I have been working with Justin for the past five years. His knowledge and experience has provided a great amount of help and resources over the years. Not only were... read more able to stay fit but also recover from multiple sports injuries (skiing, basketball), gaining more strength and agility than ever before. Whether your goals are fitness, strength, or both, Justin is the right trainer for your goals. Based on where you are and what you aim to do, he will prescribe a very detailed program, and follow through your progress while also providing great coaching and motivation along the way. I strongly recommend him as a trainer.

  Justin is a consummate professional with a breadth of skilled knowledge on your personal fitness goals. Over the course of the past 6 months, he has gradually helped me overcome... read more my challenges with strength training. Through his consistent training exercises, I've definitely become stronger and leaner more quickly than I ever could have on my own. I would recommend Justin as a personal trainer not only because of the wealth of knowledge and skills he possesses but also because he's friendly and easy to talk to while training. There's nothing worse than training with someone that seems bored, distracted or unreliable. Justin is the complete opposite and I've definitely valued the time we've trained together. Justin is your guy if you're looking for guidance on how best to get stronger and healthier!

  I'm a mother of two who is in the best shape, form, and health of my entire life. Honestly, I seem to be aging in reverse and people tell me... read more all the time! I look good, feel great, and am empowered to make the right choices for my body and lifestyle.

I can deadlift 140% of my body weight, squat 100% of my body weight, and throw it around with the meatheads at the gym any day of the week. Talk about fun.

To be clear: I have been very athletic my entire life. I swam every day during two pregnancies, and am incredibly active outside of my training sessions, danced seriously from the age of 2, etc.

If you're looking for someone who will...
** Learn everything about your fitness goals

** Program a regimen around your actual lifestyle -- not some made-up, fitness-obsessed expectation set by a lot of trainers

** Design workouts and programs that are EVIDENCE-BASED -- Justin doesn't ask you to do anything that is ineffective. 100% of your time is well used.

Then boy do I have a recommendation for you!

  I've been training within Justin for several years. He has the perfect combination of knowledge, skill, and judgment for a trainer. He listens to what I'm looking for and meets... read more me where I am, while steering me clear of fads and gimmicks. He knows when to push and when to lay back, and he keeps every session engaging and fun.

  There are a lot of challenges Justin has helped me with, but I'd say the most meaningful is helping me overcome several injuries - I injured my shoulder surfing several... read more years ago and, despite a surgery, physical therapy, and work with other trainers, it just nagged me and wouldn't heal up.

Justin identified the issue and built a plan to get me back to fighting fit, all while continuing to help me focus on overall health. Most importantly, though, he helped me understand the anatomy of the shoulder and (here's the kicker) the compensation patterns built up over time that kept me from fully healing.   Other trainers had helped me with routines, but Justin was the first to leverage real knowledge of movement and anatomy to figure out how to improve overall performance.

I would recommend Justin without hesitation because he continually demonstrates commitment to my success - he takes the time (often off the clock) to curate videos, information packets, and even personalized nutrition recommendations. He also has a deep (and long-lasting) passion for science and evidence, not trend-based diet and exercise. That, combined with his real, authentic desire to help people help themselves (and just being a fun guy to hang out with), makes him the best trainer I've ever worked with.

  I can't say enough good things about Justin. 3 years ago I was over 300 pounds which was 100 more than the high end of my appropriate weight range. I... read more looked and felt awful. I decided it was time to put myself and my health first for a change. I participated in a weight loss program through Kaiser and at the same time started working out with Justin. We started slowly and he never judged me. He was always supportive.

Over the last 2 years thanks to Justin I have not only been able to keep the weight off but I have not had issues with loose skin from the weight loss and did not need skin reduction surgery at all. In fact I think my body looks better now than it did 20 years ago.

I would recommend him to anyone but especially to anyone that is doing medically managed weight loss as he was so knowledgeable about what training routines to match to my reduced calorie intake and what routines to tighten my core to minimize any loose skin.

  I had always been one of those runners who never saw the point in hitting the weight room (if I'm not sweating profusely, it doesn't count as a workout, right?),... read more but since I've started working with Justin it's become an essential part of my routine! Reasons why:
- I love how it feels to lift heavy! It makes me feel strong and capable, and there's no way I would have gotten to the level where I am without Justin's guidance. And the strength has translated into stability and power in my primary sport. Finally getting some tone in my upper body has been nice too.
- Justin tailors his training to specific goals and capabilities. I've now worked with Justin through multiple running injuries, and it was great to have the consistency of weight training, modified around what I could do at the time, to keep me going during recovery.
- Justin keeps up with all the latest research on training and nutrition, and works it into his programs. And he's always happy to share the knowledge and nerd out on technical details.
- Justin is reliable, flexible, and friendly!
I was skeptical about personal training at first, but now really value it as  an investment in my overall health. Justin is a fantastic trainer, and I highly recommend him to anyone interested in building their physical strength and resilience or working on body composition.

  I was hesitant to start working out with Justin as I was out of shape and I didn't have any experience with strength training, I was afraid that there would... read more be too much that I couldn't do.

Justin met me right at my level of ability, he has been great at identifying my strengths and weaknesses and modifying exercises so that I could do them and then building bridges to get me where I want to be.

I cannot say enough great things about Justin as a trainer. He is reliable and easy to work with, is great at tailoring our routines to my needs, and he keeps every workout entertaining with his great sense of humor.

  Initially, I came to Justin to get help with an injured knee. I had been a weightlifter and runner through graduate school, but after an injury, nearly eighteen months of... read more hit-and-miss physical therapy meant that my overall strength and conditioning level had atrophied. After Justin helped me bridge physical therapy to fully return to the activities I'd enjoyed, like running, hiking, and weightlifting, we decided to keep working together.

Since then, we've restarted with the basics and entirely rebuilt my body: improving my form, increasing my strength, protecting me against future injury, all the while keeping me motivated and focused through good times and bad.

Friends have remarked that I look like an entirely different person (in a good way!), and Justin's guidance and steady leadership in the gym have translated outside the gym into increased confidence, a changed set of life priorities, and even a promotion at work. I can't recommend him highly enough.

  Justin is a superb trainer.  I searched online for a good true lifting/training facility after moving to SF within the last year, and found Triptych - and, through them, starting... read more working with Justin.  I am 60 - I have had lifelong fitness deficiencies and have been recovering from some health challenges, but I wanted to work hard and GET RESULTS.  Thanks to Justin (and Triptych) - I am!  Real RESULTS.  Of course, no trainer can do the work for you - I work hard - but Justin doesn't just put me through a routine, he educates me.  He provides links to workout videos (some of which are his own), he updates me for my "non trainer" sessions via email, and he explains things thoroughly and patiently in person.  Plus - he is a super friendly guy.  I have had several trainers in my life before moving here, it has always helped - but working with Justin is truly taking me to new levels.  What surprises me is that he isn't overcommitted, the gym is great (will review separately) and he is very flexible on scheduling.  As to rates, I have no idea what "market" is here but I believe you get what you pay for, and its an investment that for me is producing super yield.  If you want results, not just someone to babysit you, and are willing to really work - See Justin at Triptych.  I hope I can continue training with him there as I start my new job, believe me, it is truly worth the commitment and effort!