India, Jan. 10 -- For Bhumi Pednekar, fitness has been a journey of learning, unlearning, and ultimately finding balance. The actor admitted that initially she was someone who would "run away from the gym". However, that changed after an unexpected nudge from Akshay Kumar introduced her to lifting weights, a shift that reshaped her relationship with exercise.

In a conversation with Soha Ali Khan on her podcast, Bhumi revealed that Akshay Kumar introduced her to strength training. She said, "This was right before I started shooting for Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. He has a wonderful trainer he works with named Jenny. I told him, 'Sir, main toh gym se bhaagti hoon' (I run away from the gym). He was probably shocked, and Jenny helped me a lot." ...