Want to say no to flab and yes to fab six-pack abs but don't want to break the bank?

Fitness enthusiasts of Jamshedpur who cannot afford spending thousands on gyms can now take heart. Tata Steel subsidiary Jusco has entered into a pact with the company of Bollywood actor and celebrity fitness guru Dino Morea, DM Fitness, to install open-air fitness stations at parks where users don't have to pay a dime, starting with Sir Dorabji Tata Park near Keenan Stadium in Northern Town area of Bistupur.

Now a month old, the fitness station has equipment for basic workouts such as cardio exercises, chin-ups, pull-ups, shoulder dips, parallel bar dips, push-ups, squats, tricep dips and stretching using ladder bars.

If you enjoy good outdoor workouts surrounded by chirping birds, here's your place. And, the best part is that you don't have to break into a cold sweat thinking about fat credit card bills every month for your gym sessions.

"Open-air fitness stations are aimed at promoting physical activity in the open without people having to shell out money on expensive gyms," Jusco senior general manager (town services) Dhananjay Mishra said.

Jusco spokesperson Rajesh Rajan, who said they were planning to install another open-air fitness station at Jubilee Park in a couple of months and some more parks in the city that they maintain, stressed this was a unique idea to inculcate a culture of staying fit among residents.

"We feel it's a great concept that will allow anyone who is interested in fitness to pursue it at the open-air fitness station at the Sir Dorabji Tata Park," the spokesperson added. "With time, more fitness stations will come up at parks we maintain."

Jusco in the past five years has converted around nine wastelands and encroached areas into parks in Golmuri, Baridih, Kagalnagar (Sonari), Agrico, Shastrinagar, Kadma, Nildih, Lakshminagar and Bhuiyandih. These apart, Jusco maintains some of the city's best-known green landmarks such as Jubilee Park, Bhetiya Park in Kadma and Amal Sangha Park in Sidhgora. To set up fitness stations at a cost of Rs 2.5 lakh each, Jusco wants parks to be theft-proof and people to use equipment with care.

But one look at scores of people at the Dorabji park in the mornings, especially college youths, is proof enough that the concept has caught on.

"I started using the open-air fitness station at Dorabji Tata Park with my friends in March itself. Earlier, I used to visit gyms and see my friends get instructions from fitness experts. I couldn't afford admission to a top-of-the-line gym, but now I can practise on my own here," said 17-year-old Sakchi boy Pankaj Kumar Singh, a final-year intermediate student of Jamshedpur Cooperative College.

Joseph Tirkey (21), an undergrad student of Jamshedpur Cooperative College, who always "fantasised" about gyms, beamed. "I'm living my dream for free."

"I love action movies and am very impressed by Bollywood heroes Salman, John, Akshay and others," said Baradwari resident Anil Kant, a salesman. "But now, I'm working on my physique to be like them."

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