{"id":71485,"date":"2026-07-25T07:24:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71485"},"modified":"2026-07-25T07:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:24:03","slug":"how-this-indian-influencer-couple-got-fit-after-50-to-beat-back-pain-and-knee-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71485","title":{"rendered":"How this Indian influencer couple got fit after 50 to beat back pain and knee pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/24\/2dd21354-56a1-4816-bdc8-67a3e915417d_2a8dd2aa.jpg?itok=e2QYFCID&amp;v=1784885226\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tara and Sushila Thapa, from Dehradun, an Indian city nestled in the Himalayan foothills, are rewriting the script on what fitness can look like in our fifties. Their journey is proof that health and wellness are not shaped by age as much as by the moment we choose to begin.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">For them, that moment arrived in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">midlife<\/span>. Tara, 59, runs a shop repairing televisions and electronic items; Sushila, 56, works as an insurance agent.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">For decades, their lives had revolved around working long hours, raising two sons and keeping the household afloat. Exercise had no place in their routine. Tara struggled with <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">chronic back pain<\/span>; Sushila endured persistent <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">knee pain<\/span>.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Tara, who was a non-<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">smoker<\/span> and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">didn\u2019t drink<\/span>, felt old and fatigued all the same. He decided to change his life after a dinner party in 2015, when his friends teased him for abstaining from alcohol, joking that he did not know how to enjoy life.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThat remark stung, because life did feel joyless,\u201d he says. \u201cI was overweight, worked long hours, and lived with constant back pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" data-qa=\"Component-StyledFigure\" class=\"css-19yzsmk e1t6i3s46\"><default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"42\" height=\"29\" viewbox=\"0 0 42 29\" fill=\"none\" data-qa=\"Component-StyledQuoteIcon\" class=\"css-0 e1t6i3s47\"><default:path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M-0.000289917 9.38348L4.75373 4.78444L9.42532 0.104248V9.38348H18.9334L18.9334 28.1042H-0.000289917V9.38348ZM22.457 9.38332L27.1301 4.78428L31.8826 0.104086L31.8826 9.38332H41.3906V28.1041L22.457 28.1041L22.457 9.38332Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/default:svg><\/p>\n<blockquote data-qa=\"Component-StyledBlockquote\" class=\"css-1twxibn e1t6i3s45\"><p>I decided I would get into the best shape of my life<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A friend asked: \u201cWhat is your passion? 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