{"id":56966,"date":"2025-08-10T05:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/56966\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T05:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T05:17:13","slug":"how-86-year-old-helen-went-from-walking-with-cane-to-jumping-on-trampoline-in-4-months-celebrity-trainer-shares-secrets-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/56966\/","title":{"rendered":"How 86-year-old Helen went from walking with cane to jumping on trampoline in 4 months; celebrity trainer shares secrets | Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Helen, the legendary actor celebrated for her unforgettable dance numbers like Piya Tu Ab To Aaja and Aa Jaane-Jaan, has made an inspiring return to fitness and weight loss<\/a> at the age of 86. Celebrity fitness trainer and Pilates expert Yasmin Karachiwala, who has trained stars like Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, and Katrina Kaif<\/a>, revealed that her most rewarding and cherished transformation story isn\u2019t of a young celebrity, but of the evergreen Helen. Here\u2019s a closer look at her remarkable fitness journey. (Also read: Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt\u2019s fitness trainer Yasmin Karachiwala shares healthy nacho recipe to satisfy cravings. Watch <\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Celebrity Celebrity trainer Yasmin Karachiwala reveals Helen\u2019s amazing journey from struggling with a cane to bouncing on a trampoline at 86.(Instagram) About Helen\u2019s fitness transformation<\/p>\n

In the July 31 episode of the HK Vitals podcast<\/a> on YouTube, Yasmin opened up about Helen\u2019s transformation, calling it \u201cmore satisfying than any other\u201d she\u2019s seen in her career. Karachiwala, who shares a warm bond with the Khan family, recalled that Helen had always been fairly active before the COVID-19 lockdown. But post-pandemic, getting back into her fitness groove became a challenge.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d meet her at Diwali or Eid parties and ask when she was coming back to Pilates,\u201d she said. \u201cI could see her movements slowing down, she started walking with a stick, and her confidence took a hit. Sometimes she\u2019d even avoid looking at me at events, covering her face and joking, \u2018I don\u2019t even want to see you, darling!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

How fitness changed her life in 4 months<\/p>\n

Then came the turning point. \u201cOne day she just called and said, \u2018I\u2019m ready.\u2019 She walked into my studio with a cane, struggling to move because of her weight and muscle loss. We started slow, focusing on building her strength day by day,\u201d Karachiwala<\/a> shared.<\/p>\n

In just four months of consistent Pilates, Helen ditched the cane, could climb stairs, bend down to play with Karachiwala\u2019s puppy, and even bounce on a trampoline. \u201cI told her, \u2018Aunty, don\u2019t bend so much,\u2019 and she shot back, \u2018I can!\u2019\u201d Karachiwala laughed.<\/p>\n

What made the journey truly special was Helen<\/a>\u2019s discipline. \u201cShe showed up every single day unless she was unwell. Pilates gave her the joy of movement again. That\u2019s the beauty of it, it works for both an 86-year-old and a professional athlete,\u201d she said, calling Helen\u2019s transformation her ultimate \u201csuccess story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Helen, the legendary actor celebrated for her unforgettable dance numbers like Piya Tu Ab To Aaja and Aa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[46949,64,63,538,23822,137,43714,19744,555,37372],"class_list":{"0":"post-56966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-actor-helen","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-fitness","12":"tag-fitness-journey","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-helen","15":"tag-pilates","16":"tag-weight-loss","17":"tag-yasmin-karachiwala"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}