All you need to know about 77-year-old fitness enthusiast turned Instagram influencer, Tripat Singh

Tripat Singh, the 77-year-old hailing from Chandigarh, has turned into an influencer on Instagram, thanks to his fitness regimen.

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Workouts and physical exercises are a must to keep oneself fit in today's fast-paced virtual world. While many of us just do not give enough importance to the idea of keeping fit, a 77-year-old has taken social media by storm with his daily workout routine. Hailing from Chandigarh, Tripat Singh has turned into an influencer on Instagram, thanks to his fitness regimen.

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Tripat Singh has more that 1.1 M followers on Instagram where he regularly uploads his exercise videos and also practices a strictly vegan diet. Age is no excuse to fitness, and there is no better person who embodies this statement more than Tripat Singh.

It was the death of his wife that led him on this path of self-care. In a video shared on his Instagram page, Mr Singh is seen with a photograph of his wife. The text accompanying the video quotes him as saying, “I'm Tripat and this is my wife, Manjeet. She passed away in 1999, and I was heartbroken without Manjeet. I was depressed for years. Our business dissolved. I became a couch potato.” He he said, “Manjeet would have been disappointed seeing me quit. So I decided to lift myself up in my 60s and train harder to lift myself again. Today I run a successful business. And I'm fitter than I ever was! And I feel my wife's spirit and support in everything I do.”

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Mr Singh performing a variety of exercises ranging from lifting weights, working out using monkey bars and even lifting weights while hanging inverted from a monkey bar. The comeback is always greater than the setback, and he is a stren believer of the ideology.

In addition to inspirational videos on fitness, Mr Singh also shares posts on curated exercises that his social media followers can perform as a routine at home.