Srinagar, June 23 -- When Muzeen Firdous was a boy, he fell from a height and broke his leg badly. It was the kind of injury that can easily shape a person's entire life.

For years, he struggled to walk. People around him would look at him with helplessness. They thought his future was already written.

"People pitied me," Muzeen said. "But even as a child, I made a promise to myself. I wasn't going to let this be the end of my story."

Growing up in Shivpora, Srinagar, Muzeen didn't plan to become a fitness coach. He studied Mechanical Engineering and followed what many would call a 'safe' path. But even then, his heart kept pulling him back to training.

He started working out at a small CRPF gym in 2009. There were no mirrors, no fanc...