Private Training
Personal Trainer in San Jose
A private studio, one-on-one sessions, and a practice built around getting busy San Jose professionals stronger, more mobile, and better prepared for the next forty years of their lives.
Studio
1401 Parkmoor Ave, Ste 100
Sessions
12,000+
Certification
ACE
Format
1:1, Semi, Group
Why San Jose
The studio is in San Jose. I've spent more than a decade building a training practice here, mostly with working professionals who live or commute through the city. If you're reading this, you're probably within ten minutes of the studio at 1401 Parkmoor Avenue.
San Jose is different from the rest of the South Bay, even though people tend to lump it all together. The client mix here runs across the whole range. Engineers from Cisco, Adobe, and PayPal walk over during their lunch break. Product managers in Willow Glen stop in before their kids wake up. Retired teachers from Almaden come in the mornings, and nurses coming off shifts at Good Samaritan often head here before heading home. A handful of small business owners on The Alameda close up their shops and walk three blocks over.
What ties most of my San Jose clients together is that they're not looking for a bootcamp. They've usually tried a gym membership. Maybe a class pack or an app after that. None of it held. What they need is a trainer who actually pays attention, programs around their life, and isn't going to push heavy deadlifts when they've had a terrible night of sleep.
What I focus on with San Jose clients
Most of the people who come to me are dealing with a version of the same problem. A body that used to feel fine and doesn't anymore. A schedule that doesn't have room for a two-hour gym routine. Usually a history of old injuries or years of sitting that the training has to work around.
We build training around all of that. Sessions are usually sixty minutes, covering compound strength, some conditioning, and mobility that targets whatever your body is asking for. Over twelve thousand sessions in, I've gotten pretty good at seeing what somebody needs within the first few minutes.
The studio
1401 Parkmoor Avenue, Suite 100. Parking is easy, it isn't a gym, and there's no music blasting at you. It's a private training space set up for focused 1:1 and small-group work. You'll find dumbbells, kettlebells, a squat rack, a bench, bands, cardio equipment, and mobility tools — all of it included in your session, nothing to bring.
The location matters more than people assume. It's just off the 880 interchange, which means if you're commuting in from Almaden or down from north San Jose, you're not sitting in traffic to get here. People underestimate how much easier it is to keep a training habit when the drive is ten minutes and not forty-five.
Who I'm not the right fit for
I want to be upfront about this. I'm not the right trainer if you want fast weight loss over sustainable training. My focus is building a body that ages well, not one that looks good for a specific event. The group sessions I run are small and intentional; they aren't commercial-gym bootcamps.
Drop-in sessions aren't my thing either. This works best as an ongoing relationship. Once a week is a fine starting point, and most clients settle into twice a week once they feel the momentum build.
What happens after you reach out
You fill out a short form. I reply the same day. We get on a quick call, schedule the free consultation, and if it's a fit we book sessions starting the following week. If it's not, I'll usually point you toward someone or something that is. No hard sell either way.
Where the work usually ends up
One of my longer-standing clients is a retired teacher who lives near the Rose Garden. She came in with eight years of chronic low back pain she'd accepted as part of getting older. We didn't do anything heroic. Steady glute work, teaching her pelvis to sit neutral, and a kettlebell that started light and slowly got heavier. Three months in, the morning stiffness was gone. A year in, she was carrying her grandkids up her front steps without bracing. She still trains with me twice a week.
A lot of what people in their sixties and seventies call aging is actually untrained tissue. The body repairs itself better than the standard narrative allows for, if the work is consistent.
What I do
Services
1:1, semi-private, or small group
Private one-on-one, two-person semi-private, or small group. Every client still gets a program built around their own body, whatever the format.
Strength, conditioning, and mobility
Sessions mix compound strength with conditioning and targeted mobility. The studio has dumbbells, kettlebells, racks, a bench, bands, cardio equipment, and mobility tools.
Programming for the days between sessions
Training you do on your own the rest of the week, at home with whatever you have or at the studio where all the equipment is included. It's how the work compounds.
Longevity-focused approach
Built for the next forty years of your body, not the next four weeks. Bone density, grip strength, balance, and practical nutrition guidance are part of the plan.
Location
The studio is close to San Jose.
Address
1401 Parkmoor Avenue, Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95126
Drive from San Jose
The studio is at 1401 Parkmoor Ave, just off the 880 interchange. Most San Jose clients are here in under ten minutes.
FAQ
Questions from San Jose clients
Further reading
Articles I often share with San Jose clients
Free Consultation
Ready to start training in San Jose?
First conversation is free. Real conversation about where you are and whether this is the right fit. If it is, we start the following week.