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Frank with Super Model Client Fabio
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Frank Vassil
As a Team Captain of the High
Performance Training Team, Frank Vassil’s reputation as Hollywood’s
premiere personal trainer is without equal. As a competitive bodybuilder,
he has attained elite status. His many titles include
Teenage Mr. America, Mr. California, Mr.
USA, and Mr. Universe. He has had great success incorporating
the principles he has learned to teach others how to maximize their
potential. His many satisfied clients include Super Model Fabio, Actor
Wayne Brady, KABC California Gold’s Huell Howser, Actor/Recording Artist
John Tesh, Actress Connie Selleca and people from all walks of life.
Frank’s understanding of the human body has enabled him to design
customized programs that meet each individual’s goals. He will help you
sculpt your body to its fullest potential. Frank is passionate about
helping his clients; Don't train with a lesser trainer. Sign up with
Frank and see for yourself!
Areas served: Hollywood
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California Musclemania 2006 1st runner-up
Musclemania World Championships 5th place 2006
NASM and AFAA certified advanced Fitness trainer
Fitness Model |
Team Captain
Larry Cook has nearly 10 years of experience as a personal trainer and
competitive bodybuilder in the fitness industry . Larry Cook majored in
kinesiology in college. Larry has a certification as kickboxing
instructor. He also possesses thorough knowledge of biomechanics
applying to the neck, ankles, knees, and lower back.
Larry has been trained in the correction of all major postural
distortions. Larry can use a combination of exercise, stretching, and
massage to improve your posture and reduce aches and pains. Larry's
experience as an amateur light-heavyweight bodybuilder has also made him
an expert in weight loss, muscle gain, and shaping specific areas of the
body. When Larry competed in 2007 and 2008 he weighed between 190-198
pounds with a bodyfat percentage of 4%(caliper test). Larry also works
with athletes to improve power, agility, coordination, speed, strength,
and balance.
Larry Cook has also trained the elderly, children, and groups. If
you have a physical injury, such as tendinitis, chondromalacia, plantar
fascitus, bulging discs, etc, Larry will customize your program to be
both safe and effective. If you have a physiological limitation such as
asthma, diabetes, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, etc, Larry has
experience working with these limitations as well. Larry previously
worked as a Fitness Director for a global fitness chain.
Larry's responsibilities included training new personal trainers and
keeping their skills at the cutting edge.
Larry provided advanced training techniques and the innovative training
routines to the trainers in his charge.
Larry is a fun trainer and teacher. Larry's attention to detail
is what sets him apart. Larry will make sure you know the "how" as well
as the "why" behind each and every exercise we do. Larry is very patient
and encouraging. Regardless of your current ability level, you are
certain to emerge from your training with Larry as a skilled and
confident exercise aficionado. Don't sit around doing nothing, and don't
cheat yourself by training with an ordinary trainer. Sign up with Larry
today!
Larry knows how to get you rapid results - He uses his years of
experience in bodybuilding competition and personal fitness training.
Larry has advanced knowledge that he uses to help his clients to achieve
superior results.
Just follow Larry's plan and you will achieve your goals. There
is absolutely NO REASON TO FEEL CONFUSED AND FRUSTRATED any longer.
Larry's program will be both informative and disciplinary. There are no
if's and's or but's, you WILL emerge from your training skilled and
confident.
Larry has been weight training since the age of eleven.
Larry's hobby became an obsession with bodybuilding. Larry
considers himself very lucky to be working doing what he loves.
Larry worked for almost 3 years as a personal trainer manager for a
large gym chain in Los Angeles.
Areas served: Tarzana, Encino |
 Deena is a certified personal trainer and body sculpting
specialist in Los Angeles. Her clients range from high-school students
to senior citizens, men and women of all ages and goals. She encourages
women to stay fit before, during and after pregnancy with specific
pre-natal and post-partum exercise techniques. Deena has more than 14
years experience as a fitness expert in New York and Los Angeles.
Her experience in New York includes private training and aerobic at
Nassau College, Long Island as well as many other gyms in the Tri-State
area. Deena has trained extensively under master trainer Jason Kozma,
and works with him in Santa Monica.
Currently residing in Santa Monica, CA, Deena provides personal training
services in a number of locations including private homes. On weekends,
Deena leads a fitness group for outdoor activities in Santa Monica,
including the famous Santa Monica Stairs. She enjoys taking clients on
outdoor excursions where aerobic activity is mixed with resistance
training for body sculpting.
Deena works in conjunction with holistic doctors, chiropractors and
acupuncturists to assist her clients with physical limitations or
special rehabilitation needs. She has recently trained clients for the
Avon Breast Cancer Walk in San Diego as well as many other
walking/running fund raisers.
Her career in fitness began as a talk show host for a New York based
television health show entitled "Creative Wellness. The show covered
such topics as exercise, nutrition, self empowerment and holistic
healing. She has worked as a life coach and leads guided meditation
groups.
Deena is also a working mother. She understands the unique challenges of
balancing family, career and a healthy lifestyle. She develops programs
for her clients incorporating cardio, balanced nutrition plans, strength
training and more to achieve maximum weight loss, fitness and body
shaping goals - all while addressing the needs of busy professionals,
parents on the run and stay at home parents.
Deena believes in a "Fit Family" lifestyle and encourages parents and
children to lead a healthy, active
life. One of her favorite things is giving her clients the tools they
need to stay in shape and to watch them thrive.
If it's a trainer who genuinely cares about people and motivates her
clients to push past their comfort zones and become leaner, stronger,
healthier and more self confident, it's Deena you want.
Areas served: Santa Monica, Westside, South Bay |
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Debby McKnight has over 20
years experience as a personal trainer. She is skilled and experienced
in working with clients of all levels of fitness - from beginners and
geriatrics to competitive athletes and bodybuilders, fitness and figure
competitors. As a mother and grandmother, Debbie is a great example of
how to live the fitness lifestyle.
Debby is also a well-known former competitive
bodybuilder. Brief Competitive History:
Jr.
USA Champion
USA
Champion (winning the heavyweight, overall and mixed pairs divisions)
Finalist in
Ms.
Olympia
Ms.
International
Jan
Tana Classic
IFBB
European Grand Prix
Certifications:
ProPTA - Private Trainers Association - Examiner
PFIT
(Baylor) - Rehabilitative Exercise Specialist
ISSA
AFAA
more information
about Debby Areas
served: Woodland Hills, Calabasas |
 Mike
Mike's training
style varies from work out to work out. No two training sessions are the
same as he believes in keeping the body guessing and preventing it from
hitting a plateau which will result in consistently getting another step
closer to achieving your goal.
Some of his training tactics are high volume moderate intensity, rest -
pause, low volume high intensity, isolation movements, pyramid training,
reverse pyramid training, supersets, tri-sets, giant sets, drop sets
just to name a few.
Whatever your goal is, he is here to help get you into the shape that
you want.
Whether it is to look like a fitness model, be a bodybuilding
competitor, lose a few pounds or just build up strength and endurance.
Our reputation is based on your success so our goal is to help you reach
your goal.
Areas served: West LA,
Hollywood, Antelope Valley |
 David
David has been in
the fitness business for twenty years. Originally from the Boston
area. He's a former U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance team
leader. As Chief fitness instructor for Special Operations Training
Group he trained several U.S. Government agencies elite units. FBI
Hostage Rescue, D.E.A., C.I.A. to name a few. Overseas he worked
internationally with Israeli and British Special Forces on a Joint
International Task Force.
Locally he's worked with L.A.P.D, and L.A.S.D. to develop training
and nutritional programs for special units such as Air Support and
Special Enforcement Bureau.
David has worked as a fitness consultant to the motion picture
industry since coming to California in 1991.
Currently he has clients ranging from teenage to late nineties.
Special populations to athletes and everything in between. David's
specialty is the mental aspect of training and nutrition. Clients
who learn to master this principal will become disciplined for the
rest of their lives. Longevity in the fitness world is impossible
without it. Whether your goal is large or small David has the
training principals and techniques that will take you where you want
to go.
Areas served: San Gabriel Valley, Glendora |
 Tasha
Tasha, personal trainer since 2002,
has experience in quick body fat loss, sports specific, and muscle
rehabilitation personal training. In addition, she also has
experience training pre- and post-natal women. She is certified
with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, APEX nutrition, and is
qualified in assisted stretching as well. Her experience also
includes vinyasa yoga. She has worked in such clubs as Equinox and
Sports Club LA before joining High Performance Personal
Training. Tasha has trained celebrities and athletes as well
clients with everyday fitness goals.
Tasha is qualified to bring her equipment into your home, to a park
near you, or meet you at a gym of your convenience. Goal setting
and monitoring of your nutrition and cardio evaluations are
available as well. After discussing your goals, an individualized
fitness regimen is created which could include anything from
stretching, yoga, weights, and/or cardio drills. Tailoring to your
individual goals are the keys to your success!! Many success
stories from her clients are available. Sign up with Tasha today.
Tasha was mentioned recently in
Seventeen magazine for training celebrity Victoria Justice and they
featured one of her workouts:
Areas served: West
Hollywood, Eagle, Rock, Glendale |
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 Terrance Hansler
“Originally from Ontario Canada, I have been in the gym training myself
since I was in high school. With gymnastics being my sport, I found it
easy to stay lean, but my coach told me that I needed to include
resistance training to up my game. Working from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
Modern Body Building Encyclopedia, I learned the basics. I struggled to
gain size, but enjoyed the challenge. After graduation, I gave up
gymnastics, to dance professionally for a production company. During
this time, I really began to appreciate the power of my body, and
learning what I could do with it.
When I turned 30, I realized that I didn’t want to dance forever, but I
knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my years in the fitness
profession to keep me as healthy and fulfilled as possible. For me,
that meant moving to Santa Monica. I started at the Easton Gym in Santa
Monica, this is where I met Jason Kozma. He was the most serious of all
of the trainers, and I respected that. Thankfully I got a chance to
understand the intensity of his training, and achieved incredible
results. I was in the best shape that I had ever been in before, and
with this new found inspiration I certified with the National Academy of
Sports Medicine and began training clients. Jason taught me
visualization, and that mind - body connection is the most important
process that you can realize for proper muscular isolation and
development. He taught us that you could actually sculpt the body to
the likeness the client desired. This was a very informative year for me
personally, as I achieved better results applying his philosophy to what
I was teaching. Soon I began training clients at the Boulevard Health
Club in Beverly Hills. There, I was introduced to Jeet Kune Do (Gung
Fu). I immersed myself in this new art, and learned that Mind-Body
connection is essential to sculpt the body, but discipline sculpts the
spirit. By 2005 I had earned the privilege to teach at the level of
apprentice instructor.
I am available to train clients in
Beverly Hills. My
training style reflects the goals of the client, with the ability to
draw from any of my various fitness experiences, and skill sets
resulting from each. Some clients desire weight loss, some a personal
challenge. I have had clients work off 30 pounds in 6 weeks, as well as
clients who have achieved great results, and continue to work with me
since my first day as a
Beverly Hills personal fitness trainer.
In this day of awareness, it is essential to be responsible for your own
life plan. The most important thing you can do is taking responsibility
to change the things that you can for yourself. Understand and
acknowledge the role food and fitness play in your general health.”
Stay on the road of well-being and longevity.
The Choice is yours!
Terrance Hansler
Area served:
Beverly Hills |
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Kim is a
Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Group Fitness Instructor.
Kim has been a fitness professional for ten years. The first five
in her Native Germany, the last five years for Mr. America's High
Performance Team in Los Angeles, California. She combines her
outstanding
knowledge of fitness, physiology, dance, strength training, flexibility
training and body alignment to guide her
clients to greater physical awareness, endurance and core strength to achieve
their individual fitness goals.
Kim teaches numerous exciting exercise modalities including: Spinning, Urban
Rebounding, Aqua Aerobics, Abs and Butt Classes, and her own style of
training which is a very effective combination of weight training,
Pilates and yoga techniques. Her training system is great for
improving posture, muscle tone
and flexibility.
She is an experienced classical ballet dancer from Hamburg, Germany.
Kim has
been featured on numerous Television shows and commercials. Kim is available for
in-home personal fitness training in Brentwood, Santa Monica and the
general Los Angeles West side area.
"I believe that higher physical awareness carries over to
mental strength and increased self confidence. It is very satisfying to
see my clients become more comfortable with their own bodies. " ~Kim
Areas served: Santa Monica and Westside
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Titles:
Team Universe Figure Champion
World Tri-Fitness Champion (2-Time)
Miss Fitness America Champion (2-Time)
Ms. Figure America 1st runner-up
National Aerobic Champion
Junior California Figure Champion
California State Fitness Champion
California State Figure (1st Runner Up)
Miss Hawaiian Tropics (1st Runner Up)
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Sherlyn is originally from Sunnyvale, CA but
currently resides in Los Angeles as a personal trainer for High
Performance Personal Training. She has over 17 years of dance experience
in hip hop, jazz, tap, and ballet and years of fitness training
experience. As a former NFL cheerleader for the San Francisco
49ers Gold Rush, she has performed in many bowl games including Super
Bowl 29 as she is also a proud owner of a Super Bowl ring. One of
her most memorable moments is being on a USO Tour in South Korea
performing for our military troops throughout Christmas and New Years.
Among several other victories, Sherlyn is the 2006 winner of the Grace
and Physique at the Women's Tri-Fitness World Challenge. Sherlyn
has recently won the NPC Team Universe Figure Championships and is now
an IFBB Professional Figure competitor! Sherlyn currently trains clients at Gold's
Gym Venice.
Areas served: Gold's Gym Venice and Westside
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 Morgan
Bennett is an NASM certified personal trainer with five years of
experience in the fitness industry. He specializes in a wide variety of
training styles including weight loss, bodybuilding, functional
training, core strengthening, and plyometric / reactive exercises.
Morgan has also been trained under master trainer Jason Kozma in High
Performance Personal Training techniques. He will work with you to
design an individual program to suit your needs. He is available for
both private in-home training and at several gyms throughout West Los
Angeles including Brentwood, Westwood and Santa Monica.
Areas served: Santa
Monica and Westside
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 David Di Francesco, recently voted one of
the top 5 Trainers in L.A., is much more than just another personal
trainer. His Long Beach based personal training service boasts some of
the best results you can find in Southern California.
Using the cutting edge in psychology, nutrition, exercise and holistic
therapy, David has delivered outstanding results to hundreds of men and
women who had previously been unable to achieve their goals via
traditional methods.
While his functional training methods have been sought and quite
successfully used by men training to enter the Navy SEALs, Army Rangers,
Pararescue, Secret Service, FBI, Marines, Army and various Police and
Fire Academies, it is his work with men and women hoping to look and
feel their best that has touched the most lives. David's fitness
strategies delivered at his private fitness studio, outdoors on the
beach or in the mountains, or via the iPod, phone and web through weekly
consultations are used quite effectively here in the U.S. as well as
many other countries. These holistic strategies work to build courage,
discipline and give tools needed for anger management. Successful
careers and happy families demand a strong mind and body.
David is regularly consulted by doctors on fitness and nutrition advice
for their patients. David has been approved by the ESCS to carry the
SEAL for 'Ethics and Safety Compliance Standards'.
David uses his real-world experience to better hone each client's
program to connect the clients abilities to their goals. As he tells his
clients, 'No perfect people allowed'.
David has appeared in several issues of Black Belt magazine, as well as
on radio and has volunteered his time and services to the terminally ill
in veteran hospitals. His company donates a portion of all earnings to
support the 'Special Operations Warrior Foundation', providing financial
aid and counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel
who've been killed in operational missions or training accidents.
Location: David's Long Beach fitness training service is available in
Long Beach and surrounding areas. David's private training studio is
located in Downtown Long Beach on the Promenade.
Areas served: Downtown Long Beach |
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 Kevin is one of Jason's Elite
High Performance Trainers. Kevin is one of Jason's Premier trainers
having been schooled intensively by Jason for years.
Kevin
has over 20 years of experience in fitness with extensive knowledge in
multiple training techniques. Kevin's background includes
competitive cycling, golf and golf-specific training as well as
bodysculpting and strength training.
Certified
Personal Trainer
Kevin Murphy is available for both in gym training in West Hollywood as
well as in home personal training in West Hollywood, West Hollywood Hills,
Hollywood Hills, Trousdale Estates, Beverly Hills, Crescent, Oakwood, Parklabrea,
Hancock Park and adjacent areas.
Areas served:
West Hollywood
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 Private
Yoga instructor Angela Joy
“Destiny grants us our wishes, but in
its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes.” –
Goethe
Angela’s love for yoga began in 2003
after a car accident challenged her to find a way to rehabilitate her
knees. Successfully rehabbing both knees her curiosity grew,
realizing the powerful healing properties of yoga. Her interest led
her to enroll in the 200 Teacher Training with Yogaworks. She was
drawn to this program because of their emphasis on anatomy,
alignment principles, and proper sequencing. Further convinced of
the vast benefits that yoga offered, she enrolled in the 300 Hr
Professional program with Yogaworks. She was fortunate to have been
paired with the very well respected, much loved, “teachers teacher”
Annie Carpenter as her mentor. She is now a strong believer as well
as student of Annie’s “smart flow” yoga; a strong vinyasa flow yoga
style that brings together intelligent sequencing with emphasis on
safety and proper alignment. This type of yoga strengthens tones and
tightens the body, focuses the mind and allows the body to open in a
safe and logical way. Angela’s sessions range from the meditative
and restorative to powerful sweaty strong vinyasa flow sequences.
Just as the body is unique and changes from day to day, Angela is
constantly observing and tailoring the yoga sessions to the clients
individual needs and desires. Much more than simply stretching, yoga
enlivens and awakens every cell in the body creating muscles that
work together harmoniously. Regular yoga practice improves posture,
relieves stress, creates powerful core strength, prevents injuries
due to tight muscles and integrates the body and mind creating
wellness in all parts of your being. Having just completed a teacher
training intensive with vinyasa flow guru Shiva Rhea, Angela
constantly thrives to offer her clients fresh perspective,
creativity and inspiration in their yoga practice. She invites you
to join her in a fun expressive exploration into your own
wonderfully unique yoga practice.
“What
lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to
what lies within us.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Areas served: Santa Monica and Westside |
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Certified Pilates Instructor
Teri Nakamura, MPT, ATC,
has an extensive background in rehabilitation and fitness. She received her
Master of Physical Therapy degree from Mount St. Mary’s College, with
emphasis on orthopedics and manual therapy. While at UCLA, she obtained a
bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and became a certified Athletic Trainer.
Teri is a certified Pilates instructor and personal trainer. Teri
provides private traditional Pilates flatbed and Cadillac training.
Teri offers innovative
fitness and cutting-edge physical therapy. She is committed to quality care
and offers safe, effective workouts, tailored to her client’s specific
needs. Teri teaches private classes to injured and healthy
clients.
Teri’s specialties include
manual therapy, back/neck pain, functional rehabilitation, Pilates and yoga
therapy, ergonomics and client empowerment via education.
Areas served: West Los
Angeles, Westwood |
Ruben is a Santa Monica
native with over 14 years of coaching and training experience. His
background in athletics include (but are not limited to) football,
wrestling, baseball, basketball, volleyball, boxing, and track and
field. He played four years of division one football and obtained
his B.A. in exercise/sport science from Elon University in North
Carolina. He currently competes as an amateur boxer and has included
the Southern California community to join him in his boot camp
workouts.
Ruben teaches our boot camps, as well
as providing boxing sessions and sports-specific personal training.
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David Hughes, winner of Mr. L.A. 2003. I have been in the fitness
industry for over fifteen years. I started competing in bodybuilding
with a great deal of success. In 1989 I won my first show, the
Western Oregon Light-Heavy Weight Championships. This was the start
of many victories that laid ahead for me until today. I have
been competing on the national and international level for the last
decade.
I have traveled all over the world including Spain, Japan, Mexico,
Canada, and trained with some of the best athletes out there. I have
trained many clients for competitions, however most of my clients
are not bodybuilders but people just looking to get in better shape,
tone up, and loose weight. I have developed a unique style of
training which provides my clients with a very safe and effective
way of getting the results and maintaining their results.
One of my primary concerns when training new clients is making sure
that they learn absolute "perfect form", when teaching them new
exercises. This is a vital key in how quickly an individual can
achieve the best results. I pay very close attention to detail and
proper form to insure my clients get "total isolation" of each
muscle they are training, and to get the maximum benefits out of
each exercise.
I am currently certified through Professional Private Trainers
Association ( P.T.A.) and I am also a licensed P.T.A. examiner which
allows me to certify other qualified trainers.
My mission in life is to help people and I take pride in each and
every client that I train. If we choose to work with each other, I
guarantee you with the best results, the maximum benefits, in the
least minimum time frame possible.
"In life we can choose to dream or live the dream!" Live the dream
and get in the best shape of your life!
Respectfully yours,
David Hughes
Mr. L.A. 2003 |
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