Get stronger, move better, and finally stay consistent. Vai writes your program, reviews your training every week, and answers you directly.
Several have trained with Vai for three, four, five years running.
"Working with Vai was transformative. He helped me dispel self-limiting beliefs and achieve performance I never imagined. I went from 3 failed squats to 3/3 in competition, benched over 200 pounds."
Ritchie J
Powerlifting Coaching"I have been under Vai for 2 years and his care and effort in programming is exceptional. I gained 205kg on my total—my strongest years ever."
Khristian Raumar Argana
Powerlifting Coaching, 2 years"Where do I even begin. Vai has put on a massive amount of strength to my total over the four years we worked together, starting back in 2021."
Pho Lam
Powerlifting Coaching, 2021–2025"The biggest issue I had was being unable to squat without pain in both knees and my low back. I have regained comfortable mobility and can confidently say I am a smarter, stronger lifter."
Leo Yang
Powerlifting & Injury Recovery, 3 years"Vaibhav took me in at my lowest physical condition. I was experiencing severe hip pain that kept me disabled. Through careful rehab and strategic reintroduction of squats, we solved it in months."
Nikolas Cristan
Powerlifting Coaching"Vai has been one of the most influential, knowledgeable, and encouraging people I have ever met. No one is happier to work with clients than Vai. You see him light up talking to people."
Schuyler
Powerlifting & Movement Coaching"I had wrist pain for 3 years. Vai worked on my hand and I heard a pop. I haven't had pain since and now I can wide-grip bench with zero discomfort."
Ana Ayala
Movement CoachingEvery testimonial verified and used with permission · Average client relationship: 2+ years
You have tried the programs and the apps. They gave you information. They did not give you a coach who looks at what you did last week and changes the plan. That gap is the problem. Beyond the Barbell closes it.
Small on purpose. Vai coaches every member personally, so the programming is coached, not templated.
Everything below, every week. Not a one-time download.30 minutes, one on one. Full movement and lift screen, your main limiter, written takeaways. The plan is yours to keep.
Written for you and rebuilt every week around your recovery, schedule, and goals.
Vai reviews your training and adjusts load, volume, and exercise selection.
Final-year DPT candidate, NASM-CPT, competitive powerlifter. Not a chatbot, not a moderator.
Structured check-ins and community polls keep training a habit that survives February.
30 minutes, one on one. You leave with a plan, whether or not you ever work together.
Your program, built and rebuilt by Vai every week around your history, schedule, and goals.
Everything in coaching, plus direct messaging. For competitors in prep and anyone training through an injury.
Vai coaches every member personally. The roster is capped, and applications pause when it is full.
Run the programming for two weeks. If you cannot point to something that changed (a lift, a movement, a pattern you finally understand), you get a full refund and you keep the work. No guilt trip, no hoops. After that it is month to month, no contracts.
Specificity, repetition, and intensity reshape the motor system. Your program is built on all three.
Kleim & Jones, J Speech Lang Hear Res, 2008Progressive overload, deliberate variability, and load management, adjusted weekly to your data. Not handed over once on a PDF.
Vai is a final-year DPT candidate and NASM-CPT, and he applies what he is learning to your training. He coaches strength and movement. He is not yet a licensed physical therapist and does not diagnose or treat injuries.
Vai Jaideep is a final-year Doctor of Physical Therapy candidate (UTEP, 2027), NASM-CPT, and founder of Yoddha Training. He has coached 100+ clients across nine countries since 2020, and he still competes: a 260/190/305 kg total (755 kg) and the 2025 Karnataka State title. Vai is not yet a licensed physical therapist. He coaches strength and movement and does not diagnose or treat medical conditions.
The five-year case study
Aren Joy Fernandes came to Vai in 2020 already holding a sub-junior Asian gold. He left in 2024 with an IPF world record at 74 kg, multiple Asian records, two Indian national records, an IPF World Junior bronze, and an Asian Classic title. Same coach, five unbroken years. That is the standard the programming is built against.
See the record →● 10% of Beyond the Barbell proceeds go to Bipolar India
Most programs are generic and nobody checks whether you did the work. Here Vai reviews your training every week and you check in. It is coached, not a PDF.
Yes. 30 minutes, no card, no obligation. You keep the plan whether or not you continue.
The brand is intense. The coaching meets you where you are, whether it is your first training cycle or your fifteenth.
Your program is built around your real schedule. The goal is training with intent, not training more.
Two-week full-refund guarantee, then month to month. No contracts, no cancellation maze.
Book the free evaluation. 30 minutes, one on one. Vai screens how you move and you leave with a plan, whether or not you ever hire him.
Book your free evaluation →The roster is capped because Vai coaches every member personally. Not ready? Get a free 15-minute consult or message Vai on Instagram.
P.S. The evaluation is free, the plan is yours to keep, and your first two weeks are risk free. The only way to lose is to keep training alone.
Quwwa (Arabic for strength) turns a real-life goal, like standing up from a chair, carrying grandchildren, or returning to a sport, into an exercise session for adults 20 to 80. Every exercise comes with plain-language reasons, easier and harder versions, and a one-tap way to make it gentler.
Every path starts with the same thing: a coach reading your data and adjusting the plan. The difference is how much of Vai’s week goes to you. Not sure? Book the 30-minute evaluation first and decide after.
A 30-minute one-on-one session. Vai screens your movement, finds the actual limiter, and hands you a plan you can run whether or not you ever hire him.
One-time · No commitment
One-on-one coaching. Programming built and rebuilt by Vai around your history, schedule, and goals — strength work, comp prep, or general strength.
Month to month · Cancel anytime
Everything in Beyond the Barbell, plus Vai on the other end of your phone. For competitors in prep and anyone training through an injury who needs an answer the same day, not next week.
Everything in Beyond the Barbell, plus:
Most people do not need a new program. They need to know what is actually limiting them. That is what this session is for.
Thirty minutes, one on one. Vai screens how you move, tests the joint or pattern you suspect, and tells you what he sees. You leave with written takeaways and a plan — whether or not you ever work together again.
This session is complimentary — no payment, no catch.
Questions first? WhatsApp Vai directly →
One-time · No cost, no obligation
Run the programming for two weeks. If you cannot point to something that changed — a lift, a movement, a pattern you finally understand — you get a full refund and you keep the work. Vai has coached 100+ people across nine countries. The mechanism holds. The only variable is whether you show up for it.
The free evaluation, almost always. Thirty minutes tells you more than a sales call ever will, and there's no cost to find out. Skip it only if you already know exactly what you want.
Both are one-on-one coaching with Vai: your program, your history, rebuilt every week. The 24/7 tier adds direct messaging access, same-day answers, and live call time during comp prep. Take 24/7 if you are prepping for a meet or training around an injury. Otherwise start with Beyond the Barbell.
No. Most clients train at a commercial gym, but programming gets built around the equipment you actually have. Tell Vai your setup in the intake.
Both tiers are month to month, cancel anytime. Three months is the honest minimum to see structural change, but nobody is locked in. Both carry the Two-Week Guarantee, so the risk on the front end is zero.
Yes. Payments are processed by Stripe. Card details never touch Yoddha servers.
A hospital bed in Dubai, a cricket bat, a first barbell overhead, and eventually a platform with a state title on it. Along the way, five years coaching a friend to national records, multiple Asian records, and an IPF world record. The philosophy did not come from a textbook. It came from running the experiment on himself first, then on someone he could not afford to get wrong.
Competition is not a marketing detail. Vai still loads the bar, still misses attempts, still makes the same decisions he asks clients to make.
260 / 190 / 305 kg. A 755 kg total, a 2025 Karnataka, India State title, and a half marathon on the other end of the spectrum. Plus the two credentials that matter most in the coaching chair: a final-year Doctor of Physical Therapy candidacy, and five years coaching a national-record holder.
Cricket in Dubai, a first barbell overhead, and a lot of time being the smallest kid in the room. The reason the programming is patient is that the coach remembers being on the other side of it.
The clearest answer to “does the programming actually work on someone who is not you.”
The lifter holding the medals is Aren Joy Fernandes, out of Mangaluru. Vai’s best friend since the tenth grade, and his athlete from 2020 to 2024.
Aren arrived already good. He had taken sub-junior gold in Kazakhstan the year before. The hard part of coaching an athlete like that is not finding the first twenty kilos, it is keeping someone on an international podium for five straight years while the competition gets older, heavier, and better. That is the job Vai took, and the records below are what came out of it, including an IPF world record at 74 kg and multiple Asian records.
An IPF world record at 74 kg, multiple Asian records, two Indian national records, a World Junior podium, and an Asian title, across five unbroken years with the same coach. Two kids out of the same tenth-grade classroom, both still under the bar a decade later. That is what a long coaching relationship is capable of, and it is the standard every Yoddha program is built against.
Thirty minutes, one on one. Vai screens how you move, finds the actual limiter, and hands you a plan either way, free.
Book the evaluation →Tell me where you're at and what's not working. I'll call you for fifteen minutes, tell you honestly whether coaching is the right fit, and point you toward the eval or the packages if it is.
I'll personally reach out within 24 hours to schedule your call. If it's urgent, message me directly on WhatsApp.
Message on WhatsApp →Powerlifters, lifters coming back from injury, and people who just wanted to move better. Several have trained with Vai for three, four, five years running.
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