I’m Shwetang Chikankar. I coach a few people properly, instead of many people barely.

My story, the untidy version

I’m not someone who woke up one day and decided to call himself a coach. I started underweight, around 45 kg. Over the years I built up to 60, then 80, then crossed 90. I’ve been through muscle-building phases, phases where I gained too much fat, and I’ve dieted back down more than once before finally seeing the lean physique I once assumed wasn’t for me. I have been bodybuilding for 6 years now, all natural.

For five years I worked night shifts. So when I talk about training around a body clock that’s always slightly off, eating well when your schedule is upside down, and protecting sleep while a demanding job pulls at you, I’m not speaking from theory. I’ve also been vegetarian through my entire fitness journey, so I know firsthand that you can build muscle and lose fat on Indian vegetarian food without making eating complicated or joyless.

I didn’t stop at my own experience. I’ve spent years studying nutrition and food science, habit formation, body composition, recovery, and training principles, because I’m genuinely fascinated by how lasting change comes from practical, livable adjustments rather than extremes. When you tell me you’re tired, stuck, or starting over again, I’m not judging from the outside.

Today I coach a wide range of people: women with PCOS, people managing thyroid and blood sugar, new mothers, women around menopause, adults in their 50s and 60s, people who want to lose fat or build muscle, bodybuilders getting ready for a show, a shoot or an event, and anyone who simply wants to understand their own health. I read your reports and history before I write a single plan, and I work alongside your doctor, never instead of them. Vegetarian, eggs or non-vegetarian, the plan is built from the food you already eat.

The honest version of why clients stay

Most people don’t fail for lack of willpower. They fail because no one’s holding them accountable, the plan doesn’t fit their life, and the feedback loop is too slow to catch a bad week before it becomes a bad month. So I built the opposite: every client gets a plan shaped to their schedule and equipment. On Transformation and Pro, you check in daily (it takes under a minute), and I read every one. Real before-and-afters are on the results page.