Rival Fitness, a popular gym and fitness chain in the city, opened its first outlet in Rajarhat taking its overall count to 10. And with this latest outlet, the brand focuses on overall wellness by adding a pain and rehab clinic. Occupying a large space of 6,000 sqft on the first floor of Purti Star on Rajarhat Main Road, Rival Sports is divided into two sections. While the first section offers a range of activities for an aesthetic body under trained professionals, the clinical wing will have practitioners, including orthopedic surgeons and visiting faculty offering aid in making mobility smoother and the body fitter. Helmed by Dr. Sougata Sarkar, a sports medicine practitioner, and Subhrajyoti Paul Chowdhury, the brand aims to be inclusive and start the trend of physical-clinical fitness centres.
From treadmill and elliptical trainer to air rower and spin bike, Rival Sports has a range of equipment to burn calories and tone your muscles.
Power rack, Smith machine and Lat pulldown machin
Founders of Rival Sports Dr Sougata Sarkar and Subhrajyoti Paul Chowdhury. “We are a premium chain of gyms in the city and for our 10th address we wanted to take a more holistic look at fitness. Rival Sports is a unique concept as it is under one roof that you can move from rehabilitation to achieving your performance athletically. Our generation thinks that going to the gym and being physically active is an aesthetic part of our life but it is actually a primary preventive measure for 95 per cent of diseases. WHO also recommends that 150 minutes of physical activity per week can prevent a lot of diseases. Hence we are turning it into a clinic offering a gamut of services for a physicallyand clinically-fit population,” said the founders.
Building blocks
Doctors: Five, including orthopedic, sports medicine and PMR
In-house physiotherapist: One
Visiting physiotherapist: Three
Floor trainers: Four
Strength and conditioning specialist: One
Clinical nutritionist: One
Services
Multiple doctor clinic
Physiotherapy and pain management
Musculoskeletal rehabilitation
Clinical and neuro-rehabilitation
Sports rehabilitation
Electrotherapy
Wax therapy
Dry needling
Cup therapy
Instrument-assisted tissue mobilisation
Clinical nutrition plan
Sports performance nutrition plan
General training
Group personal training
Exclusive personal training
Rival Sports
Rajarhat Main Road, Action Area Two, Purti Star, first floor, near Derozio Memorial College
Timings: 6.30am to 11pm, all days
Membership: Rs 2500 onwards