About Staunch

India built the apartment gyms.
We built what makes them work.

For a decade, gated communities have had gyms that nobody really runs. Staunch is the missing layer — verified personal trainers who come to your clubhouse, and a service we own from the first session to the last.

How Staunch works

We own the trainer, the service, and the outcome — end to end.

Residents subscribe directly. Verified trainers arrive at the apartment gym. No marketplace, no middlemen — every trainer is vetted, every session is logged, every standard is ours to keep.

Verified, not listed

Every trainer is ID- and certification-checked before they ever reach you. The intro video is on their profile — meet them before they meet you.

Your clubhouse, your hours

Sessions happen in your own community gym, at times that fit your day. No commute, no class you have to make.

We own the outcome

If something’s off, it’s on us — not a freelancer you found online. We hold the trainer relationship, the payments, and the standard.

The team

Built by operators who’ve
done this before.

An Indian Air Force fitness specialist and an India-scale product builder — combined, a complete operating system for in-apartment fitness.

Founder & CEO

Sgt. (Retd.) Shamnad Abubacker

Built fitness for the Indian Armed Forces. Now building it for India’s apartments.

Indian Air ForceStrength & conditioning specialist, certified at the Armed Forces Sports Medicine Centre and the Air Force Central Medical Establishment.
National CoachLed unit fitness for the IAF; coached team games at national and international championships.
Staunch.fitFounded Staunch and built the playbook across 15 Bengaluru communities — grown entirely through resident referrals.

20 years of service · Indian Air Force

Co-founder & CTO

Jaijin P Austin

Built consumer products at India scale. Brought that to fitness.

Paytm Trains · 2015–18Built the Trains booking vertical from scratch and scaled it to 1 lakh+ tickets a day.
ShipNext · 2018–22Co-founder & CTO of a funded startup — the hard technical calls when they mattered most.
BoundaryFill · 2022–Founder of the engineering studio that ships Staunch — full-stack team, design system, infra.
Staunch.fitArchitected the full platform — resident, trainer, and admin apps, end to end.

M.Tech, Computer Engineering · NIT Surat

Fitness that fits your lifestyle.

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