
Divanka Wijendra
Divanka Wijendra is a 43-year-old General Practitioner (GP) who turned to Pilates as a more sustainable fitness option after finding high-intensity workouts like HIIT and CrossFit increasingly challenging. His shift reflects a broader trend among men towards Pilates, driven by the discipline's slower pace and emphasis on core strength and flexibility.
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Divanka Wijendra, a 43-year-old GP, used to attend Hiit classes and did CrossFit, but as age crept up on him, he thought: 'I don’t think I can keep up with the intensity.'
‘My body is on fire!’: my perilous, painful, perfect month of pilates | Health & wellbeingThe Guardian·
United Kingdom· 2026-09-23








