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[caption id="attachment_37957" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Mohun Bagan starts innovative training with masks | Image: XtraTime[/caption] Kolkata: Mohun Bagan have suddenly introduced a new kind of training yesterday when the players were seen practicing with a special mask. The training has been no new to Indian sports as Indian cricket team Captain Virat Kohli too was seen doing such special training a few months back. But Mohun Bagan probably became the first Indian football club to start such training in their schedule. Mohun Bagan physiotherapist Abhinandan Chatterjee has been an instrumental figure in Mohun Bagan's recent success and is known for implementing innovative things during the training. Abhinandan detailed the subtle things about the mask to www.xtratime.in , as he said, "The training mask is also known as RMT mask and has been found recently quite popular among the sports enthusiast s & also in professional athletes." He added, "RMT - Respiratory Muscles Training Mask has been used by our players in the last training session and has caught quite a number of eyes of the spectators & they were quite fascinated by the appearance of the equipment as well as they became quite curious also." The Bagan Physiotherapist also mentioned the importance of of this mask, as he said, "Basicaly this mask is used for increasing the stamina. It is said to be used for uphill training without going to the mountains. It conditions the respiratory muscles, hence a work out of, suppose 25 minutes workout can be achieved in 12-15 minutes with this special training. The research process is still going on for determining more concrete efficacy values." Abhinandan reminded, "In recent times it is quite popular in the fitness industry and Virat Kohli has been noted using this equipment in recent times as well." He added, "Our players (Mohun Bagan) have also taken up this equipment under my guidance and I'm planning our sessions according to the players' requirements." Of late, the Green and Maroon brigade has started various new things in their training and Abhinandan's new innovation has certainly added a new dimension in Sanjoy Sen's training session.