Athlete training on calisthenics bars against a vibrant graffiti wall, raw urban street-workout energy

Koramangala · Bengaluru · Est. 2019

MASTER YOUR BODYWEIGHT

From your first pull-up to your first planche. Real coaching, real bars, real progress — no machines, no shortcuts.

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Who we are

Strength you can
carry anywhere

We started on a rusty park bar with three friends and a whiteboard of goals.

Rise Calisthenics grew out of Bengaluru's outdoor street-workout scene — the kind where nobody cares what you lift, only what you can move your own body through. We built the gym we always wanted: German-steel rigs, chalk in the air, and coaches who actually program your progressions.

No mirrors to pose in. No leg-day queue. Just bars, rings, parallettes and a plan that takes you from hanging on for dear life to holding a clean lever. Beginners and street-workout veterans train the same floor — and that mix is the whole point.

  • Progressions, not guessworkEvery skill mapped rep-by-rep so you always know your next step.
  • Built for real bodiesScaled entry points for absolute beginners through advanced athletes.
  • Community over egoTrain alongside people chasing the same holds you are.
  • Coach-led floorA qualified coach on the mats every coached session, every day.
Man doing pull-ups on a bar in a raw industrial gym with exposed brick walls, moody and gritty
7 yrson the bars & growing
Classes & programmes

Pick your session

Six coached formats, one open floor. Drop into any class that matches where you're at today — your coach handles the scaling.

01

Fundamentals

Your on-ramp. Grip, hollow body, scap control and the road to a strict first pull-up and clean dip.

Beginner55 min
02

Skills Lab

The signature class. Muscle-up, handstand, levers and planche work broken into honest progressions.

All levels60 min
03

Straight-Arm & Rings

Build the tendon-strong, straight-arm base that unlocks planche, iron cross prep and ring stability.

Intermediate60 min
04

Mobility & Prehab

Wrists, shoulders, hips and spine — the flexibility work that keeps you pressing pain-free for years.

All levels45 min
05

Open Gym

Self-led floor time on the full rig. Chase your own programme with a coach on hand for form checks.

All levelsFlexible
06

Community WOD

Saturday's bodyweight conditioning throwdown. Sweat hard, high-five harder, then stretch it out together.

All levels50 min

Weekly timetable

All sessions coached · doors open 30 min prior

Rise Calisthenics — regular weekly schedule (Bengaluru time)
Day Morning Midday Evening Late
MonFundamentals 6:30Open GymSkills Lab 6:30Straight-Arm 8:00
TueStraight-Arm 6:30Open GymFundamentals 6:30Mobility 8:00
WedSkills Lab 6:30Open GymSkills Lab 6:30Straight-Arm 8:00
ThuFundamentals 6:30Open GymStraight-Arm 6:30Mobility 8:00
FriSkills Lab 6:30Open GymFundamentals 6:30Open Gym 8:00
SatCommunity WOD 8:00Skills Lab 11:00Open Gym—
SunMobility & Prehab 8:00Open Gym 10:00Closed—
The signature block

Your skill path
up the wall

Every athlete follows a mapped route. Unlock one hold, and the next progression opens up. This is the ladder we coach you up — one honest rep at a time.

Foundation

Pull-up

Dead hang to strict rep. Build the pulling base every skill is stacked on.

Explosive

Muscle-up

Bar to bent-arm transition. Where pulling power meets the courage to commit.

Straight-arm

Planche

Push the floor away and float. The straight-arm strength benchmark.

Elite

Front Lever

Hold your body horizontal off the bar. Total-body tension, earned over months.

Open Gym

The full rig is yours outside class hours — bars, rings, parallettes and chalk. Train your programme, your pace, on real steel.

Coaching

Qualified coaches program your progressions, film your form and hold you accountable to the next milestone — never just counting reps.

Community

Monthly skill jams, form clinics and a chat that celebrates every first pull-up. You'll never chase a hold alone here.

Memberships

Simple plans,
no lock-in tricks

Month-to-month, cancel anytime. Every plan includes your intro assessment and a personal skill roadmap.

Open Gym
₹2,500
per month
  • Full-rig access during open hours
  • Chalk, rings & parallettes included
  • Coach on floor for form checks
  • Intro assessment & roadmap
Start Open Gym
Most popular Coached
₹6,500
per month
  • Unlimited coached classes
  • Everything in Open Gym
  • Personal skill programming
  • Monthly progress review
Go Coached
Skill Path
₹9,000
per month
  • Everything in Coached
  • Small-group skills coaching (max 4)
  • Weekly video form breakdowns
  • Fully personalised programming
Chase a skill

No commitment? Drop-in ₹500 · 10-class pack ₹4,000 · Students & couples get 15% off any monthly plan.

The floor

Where the work happens

4,000 sq ft of open training floor, a competition-spec rig, ring stations and a graffiti wall that's earned every tag.

Muscular athlete powering through a pull-up on steel bars outdoors, explosive muscle-up strength
Pull & muscle-up rig
Athlete holding a human flag on outdoor calisthenics bars in front of a graffiti wall, an advanced skill-path move
The graffiti wall
Focused athlete training on gymnastic rings in a dark concrete gym, coaching-style intensity
Ring stations
Group calisthenics session on pull-up bars in an urban graffiti-walled gym, community training energy
Community sessions
Close-up of chalked hands gripping gymnastic rings in a gym, grit and grip detail
Chalk & grip
The coaches

Trained by athletes,
not algorithms

Every coach on our floor has earned the holds they teach — and knows how to break them down for you.

Muscular man in a tank top doing pull-ups outdoors in an urban setting, bold bodyweight strength

Kabir Menon

Head Coach & Founder

Ex-national gymnast with 11 years on the bars; holds a full planche and coached three athletes to competition muscle-ups.

Focused athlete training on gymnastic rings in a dark concrete gym, demonstrating coaching intensity

Ananya Rao

Skills & Rings Coach

One of Bengaluru's first women to hold a clean straddle planche; specialises in ring strength and honest progressions.

Athlete performing pull-ups against exposed brick, representing a strength and mobility coach

Dev Sharma

Strength & Mobility Coach

Certified movement specialist who keeps our athletes pressing pain-free; turns stiff desk-workers into front-lever hopefuls.

Results

Reps that added up

Walked in unable to do a single pull-up. Fourteen weeks later I got my first bar muscle-up on camera. The progressions just work.
Rohan Iyer
0 → first muscle-up · 14 weeks
I came for weight loss and left with a human flag. The coaches never let me plateau, and the Saturday crew became my closest friends.
Sneha Kulkarni
Zero pull-ups → human flag
After years of machines that bored me, training my own bodyweight finally stuck. Down 12 kg, pressing handstands, and I actually look forward to sessions.
Arjun Nair
Down 12 kg · freestanding handstand
Visit & train

Come move with us

  • StudioThe Yard, No. 24, 5th Block, Koramangala,
    Bengaluru 560095, Karnataka
  • Call or WhatsApp+91 93157 76817
  • Opening hours
    Mon – Fri6:00 AM – 10:00 PM
    Saturday7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
    Sunday7:00 AM – 1:00 PM
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