S R Gym Adajan
3rd floor, above Way Wait Restaurant, near Deepa Complex, Krishna Nagar Society, Kalpana Society Part-2, Choksi Wadi,Adajan, Surat, Gujarat 395009
- Mon–Sat
- 06:00 am – 10:00 pm
- Sunday
- Closed
- Google rating
- 4.6 from 28 reviews
A coached gym in Surat, since 1999
S R Gym is a gym in Surat with two branches, in Adajan and Katargam, coached by Brijesh Joshi since 1999. He opened it as a young lifter and still coaches on the floor today, and he is President of the Strength Bodybuilding Association South Gujarat, which organises the bodybuilding championships across this region. Memberships start from ₹1,700 for one month. He also coaches online for people who train elsewhere.
- Coaching since
- 1999
- Branches in Surat
- 2
- Google reviews
- 119
Your coach runs South Gujarat's bodybuilding association
Brijesh Joshi is President of the Strength Bodybuilding Association South Gujarat, the body that organises the Man of Steel series, Mr. Surat and Mr. South Gujarat. The association names him on its own championship circulars, as Joint Secretary in 2022 and as President in 2025, printed alongside the same phone number this gym publishes.
His own competing came first. In 1997, while studying at Akhand Anand Arts and Commerce College, a Gujarati newspaper reported him placing second in weight lifting and third in the 75 kg power lifting group at the South Gujarat University inter-college championships. He opened S R Gym two years later, and around 20,000 members have trained here since.
He is also a registered Category B judge with the Indian Body Building and Fitness Federation, and received the Gujarat Shri award in 2023 for services to the sport in the state. Every certificate, judge card and plaque is photographed on the credentials page.
SBBASG Annual General Meeting
Two gyms in Surat: Adajan and Katargam
The Katargam branch on Ved Road came first, in 1999, and Adajan followed at Choksi Wadi. They keep different opening times, so it is worth checking which one suits your morning before you decide.
Adajan, Surat, Gujarat 395009
S R Gym Katargam
Vihar Society-2, Wadinath Chowk, Plot 169, Ved Road, near Singanpor Char Rasta, Ishwar Nagar Society,Katargam, Surat, Gujarat 395004
- Mon–Sat
- 05:00 am – 10:00 pm
- Sunday
- Closed
- Google rating
- 4.5 from 91 reviews
Which branch is yours?
If you live west of the Tapi — Adajan Gam, Choksi Wadi, Pal, Rander or Jahangirpura — Adajan is the one to walk into. It opens at 6am. If you are on the Ved Road side of the city — Ved Road, Singanpor, Ishwar Nagar, Amroli or Dabholi — Katargam is closer, and it opens an hour earlier at 5am, which matters if you train before a shift rather than before an office.
The coaching is the same at both, and membership starts from ₹1,700 for one month at either branch.
Members who changed, with the time each of them took
All 17 resultsEvery result below was published with the member's name, what they do for a living, and how long their change took, and each of them gave permission to appear here. One member, Parvez, published his own before and after on his own account and credited the coaching, which you can read on his Instagram post.
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Ashutosh Banerjee
Marketing professional, Adajan
Works ten to twelve hours a day at a laptop. In September 2026 he reported having been free of neck and back pain for three months, with more energy and more muscle. He trains at Adajan from 8 to 9am and posts about it himself.
Training since Feb 2026
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Dasrath
Real estate developer, Katargam
Lost 16 kg and went from XXL to M in clothing. He reported that his cholesterol returned to the normal range, his energy improved and his breathing difficulty on stairs resolved.
12 weeks
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Yogesh
Working professional
3 months
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Naresh
Business owner
3 months
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Harish
Business owner
3 months
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Abhishek
Working professional
4 months
These are individual results. What happens for you depends on where you start, how consistently you train, and how closely you follow the plan.
What you can train for here
Most people arrive with one of these goals in mind. Each page explains how that goal is coached at S R Gym, what it costs, and roughly how long members have taken to get there.
- Personal training in Surat One to one coaching with Brijesh, at either branch.
- Weight loss in Surat Training and food adjusted together, built around Gujarati meals.
- Strength training in Surat Barbell coaching from someone who competed in the lifts.
- Putting on muscle For anyone who has been training a year and has not changed shape.
- Yoga and gym together Yoga taught as part of an ordinary membership, not a separate class.
- Training with diabetes or blood pressure Coached alongside your doctor, by a certified special population trainer.
- Women at S R Gym How women train here, and what to expect on a first visit.
- Online coaching The same coaching, wherever you happen to train.
- Never trained before What the first month actually looks like, and what nobody is watching.
- Try a session first Come and watch, or do one supervised session, before deciding anything.
- Gym fees in Surat What gyms in this city charge, and what we charge.
- Training around a job For professionals past thirty whose last attempt lost to a busy fortnight.
- Back and posture Building a back that tolerates ten hours at a desk.
- Starting after 40 Coached by someone certified in special population training.
- Competition coaching Contest preparation from the president of the regional association.
- Diet coaching Food planned around what a Gujarati household actually cooks.
- Couples and families Training together, on one floor, without one person carrying the other.
Or you are coming in with something specific
Plenty of people walk in because something hurts, or because a doctor told them to. Each of these is coached at both branches.
Every session here starts with yoga
Before a member touches a weight, they do the twelve positions of Surya Namaskar. Brijesh completed the Foundation Course in Yoga Science for Wellness at Surat's district yoga wellness centre, run under the aegis of the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, and the sequence is taught to every new member in their first fortnight rather than left to be copied badly from a video. Most people who walk in have spent nine hours sitting, and asking a body in that state to squat or press without first moving the spine, hips and shoulders through their range is how the lower back ends up taking work that was never meant for it.
That is one of six things that have stayed the same here since 1999. The others are form before load, protecting the first session of the week, building the diet from real food before any supplement, treating sleep and rest as part of the programme, and refusing to coach steroids at any level.
Coaching for people who train outside Surat
Brijesh began coaching online in 2024 so that people beyond the city could work with him. Clients receive a plan built around their schedule and the equipment they can actually reach, and it is adjusted as they report back. One of the results above, Kalpesh, was coached from Surat to the United States across sixteen weeks.
Common questions
- Where is S R Gym in Surat?
- S R Gym has two branches in Surat. The Adajan branch is at 3rd floor, above Way Wait Restaurant, near Deepa Complex, Krishna Nagar Society, Kalpana Society Part-2, Choksi Wadi, Adajan, Surat 395009, and it opens at 6:00 am from Monday to Saturday. The Katargam branch is at Vihar Society-2, Wadinath Chowk, Plot 169, Ved Road, near Singanpor Char Rasta, Ishwar Nagar Society, Katargam, Surat 395004, and it opens at 5:00 am from Monday to Saturday. Both close at 10:00 pm and both are closed on Sunday.
- Who is Brijesh Joshi?
- Brijesh Joshi is the founder and head coach of S R Gym in Surat, which he opened in 1999. He is also President of the Strength Bodybuilding Association South Gujarat, the body that organises the region's bodybuilding championships, and he served as its Joint Secretary in 2022. A Gujarati newspaper report from 1997 records him placing second in weight lifting and third in the 75 kg power lifting group at the South Gujarat University inter-college championships.
- How much does S R Gym cost?
- Membership at S R Gym starts from ₹1,700 for one month, and one-to-one personal training with Brijesh Joshi starts from ₹10,000 for one month. Both branches publish the same starting rates. Call +91 98790 69960 to confirm the current price for your branch.
- Does S R Gym offer online personal training?
- Yes. Brijesh Joshi began coaching clients remotely in 2024, alongside the two gyms in Surat. Online clients receive a training and nutrition plan built around their schedule and their available equipment, and several have trained from outside India.
- Is S R Gym open on Sunday?
- Both S R Gym branches in Surat are closed on Sunday. They are open from Monday to Saturday, with Adajan opening at 6:00 am and Katargam at 5:00 am, and both closing at 10:00 pm.
- Is S R Gym suitable for beginners?
- Yes. Beginners train alongside experienced lifters at both branches, and new members spend their first few weeks learning the barbell lifts with light weight before any progression begins. The member results published on this site include a college student, a homemaker, several working professionals and two business owners, most of whom arrived with no training experience.
- Which gym in Surat has been open the longest?
- S R Gym opened in 1999 and has been run by the same coach ever since, which makes it one of the longest continuously operating gyms in Surat. Most of the gyms trading in the city when it opened have since closed.
Come and see the gym for yourself
Walk into either branch during opening hours and ask for Brijesh. Looking around and asking questions costs you nothing. If you would rather know exactly what happens first, here is what joining actually involves, and here is the gym's story since 1999.