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AltCrew
Pre-launch · India · Drops May 31, 2026

Find yourCrew.

Group of runners celebrating after a sunrise run, palm-lined boulevard, India

Your city is already moving. Crews running at sunrise. Yoga at the boardwalk. Lifters at the corner gym. Find the people who train like you do.

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Fitness in India is happening. You just can’t find it.

Crews are running in your city right now. Five AM tempo runs. Saturday morning yoga circles. After-work lifting groups. Trail hikes that take ten people up the Western Ghats before sunrise. Running clubs in Vizag, yoga groups in Hyderabad, cycling pelotons in Bangalore, padel courts in Mumbai. Every sport, every pace, in your neighbourhood. The barrier was never motivation. It was finding the crew that fits you.

The communities are there. Locked in private group chats you weren’t added to. Instagram pages you’d have to know to follow. Rooftops and parks you’d have to know to look at.

If you’re already in, you’re in. If you’re not, you stay out.

A note from the founder

A note from the founder

For years I wanted to get fit, but I couldn’t bring myself to join anything. The rooms didn’t feel like they were for me, and the people in them didn’t make space.

A coach changed that. He believed in me more than I did. So I walked. I lifted. I ate what he told me to eat. I lost 35 kilos in a year.

Most people don’t get a coach like that. They give up before they start, or after one bad attempt, because the communities they tried weren’t built for someone who looks, or weighs, or feels the way they do.

AltCrew is for them. If that’s you, we’re building this for you.

Abhishikth Veng, founder of AltCrew
Abhishikth Veng
founder · LinkedIn

Three jobs. One app.

01

Discovery

Every crew, club, class, and meet near you, on one map. Filtered by sport, pace, and how welcoming they really are.

02

Matching

Drop your pace, your goal, your schedule. The people training where you do, at your speed, surface first.

03

Organizer tools

Run your community without spreadsheets. Schedules, RSVPs, waivers, photos, gear: all handled.

Find A Fitness Community
Near You

Running clubs, yoga groups, HIIT crews, cycling pelotons, pickleball leagues, lifting partners. Discover real fitness communities in Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, and across India.

how it works

Three taps to your first Saturday.

  1. step 01

    Drop your pin

    Your city, your sports, your pace. Sixty seconds, no signup wall.

  2. step 02

    See your Crew

    Browse clubs, classes, and meets within 5 km. Tap any one to see who shows up, when, and how fast they go.

  3. step 03

    Show up

    Tap RSVP. Waivers, photos, schedules, all handled.

who it’s for

Every crew that moves.

Group of runners on a morning run, energetic city streets

Run Clubs & Crews

Sunrise 5Ks to weekend long runs. Run your crew without the group-chat chaos. Pace groups, RSVPs, photos, all in one place.

Group fitness class indoors, lifting and HIIT

Studios & Gyms

Fill every class. Handle RSVPs, waivers, and check-ins. Let people discover you instead of chasing them.

Weekend retreat group hike, Western Ghats trail

Retreats

Trail weekends, fitness festivals, wellness escapes. Multi-day movement, off the map.

four exclusive features

Four things you only get here.

01

PacePals

Know there are people at your level before you even show up.

Buy a ticket to any event, run, swim, CrossFit, hyrox, lifting session. Pick your level on the way in: casual, intermediate, athlete. Right then, you see how many others at your pace are coming, and a few of their names. You show up already knowing you are not the only one. After check-in, a grouping ping helps same-level attendees find each other on the spot. (Coming soon.)

02

Flash Album

Unlocks at the event. Everyone there shares one album for 24 hours.

Show up, the album opens. Anyone at the event drops their photos in. Every attendee sees the full set for 24 hours, then access closes. Tap to share to your Instagram story or grid.

03

Shoe Locker

Track every kilometre on every pair. Replace before the foam dies.

Log every pair. Kilometres tally automatically. A retirement nudge lands around 600 km, before the cushion goes and the injuries start.

04

Smart Waivers

Sign once. Never again.

One digital waiver in your profile. Every organizer who needs it gets it instantly. No clipboards. No delays at startline.

india context

India is moving. The infrastructure isn’t there yet.

2.5M

registered runners in India

1,600+

fitness events held nationwide each year

<1%

gym penetration across the country

More runners than ever. More events than ever. And almost nobody at the gym. The opportunity isn’t motivation. It’s discovery.

Figures compiled from publicly reported industry estimates. Sources include the Athletics Federation of India, the IHRSA Global Report, and event listings aggregated by major Indian endurance organizers.

Run club captain leading a group warm-up
FOR ORGANIZERS

BUILD YOUR CREW

Run club captain, yoga instructor, gym owner. Manage events, track check-ins, handle waivers, grow your community. All in one place.

Grow your community
Group workout in a steamy gym
FOR CREW

FIND YOUR CREW

Discover events near you. Match with workout partners at your pace. Check in when you show up. Never train alone again. Your crew is out there.

Start exploring
For Organizers

Stop running your club out of seven group chats.

Your schedules, your RSVPs, your check-ins, your waivers, your photos, your pace groups. Handled. Free for clubs. Paid events: small commission on tickets sold.

Get in touch
Launch event

Vizag Fitness & Flea Fest

One day. One beach city. Thirteen hours of movement, market stalls, food, and music. AltCrew goes live on stage at 7:30 PM.

Date
Sunday, May 31, 2026
Time
9:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Venue
Sai Priya Resorts, Visakhapatnam
App drops
7:30 PM · on-stage Founders Q&A
Tickets
BookMyShow · price announced soon
Lineup
Full schedule announced shortly
Tickets drop on BookMyShow soonFollow @altcrewapp for the drop

Things people ask.

Be on the app the day it drops.

Waitlist signup

We open new cities by demand. Yours helps decide the order.

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