Personal training for Costa Mesa clients
5.0 on Google. Training clients since 2005, in my own private Irvine studio since 2008. Plans from $197 a month. The drive inland from Costa Mesa buys an hour that belongs to one client.
The studio is in Irvine, not Costa Mesa, so this page is about a drive. What waits at the end is a booked hour with one trainer, and no part of it shared with anybody else.
Costa Mesa to Von Karman Avenue
You already know the roads. MacArthur Boulevard takes you inland past John Wayne Airport, and Von Karman Avenue comes off it inside the Irvine Business Complex. Suite 103 sits at number 17165.
The studio runs 6 AM to 8 PM, Monday to Friday. Take the 6 AM hour and you are back in Costa Mesa before the workday starts. The evening hours work the same way.
Knees that cave in on a squat
The knees often drift inward on an overhead squat. Usually that comes with a tight adductor complex, TFL and vastus lateralis, and a medial hamstring, VMO and gluteus medius that are not pulling their weight.
That pattern is associated with IT band tendonitis, and with anterior, medial and lateral knee pain. Naming it is not saying you have it. In the room the cue is short. Push your knees out over your toes.
The short calf behind a lifting heel
If your heels lift as you sit down, that points to a short soleus and a long, weak anterior tibialis. That pairing is associated with plantar fasciitis, posterior tibialis tendonitis, which you may know as shin splints, and patellar tendonitis.
Keep your heels planted. Shift your weight back through mid-foot. Then we release the calf and strengthen the shin, because the cue alone will not hold it. If you have a condition, get cleared by your own doctor first.
A low back that arches under load
An arched low back points at a tight latissimus dorsi, erector spinae and hip flexor complex, with the gluteus maximus, hamstrings and intrinsic core stabilizers underactive. It is associated with low back pain.
The cue comes before the weight. Brace your core and tuck your ribs down before you squat. Then we strengthen the glutes and core so the position holds when I am not standing there saying it.
What I ask before anything moves
You drove in from Costa Mesa, so the hour opens with questions. Have you worked with a personal trainer before. If you have, what stopped it working. Those answers decide which program is right for you.
Injuries and surgeries, medication, chronic conditions, your typical daily activity level and what a typical day of eating looks like. The more honest, the better we can help. Then we build the plan.
Your trainer
I am Brad Glaser. Five certifications: NASM CPT and Master Trainer, NASM-CES, NASM-PES, NCSF and PFIT, plus a current CPR card. I have trained clients since 2005 and founded the studio in 2008.
I rose to Master Trainer inside one of the country's largest chains and trained its trainers. I left because the company put financial gain ahead of client goals. This studio is the opposite: one client, one room.
Why the correction has an order
Stretching the tight muscle and stopping there is why the tight spot comes back. The order has four steps: calm the overactive muscle, lengthen it, wake the underactive one, then load it in real movement.
Miss a step and it will not stick. A segment out of alignment loads the ones above and below it, so the order matters. That order is the Corrective Exercise Continuum, and NASM-CES is the credential for it.
Why the drive beats a membership
A membership buys you access to a floor and whoever is free. Driving in from Costa Mesa buys you a booked hour at 17165 Von Karman, with one trainer who already knows what your movement screen found.
It also buys progression. Your plan sits on the NASM Optimal Performance Training model, so month two is not month one with heavier weights. Your body adapts fast, and the plan has to move with it.
Stretching the wrong muscle makes it worse
Stretching pulls muscles that have drifted out of position back toward where they belong. Stretch one that is already long and weak, though, and the imbalance usually gets wider.
Everyone's imbalances are different, so the stretch list is written for your muscles, not off a chart. Assisted stretching here releases the short side first, so the weak side can do its job.
The days you do not drive in
You are not driving inland five days a week. Every studio plan includes VeraForma Premium free, a $29.99 a month value, and it programs the days you stay in Costa Mesa.
The lowest plan is one private hour a month at $197, and the highest is twelve private sessions at $1,397. What usually separates people who reach their goals from people who do not is accountability, not willpower. Individual results vary.
Questions
Do you have a Costa Mesa studio?
No. One studio, at 17165 Von Karman Ave, Suite 103, Irvine, CA 92614. Costa Mesa clients drive inland to it, and there is no second address.
Anything to know before I drive in?
Book the hour first, because the studio runs one client at a time and the room is set for you. Call (949) 574-4755 from the car if Suite 103 is hard to find.
What is in the first hour?
One hour, free, with no obligation and no card on file. We go through your goals, run the movement screen, and train a little. Then you leave with your plan.
Should I see my doctor first?
If you have a condition, get cleared by your own doctor first. The screen names a pattern and the muscles behind it, never a condition you have. We train around what it finds.
How much do the plans run?
Four plans. The $197 one is a single private hour a month and runs three months, then month to month. Every plan carries VeraForma Premium. The first hour is free.
Book your free session
OC Personal Training sits at 17165 Von Karman Ave, Suite 103, Irvine, CA 92614. Weekday hours are 6 AM to 8 PM, with the weekend off.
Call (949) 574-4755, or put your name, email and phone into the free session form. No card is needed. Brad will call you within 1 business day to book a time.
