बल बुद्धि विद्या देहु मोहिं
Strength, wisdom, knowledge — Hanuman Chalisa
About me
I am Alok, most people know me as Defence Ward. I coach at Metaflex Gym in Gorakhpur, and online for people anywhere in India.
I got certified because I got tired of watching people in my own gym copy a YouTube split, wreck their lower back, and quit in six weeks thinking they were the problem. They were not. The plan was.
So the deal is simple. I fix your form before I add weight. I build your diet out of the food already cooking in your kitchen. And I check in every week, because the plan is not the hard part, staying on it is.
Plans
Gorakhpur only
You + me, same gym floor.
Every rep watched and corrected. The fastest way to stop wasting months on bad form.
Anywhere in India
Your gym, my programming.
A plan written for your body, your gym's equipment and your schedule, plus me on WhatsApp when it stops making sense.
Already training
The part everyone gets wrong.
You are lifting fine. The food is the problem. Built on what your family already cooks, no chicken-and-broccoli nonsense.
Blogs
Most people waste their first month at the gym walking between machines pretending to have a plan. Here is the actual plan, what to bring, what to lift, and how heavy.
Every 'lose 10 kg in 2 weeks' plan works, briefly, and then it un-works. Here is the real number, where the first three kilos actually come from, and a 14-day Indian plan built on food your mother already cooks.
Abs are not built by crunches, they are uncovered by body fat percentage. Work backwards from where you are now and the timeline stops being a guess.
In-person sessions run at Metaflex Gym in Gorakhpur. If you already have a gym membership somewhere else, online coaching covers you, the programme is written around whatever equipment your gym actually has. Nothing here is limited to one corner of the city.
All of it. Clients come in from Golghar, Gorakhnath, Medical College Road, Mohaddipur, Rustampur, Betiahata, Taramandal, Civil Lines, Shahpur, Asuran, Kunraghat, Bichhiya, Rapti Nagar, Padri Bazar, Jatepur, Bashharatpur, Nausarh, Ramgarh Tal, Transport Nagar, Dharamshala Bazar, Alinagar, Humayunpur, Daudpur, Raiganj, Ashok Nagar, Shastri Chowk, Vijay Chowk, Nakaha, Deoria Road and Kushinagar Road. In-person coaching happens at one gym because that is where the equipment is; the programme is what travels.
Yes. Gorakhnath, Medical College Road, Asuran, Kunraghat and Shahpur are all a short ride from where in-person sessions run, and clients train from all of them. If crossing the city twice a week does not fit your schedule, online coaching is written around whichever gym in Gorakhnath you already use.
In-person coaching happens at a gym rather than at your doorstep. What covers every area is online coaching: the plan, video form review and the weekly check-in all run over WhatsApp, so wherever you are in Gorakhpur, the coaching reaches you and the plan is built around the equipment your gym actually has.
Yes. Sahjanwa, Chargawan, Pipraich, Campierganj, Khorabar, Bhathat, Chauri Chaura, Gola Bazar, Barhalganj, Sardarnagar, Bansgaon, Khajni, Kauriram, Belghat, Gagaha, Brahmpur, Pali, Uruwa, Jungle Kaudia and Bagha Gada are all covered by online coaching, with weekly WhatsApp check-ins instead of a commute.
It depends on whether you want in-person, online or diet-only, and how many sessions a week. Message on WhatsApp with your goal and you will get a straight number, not a sales call.
Yes. Your gym membership pays for the equipment and the door. Coaching pays for the plan, the form correction and the weekly check-in, and it is quoted per person because two people with the same goal rarely need the same number of sessions. That is why there is no package price listed on this site.
Check five things. One, a certificate you can verify, in India that means a Skill India / NCVET-recognised qualification with a certificate number you can look up yourself at skillindiadigital.gov.in. Two, whether the first conversation is about your injuries and your schedule or about a price list. Three, a written plan where the load or the reps actually move week to week. Four, a diet built from roti, dal, sabzi, curd and paneer rather than oats and imported whey. Five, CPR and AED training, because barbells and beginners in one room is a real risk. Run that list on me and on everyone else you are considering.
A guarantee of ten kilos in thirty days, because nobody controls the rate of fat loss. A physique used as the qualification, because genetics and years are not a teaching method. Supplements pushed in the first conversation, especially ones the trainer sells. One identical plan for every client on the floor. No contact between sessions, so nothing gets measured and nothing gets adjusted.
Ask for the certificate number, not a screenshot. A Skill India / NCVET-recognised qualification carries one, and you can verify it yourself at skillindiadigital.gov.in. Mine is on this site as a downloadable PDF with the numbers left readable for exactly that reason.
Certified Fitness Trainer (NSQF Level 2, 117/150), Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Supplement Specialist and CPR/AED certified, all through Mission India Fitness Institute and recognised under Skill India / NCVET. The full set is downloadable as a PDF.
Most of my clients are exactly that. Week one is six basic movements and finding your starting weights, you do not need any base level of fitness to begin.
Yes, both in person and online. The training principles are the same; the programming and the diet targets differ. A lot of women in Gorakhpur look for a female personal trainer and end up training with nobody, because there are very few in the city. If a mixed gym floor is the problem, online coaching solves it, everything runs over WhatsApp and you train at whatever hour suits you.
That is what most people come for. Fat loss is decided by the food far more than by the workout, so the diet is built first, from what is already cooking in your kitchen, and the training keeps the muscle while the weight comes off. Progress is measured weekly rather than guessed at.
Yes. Hitting protein on a vegetarian Indian diet takes planning rather than supplements, dal, curd, paneer, soya and whey get most people there comfortably.
Yes, online coaching covers anywhere in India. You get a custom plan, video form review over WhatsApp, and a weekly check-in.