Santhosh Sivan

Santhosh Sivan

Find what's optimal, tailored for you.

Hi, I'm Santhosh. I'm a fitness enthusiast who learnt the nuances of health through science. Here's what I can do for you.

Santhosh training

You're not lazy. You're aiming at the wrong thing.

I spent years doing six reasonable things at once and wondering why none of them moved. Nothing was wrong with my effort. I was spreading it across things that were never going to matter for my body.

An hour is usually enough for me to find the two that will, and to leave you with the version of the week that uses them. That is the entire point of the call.

Santhosh Sivan

I'd rather show you than tell you.

Drag across the comparisons. These are people who did the work. All I did was point them at the right things and keep them honest.

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Answin

Competitive bodybuilder

Peak week is where a prep is won or lost. That last month is what he came to me for.

Paul before
Paul after
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Paul

Founder, and still in college

A degree, a business, and about two sessions a week. It still moved.

Neelesh before
Neelesh after
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Neelesh

2nd year MBBS

Same number on the scale. Completely different body under the shirt.

Pranav before
Pranav after
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Pranav

International BJJ fighter

Started with no training history at all. Built from nothing.

Two ways in. Start with one.

They are not a small package and a big one. One teaches you the process so you can run it yourself. The other is me running it with you, week after week, when that is genuinely what the situation needs.

Start here

The 60-minute consultation

Not a general chat about fitness. We go through your body, your training history, your schedule and what you are genuinely working with, and then we build the specifics in front of you.

  • How your training week is structured
  • A schedule built around the week you actually have
  • The recommendations that apply to you, and the ones that don't
  • The process itself, written down, so you can go and run it

You leave knowing what to do. Not motivated to go and work out what to do.

Book a consultation

Most people only ever need this one.

When it's genuinely needed

Personal training

Long-term coaching from ₹15,000/month. Rigorous, closely managed, and built for people who need someone in it with them: a stage to prep for, a business that eats the week, a goal that has stopped moving on its own.

  • Programming that changes as you do
  • Prep coaching, through to stage
  • Built around demanding careers, not around an ideal week
  • Real accountability, not a check-in box

It is a commitment, and it is not meant to be everybody's first move.

And it still starts with the call.

Personal training

From ₹15,000/month

Long-term coaching, run properly. A month is not a trial and it is not long enough to change anything that matters, so this is built as a commitment on both sides: rigorous, closely managed, and demanding of you as much as of me. There is no lighter version of it, because the lighter version does not work.

What it covers

  • Programming rebuilt around you as you change, not a plan handed over once.
  • Prep coaching, including the last month into a stage.
  • Careers and businesses that do not leave neat gaps for training.
  • The level of access and accountability that actually moves someone stuck.

Take the consultation first.

This is not the default choice and I would rather you did not treat it as one. Most people do not need it. They need to understand their own body and the process once, properly, and then go and run it themselves. That is a completely good outcome and it is the one I am aiming at.

  • I don't want you committing to something before you understand what you're committing to.
  • I don't want you carrying a long commitment that you abandon in month two.
  • An hour on a call is usually enough to tell whether you need me every week, or just once.

If we speak and we both decide personal training is the right call, what you paid for the consultation comes off the personal training fee. You are not paying twice to find out.

I take you through everything after that once we have talked: the full scope, the terms, and how your months would actually run. There is nothing to sign before then.

Book the 60-minute consultation

People I'd love to work with.

Not a filter, and not a list of people I turn away. These are simply the situations I have spent the most time inside, and where I am most confident I can be useful to you quickly.

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You are running a business, and a week

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You are a student trying to make it stick

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You want to stop being unhealthy

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You are already doing it well, and want more

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If one of these is you, I'd genuinely like to work with you.

Start with a consultation

I wasn't born with good genetics either.

I was the heaviest kid in my class. I tried every shortcut that gets passed around, wasted a couple of years on all of them, then started doing the boring version properly. Drag through it.

No steroids. No shortcuts. Nothing I can't explain to you.

Santhosh as a teenager, before training
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Santhosh before he started training
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Santhosh in his early years
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Santhosh training in the gym
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Santhosh mid-transformation
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Santhosh after years of consistent training
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Here's exactly what happens.

One call, then everything you need to run the next few months without second-guessing yourself. Nothing hidden, nothing upsold.

  1. 01

    You fill the intake

    Three minutes, on the booking page. Training history, how you actually eat, sleep, injuries, what you have already tried and where it stalled. Answer honestly rather than impressively, it makes the call better.

  2. 02

    You pick a time

    Straight after the form, on the same page. Google Meet, IST. If something comes up, email me and we move it.

  3. 03

    We talk for sixty minutes

    I read your intake before we start, so we skip the interview. A full hour is long enough to go past the symptom and into what is actually causing it, then build the fix in front of you: what your training week looks like, what to change first, what to stop doing. No pitch at the end.

  4. 04

    I write your plan and send it over

    Training split, nutrition targets, a supplement sheet with what is worth buying and what is not, a tracker, and notes specific to you. Written after your call, not pulled off a shelf.

  5. 05

    You run it, or we keep going

    Most people take the plan and execute it on their own, and that is a completely fine outcome. If you want me involved long term, we talk about it on the call.

60 minutes on Google Meet. Fee shown at checkout.

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Straight answers.

The call

How does booking actually work?

Everything happens on my booking page. You pick a slot, answer the intake questions, and pay in the same flow. I get all of it together, so by the time we're on the call I already know your situation and we don't waste ten minutes on introductions.

What are the intake questions like?

Age, height, weight, how active your day actually is, whether you're veg or non-veg, your goal, how many days a week you can genuinely train, your current split, a normal day of eating, what makes you fall off, injuries, medications, and what supplements you're on. Optional: progress photos and recent bloodwork.

What happens in the sixty minutes?

I've read your intake beforehand, so I open with what I think is actually going on. Then we go through it properly, you push back where I've got it wrong, and we land on what you're changing first. It's a conversation, not a lecture.

What do I get afterwards?

A training split, nutrition targets, a supplement sheet, a tracker, and notes written specifically for you. It lands in your inbox after the call, not before, because I write it around what we actually discussed.

I've never trained before. Is it too early to book?

It's the best time. You've got no bad habits to undo and no attachment to a programme you've been running for two years. We start from what you can hold down this month.

Money and kit

How much is it?

The current fee is on the booking page, and that's always the accurate one. I'd rather keep it in one place than leave a number on this site that quietly goes stale.

Do I have to buy supplements?

No. They're the smallest lever in the room and I won't sell you a stack you can't sustain. If money's tight, we build the plan around food you're already buying and skip the rest.

Do I need a gym membership?

It helps, it isn't a requirement. Tell me what you've got access to, even if that's a pair of dumbbells at home, and I'll build around it.

How do I pay?

UPI, cards or netbanking, handled on the booking page when you choose your slot.

Everything else

In their words.

Students, a doctor in training, a fighter, a delivery driver, a competitor. Different lives, same problem: nobody had told them what to actually do.

“During a bodybuilding prep, peak week is always the most crucial time period because it will determine how your final look on stage will be. Even though I am self-coached, if I could give credits to anyone for guiding me it would be to Santhosh. He gave me a peak week strategy which ensured I looked my best without spilling (he has never competed btw). Basically, he knows what he's doing.”
Answin
Competitive bodybuilder
“My strength has improved a lot since I started training with Santhosh. Out of all the trainers I've worked with, he's the best at actually addressing pain and figuring out what's causing it instead of just ignoring it. I've seen significant improvements in a really short time.”
Pranav
International BJJ fighter
“The overall experience with Santhosh was really helpful. As a college student, I didn't have much time to work out more than 3 days a week, but he made the plan work around my schedule. The guidance went beyond just a consultation sheet. He helped me understand my workouts, form, and the right cues to improve. It made fitness much more practical and manageable alongside college.”
Sakthi
College student
“Before working with Santhosh Sivan, I struggled with overeating, consistency, and losing weight. As a 2nd-year MBBS student, I also found it difficult to balance fitness with my busy schedule. Santhosh helped me learn how to eat better, train properly, and stay consistent without making things complicated. I lost a good amount of weight, improved my physique, and became much more confident and disciplined.”
Neelesh
2nd year MBBS
“With my IIT schedule, I barely had time for fitness. Santhosh made my diet and training realistic around my routine, even down to my budget and food choices. It gave me a clear, simple direction without overcomplicating things.”
Arivoli
IIT student
“I learned a lot about training, recovery, and how to approach my fitness goals properly. As someone struggling to stay consistent alongside my work as a delivery driver, I really appreciated that he took the time to understand my situation instead of giving random advice.”
Gopi Kannan
Delivery driver
“I consulted Santhosh because I was confused about how to approach fat loss and build an aesthetic physique. He took the time to understand my lifestyle and goals and created a plan specifically for me. Unlike my previous experiences, the guidance felt genuinely personalised, and he clearly explained what I needed to do and why.”
Sai Aravind
Software engineer
“With Santhosh's mentorship, I finally got clarity on what workouts to do and how to perform them correctly. It's given me the confidence that I can be in insane shape within a year.”
Vivaan
MBA student

Stop guessing. Start measuring.

Give me an hour and the honest version of your situation. I'll give you a plan built for the life you actually have.

60 minutes · Google Meet