Coaching, not supervision
A coach who watches sixteen people cannot correct anyone. Our classes are capped, our coaches move, and you will be told when a rep was ugly.
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Two racks and a whiteboard
VANTA opened in 2014 above a printing works in Lower Parel with eleven members and one rule: nobody trains without a plan. Twelve years on, the floor is bigger. The rule hasn't moved.
2014
The year we opened, with eleven members
Our story
Built by coaches, for people who want to get better
Marcus Vale had spent a decade coaching in commercial gyms watching the same thing happen: people paid for twelve months, trained for six weeks and never got a straight answer about whether it was working. VANTA was the correction.
We built a floor around barbells rather than mirrors, hired coaches instead of salespeople, and capped classes at a number where correction is still possible. Every member gets a movement screen, a baseline test and a written block. Every twelve weeks we re-test and tell you the truth about the numbers.
The club now runs four floors, sixty classes a week and twenty-four coaches, and about a third of our members came from someone else's recommendation. That is the only marketing metric we watch.
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How we work
Four things we refuse to compromise on
Measured, not guessed
Composition scan, strength benchmarks and a conditioning test at intake, then again every quarter. Progress you can see on paper.
Recovery counts as training
The adaptation happens between sessions. Sleep, food and easy days are written into your block, not left to chance.
No lock-in, ever
Thirty days' notice and you're free. If a gym has to trap you to keep you, it hasn't earned the money.
The facility
Four floors, one membership
Twelve thousand square feet across the strength floor, three studios, the ring room and the recovery suite.
Strength floor
Fourteen racks, four competition platforms, calibrated Eleiko plates and a dedicated Olympic bay.
Conditioning deck
Concept2 rowers and skiergs, Assault bikes, sled track and a twenty-metre turf lane.
Studios & recovery
Three sprung-floor studios, an infrared sauna, cold plunge, compression boots and two massage rooms.
Come and walk the floor before you decide
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Before you walk in
The things people ask at the front desk, answered honestly. If yours isn't here, call the desk on +91 98211 40500.
Yes — roughly four in ten new members have never touched a barbell. You start with a movement screen and two technique sessions before you go anywhere near a heavy set. Classes run scaled and Rx options side by side, so nobody is doing something they aren't ready for.
Booking opens seven days ahead in the member app. Peak slots — 6am, 7:15am and 6:30pm — usually fill within a day, so book the week ahead. The open gym floor never needs a booking.
Forty-five minutes with a coach: joint-by-joint mobility check, loaded squat and hinge assessment, an InBody composition scan and a conversation about your history, injuries and schedule. You leave with a written twelve-week block.
Yes — forty covered bays in the Kamala Mills compound, free for members for up to two hours. The club is also an eight minute walk from Lower Parel station.
Twice a year, up to eight weeks at a time, at no cost. Travel, injury, a brutal quarter at work — tell the desk and we'll pause it. Medical freezes beyond eight weeks are handled case by case.
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