Personal training for Huntington Beach, in Irvine
You drive inland for this one. There is one private studio, in Irvine, one trainer in it, and no other client in the room during your hour. The first hour costs nothing.
There is no Huntington Beach location, and this page will not pretend otherwise. Take the 405 inland from Beach Boulevard and exit at MacArthur. Von Karman Avenue runs through the Irvine Business Complex, near John Wayne Airport.
What the sand will not give you
Weight training is the most effective way to hold or build lean body mass: bone, muscle and tissue, everything in you that is not fat. It also builds the strength of your tendons and ligaments.
Muscle fibers grow largest when they work under tension for under 30 seconds. Past that the effort shifts toward aerobic, which produces smaller muscle size. Steady sand miles are aerobic work. Individual results vary.
Paddling, pushups and a stacked shoulder
Paddling out, a pushup and a bench press all load the same joint. If your shoulders round forward and you press in that position, the joint is not stacked where it should be. The screen tells me whether that is you.
In that position your subscapularis, the muscle that pulls your shoulder forward, gets overactive. The rhomboids, teres minor and infraspinatus that should be stabilizing your shoulder blade struggle to do their job. Muscle balance is the answer, not raw strength.
Your sport rotates, so your training should
A golf swing is transverse plane movement, the rotational one. Surfing and volleyball load rotation too. Most gym programs only train the sagittal plane, which is forward and back: walking, squats, bicep curls.
So we add the frontal plane, side to side, and the transverse plane on purpose. You will hear me say keep your hips facing forward, rotate through your torso, not your hips.
The forward lean in your squat
A week at a desk and a weekend in the water do not cancel each other out. If your torso leans too far forward in the overhead squat, the screen names which muscles are short and which are long and weak.
Then the lift gets coached while it happens, which is the half of it a written plan cannot do. In the room that sounds like keep your torso more upright through the movement.
The questions before the first rep
The free hour opens with questions. When would you like to start seeing results, and why. Then the honest version of what your week actually looks like. Those answers shape the plan more than any number on a scale.
Then the safety side. A readiness questionnaire, your injuries and surgeries, any medication, and your typical daily activity level. Answer honestly, because that keeps your program safe. If you have a condition, get cleared by your own doctor first.
Your trainer
I am Brad Glaser, and I own this studio and train every hour in it. 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.
Before 2008 I worked at one of the largest training chains in America. I became its Master Trainer, teaching the trainers, and its Fitness Manager at one of its busiest locations at twenty. You get that same trainer every session.
Why the same routine stops working
Your body adapts to whatever you throw at it, and fast. Keep one routine indefinitely and progress stalls, because your body has already adapted and stopped being challenged. It also goes mentally stale.
Most people only ever change the exercise. There are thirteen variables in a program and the exercise list is one of them. The routine that got you here is not always the one that keeps you moving.
Booking around the 405
Traffic on the 405 shapes your week more than I do. The first hour of the day starts at 6 AM, and there are evening slots after the freeway thins out. Pick the one that costs you least.
Sessions are by appointment, so the room is already set for your hour. Leave a cushion on your first visit, find Suite 103 on Von Karman Avenue, and the hour starts when you do.
Plans, and the days between drives
The smallest plan is $197 a month: one private hour with me, and extra sessions can be added on. The heaviest is $1,397 for twelve private sessions, three in a week. Two plans sit in between, at four and eight.
Every studio plan carries VeraForma Premium, which is $29.99 a month on its own, so a week with one studio visit still has a program behind it. The eight-session plan adds the Corrective Exercise Continuum and posture training.
Stuck tissue, and when it gets worked
A tight spot is not always a short muscle. It can be tissue that has become stuck or restricted, and release work helps reduce or prevent that. The release lowers stress and reduces your injury risk during training. Individual results vary.
So an hour here can open on one tight area before you lift anything at all. That call comes out of the screen, not out of what you did at the beach on the weekend.
Questions
Do you have a Huntington Beach studio?
No. One studio only, at 17165 Von Karman Ave, Suite 103, Irvine, CA 92614. Huntington Beach clients drive in, as do clients from Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Corona Del Mar.
What if I have never had a trainer?
That is a normal starting point, and it comes up in the first hour, because never having trained with anyone changes where we start. We begin at the basics and advance as you adapt, which is the NASM OPT model.
Is the first hour really free?
Yes. One free hour, with nothing owed and no card taken. We cover goals, run an overhead squat screen, then train a little so you can feel how an hour here goes.
Will this help my surfing or volleyball?
Your program is built from your own screen, not from your sport. Surfing and volleyball both load rotation, so we train the frontal and transverse planes too, not only the sagittal one.
What do the plans cost?
$197 a month at the bottom, $1,397 at the top. The lightest plan runs on a three-month minimum, then month to month. We pick the rhythm you can actually keep.
Book your free session
OC Personal Training, 17165 Von Karman Ave, Suite 103, Irvine, CA 92614. Open Monday through Friday, 6 AM to 8 PM, and closed Saturday and Sunday.
Call (949) 574-4755, or put your name, email and phone in the form. Brad will call you within 1 business day to book a time. No card, no obligation.
