The “Fitness Protocol” feature allows the user from different age groups to do various exercises which help them in being able to keep up with basic fitness levels. The protocol covers exercises that are universally followed and duly ratified by health experts.
Everyone has a different food, activity and hydration need based on their age, gender, current lifestyle and body composition. The “My Plan” feature of Fit India Mobile App lets every Individual to define their current lifestyle – time spent on physical activity, water intake, sleep hours, current weight and targeted weight – to get a customised food plan, lifestyle changes for them to achieve his/her goals.
The Fit India App recommends Indian Food Plan, No. of Glasses of Water and no. of hours of Sleep.The “Activity Tracker” feature of the application helps Individuals to keep track of their daily activity levels. The real time Step Tracker helps Individuals to track their daily steps and encourages them to set higher goals for themselves.
The App lets individuals to also track their daily Water Intake, Calorie Intake and Sleep Hours.Individuals can set hourly reminders and track their progress of Fitness Scores and Daily Activity over a period of time, share their fitness and activity data with other to motivate more people to take up fitness and lifestyle changes.
On this ocassion both the ministers virtually interacted with Indian Hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, wrestler Sangram Singh, journalist Ayaz Memon, pilot Captain Anny Divya, a school student, and a housewife who demonstrated the use of Fit India app after the launch.
The Fit India App is free and available in English & Hindi on both the Android and the IOS platforms and has been developed keeping in mind that it works even on basic smartphones.
Congratulating everyone on the second anniversary of the Fit India Movement as well as on National Sports Day, the Minister said, “the Fit India Mobile App brings ease of checking ones fitness levels right into the palm of every Indian. It has some unique features like ‘fitness score’, animated videos, activity trackers and ‘my plan’ catering to individual specific needs.”
He added, “Fit India Movement was launched on 29th August 2019, on the occasion of National Sports Day by Hon’ble PM with the aim to make fitness an integral part of the lives every Indian. Today this has become a Jan Andolan! I appeal to the citizens to make Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav a success with public participation in the Fit India Movement. A healthy, fit India is the New India we envision for our citizens!” Fit India Mobile App is India’s most comprehensive fitness App launched for 135 crore Indians, Shri Anurag Thakur said.
Shri Anurag Thakur further said that it is essential to ensure fitness of our youth if we want them to contribute meaningfully to nation building. He urged everyone to popularize the app through social media. “ The App is free of cost but will prove invaluable for our fitness”, he said.
Shri Nisith Pramanik said that contribution of countrymen in making Fit India Movement a Jan Andolan is incredible. This Fit India App will help in making New India a Fit India and fulfill the dream of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, he said.
During virtual interaction, Manpreet Singh,the Indian hockey team captain appreciated “the easy to use features” of the app and its utility to monitor health parameters. Captain Anny Divya, who is a pilot, highlighted the importance of monitoring water intake and sleep during her busy work schedule with the help of the app. Sports minister Anurag thakur and state minister Nitish Pramanik performed Vraksha Aasan with the Wrestler Sangram Singh to maintain the stability and balance of the body. Journalist Ayaz Memon highlighted the importance of fitness for old age people and showcased the chair stretch test to stay fit. Shruti Tomar, a class VIII student talked about importance of physical fitness along with studies while the housewife Shyamlee Sharma demonstrated usefulness of app to help her keep fit during hectic daily household chores.
The Fit India Movement was launched on 29th August 2019 by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the vision of making India a Fit and Healthy Nation.
Meanwhile prime minister Narendra Modi today congratulated two para Olympics winner Bhavina Patel making a history and Vinod Kumar for bringing Silver and Bronze medals raising the Indian flag high.
in two tweets prime minister Modi first congratulates Bhavina Patel tweeting : The remarkable Bhavina Patel has scripted history! She brings home a historic Silver medal. Congratulations to her for it. Her life journey is motivating n will also draw more youngsters towards sports. In his second tweet congratulating Vinod Kumar for getting bronze medal in Discuss throw PM wrote : India is rejoicing. Thanks to Vinod Kumar’s stupendous performance. His hard work is yielding outstanding results. Congrats for Bronze medal tweeted PM.
