Manisha Koirala's 80-year-old father is 'healthier, happier and full of life'. What is his fitness mantra?

Actress Manisha Koirala is celebrating her father’s 80th birthday and has shared a heartwarming post on the occasion. The Sanju star shared a sneak peek into her father's active lifestyle while wishing him on his birthday. She wrote in her post how she her father is more healthier, happier and energetic than before and expressed gratitude for his well-being.

Manisha Koirala shares father's fitness routine

The Heeramandi actress started by sharing, "Dad's 80th!" In the birthday post, Manisha revealed that her father had walked 3 km and covered 12,000 steps in a day. He had also completed his morning exercises before getting ready for his birthday brunch.

Describing his discipline and enthusiasm for life, she wished him more years of health, laughter and precious family moments. Actress Raveena Tandon reacted to the post, writing, “god bless with health love and laughter.” Other users wished him a long life, good health and happiness.

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Like father, like daughter: Manisha's workout routine

Manisha too leads an active lifestyle and often shares posts of her work out and yoga regime. Her workout is a combination of yoga stretches and strength training. The 55-year-old focuses on spinal mobility with cat-cow pose, followed by thread-the-needle stretch that further helps stretch the shoulders and upper back. For lower body, she adds lunges.

As part of strength training, she does dumbbell lunges to work the quadriceps, hamstrings and glutes while focusing on core as well. She also includes lateral leg movements with weights followed by led raises and circles.

Manisha Koirala opens up about fitness struggles

In a previousl social media post, Manisha confessed about neglecting her health due to stress, lack of proper sleep and disrupted routines. Hence, she has set a goal, that before her movie, she wants to prioritise her health. But quickly, she realised that despite healthy eating, training, calorie counting and protein intake, there was no change on the weighing scale. In desperation, she also bought a new weighing scale, which also showed no change.

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Doctors and experts helped her understand that the body changes with age and needs understanding rather than punishment. Four months later, she said she was seeing results and feeling stronger, healthier and more hopeful.

Calling the journey “healing” rather than vanity, Manisha encouraged people not to lose heart when progress is slow, saying the body sometimes needs “patience, not perfection.” She also thanked her trainer for gently pushing her forward.