Indian women in sports & fitness | What’s broken| Sisters in Sweat

How do you create a community of 8000 women who love sports?

It all began unwittingly in 2017, in Bangalore, India. What was assumed would be a one-off session for a handful of friends, turned out to be a 15-women-strong, super-successful event! So much so, that the women requested the founders to conduct weekly sessions and thus began the “Sisterhood”.
‘Sisters In Sweat’ is a community exclusively for women, by women, stitched together by sport and wellness. Now with multiple sports formats including football, basketball, swimming, badminton, dance, etc,. the community is spread across Bombay, Delhi, and Bangalore.

At the helm of Sisters in Sweat, you have Swetha Subbaiah, an authority on fitness and one of India’s 4 Nike certified coaches. Along withTanvie Hans, a professional footballer who played for Fulham & Spurs and India at a national level, they founded Sisters In Sweat in 2018.

Want to register for a session: www.sistersinsweat.in. You can follow them at,
Insta: @sistersinsweat.in
Swetha: @swethasubbiah
Tanvie: @tanviehans

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Links to the full podcast

Youtube: https://youtu.be/Si6OXc26UA4
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My name is Dilip and I'm the host. You can connect with me at:
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Chapters:
00:00 Teaser
01:58 Introduction
06:12 Backgrounds of the guests, Tanvi’s football journey
11:06 Different types of household
12:09 Support from parents
13:04 Swetha’s story of life
16:21 Parents as the protagonist, checklist for girls,
18:40 Passion and hard work,
20:40 Privileged career path, How to handle pressure?
24:52 Should we have an alternative plan? Is it okay to leave the job?
31:50 Defined template by older generation
35:10 Why should women play sports? Benefits from physical training
39:11 Making women comfortable in sports attire
44:00 Why do women not go to the gym? Breaking the insecurity barrier
47:00 First session of SIS and community coaches
52:58 Toolkit to figure out which sports to play
57:30 Playing sports gave me a new identity
59:30 Common challenges that women who play sports face
1:01:48 Lack of Women Coaches and Need for Soft Skills
1:06:50 Disparity between Men’s & Women’s Cricket World Cup viewership
1:09:50 Cultural differences in developed countries and India
1:13:22 Why should women lift weights?
1:14:49 Should women play sports during the menstrual cycle?
1:16:35 Right sports attire for women
1:17:46 Ideally what to eat
1:21:03 Increase in bonding between mother and kids
1:22:15 What is Sisters in Sweat, Importance of community
1:27:00 Men in SIS
1:29:39 Advice to the younger generation
1:32:08 Rapid Fire
1:32:50 Conclusion