Barbell Club — Gomti Nagar
Everybody
starts at twenty.
An empty barbell weighs 20 kg, and that is where every single person in this room began — including the two coaching it. Come in once, for free, and find out what yours looks like loaded.
20KG
Bar only
An empty bar is 20 kg. Everyone starts here — day one, no exceptions.
Drag across the bar to load it
- 0
- Competition racks
- 0
- Lifting platforms
- 0
- Barbells, six of them calibrated
- 0
- Kilograms of plate
This week
Sessions, and
who is coaching them
Coached sessions cap at eight to sixteen so the coach can watch every set. Open floor is never capped. Tap a session to hold a place.
Who is on the floor
- 01
Ravi Menon
Head coach
Fifteen years under a bar, eight of them coaching. National-level powerlifting referee.
- 02
Aarti Deshpande
Conditioning
Ex-state hockey S&C. Runs the conditioning block and every on-ramp for nervous beginners.
- 03
Nikhil Rao
Coach
Came in unable to squat the bar in 2019. Now coaches the Tuesday and Thursday on-ramp.
What it costs
No joining fee. No minimum term. The first session is free whichever of these you end up on.
Off-peak
Weekdays, 11:00 – 17:00
₹1,200per month
- Open floor and any session in the window
- Full run of the equipment
- Cancel with a message
- Most people
Full
Any session, any hour we are open
₹1,800per month
- Every coached session on the timetable
- Open floor whenever the doors are unlocked
- Programme written for you, reviewed monthly
- Cancel with a message
Coached
Full, plus a weekly one-to-one
₹3,200per month
- Everything in Full
- One private hour a week with Ravi or Aarti
- Video review of your main lifts
- Meet prep if you want to compete
The things
people ask
I have never touched a barbell.
Then you want the on-ramp: Tuesday and Thursday at 17:30, or Saturday at 09:00. Eight people, one coach, six weeks. You will spend the first fortnight on an empty bar and nobody in the room will find that remarkable — half of them started the same way.
Do I have to book?
For coached sessions, yes — they cap at eight to sixteen so that the coach can actually watch your sets. Open floor you can simply turn up to.
Is this a men's gym?
No. One of our three coaches is a woman, the on-ramp is deliberately mixed, and there are proper changing rooms rather than a converted cupboard.
What if I cannot make 6am?
We open at 05:00 on weekdays and close at 23:00. There is a coached session morning and evening every weekday, and open floor either side of both.
Is there a contract?
No joining fee, no minimum term, no phone call to cancel. Send a message and it stops at the end of the month.
Parking?
Basement, free for members, and it is never full at 6am.
First one
is free.
Turn up, train with a coach, decide afterwards. No card, no form, no three-month tie-in you have to argue your way out of.
Message us on WhatsAppWhere
Ground floor, Vibhuti Khand
Gomti Nagar, Lucknow 226010
Basement parking, free for members.
- Mon – Fri
- 05:00 – 23:00
- Saturday
- 06:00 – 21:00
- Sunday
- 08:00 – 14:00