What I really appreciate about Shawn is that he is one of the best communicators, quite intuitive, and most knowledgeable trainers I know with his expansive expertise not only with training; but also sports injury, stretching exercises, body chemistry, health and nutrition, etc. I also enjoy learning that he keeps ahead of the curve in his field with his continuing education courses that he attends all over the country to help keep me and his other clients in their best health.

Geoff Hamill, Real Estate Broker Wheeler Steffen Sotheby's International Real Estate

Shawn Gutierrez is THE BEST trainer I have ever had. He is client centered, up-to-date on the latest science and gratifying to work with. Four years ago, I overcame a bout of cancer. I had already been working with Shawn for 5 years. He adapted our training to the deficits and issues I had to overcome due to the cancer. Here I am 4 years later, stronger and in better shape than I was before the cancer! Other trainers tell me that I am so fit that I train like someone in their 40s and 50s. Nothing could be more gratifying.

I started working with Shawn when I was 16 years old. Over the course of three years Shawn helped me add on 15 lbs of muscle to my frame. At age 18 I stood at 6’2, 165lbs. While I still had much more room for growth, I was stronger than before. With Shawn’s help, my performance increased, and I earned a Division 1 baseball scholarship to UC Santa Barbara. I’m currently playing with the Baltimore Orioles. I’m thankful for Shawn’s guidance along the way to reaching my goals.

Shawn has trained me for 10 years. He listens to your goals and helps you achieve them with encouragement, gentle prodding, and a lot of great humor. He's fun and makes sweating as enjoyable as it possibly can be. Shawn also helped me understand the need to meal prep, and control portion sizes. Go to him, you won't regret it!

Shawn breaks everything down simply and is straight to the point. He applies not only the knowledge of the physical fitness aspect of training, but also the science behind it, in easy terms to understand. Having that knowledge makes you feel confident and comfortable when we’re working with him. He also keeps everything fun which helps motivate you to work harder to reach your fitness goals.

Shawn has been my trainer since 2016. I like to ask questions about my workouts, such as why we are doing a particular exercise or which muscles are working, and Shawn always has an answer for me. As a quadriplegic that is admittedly not the best at science, I constantly question whether I am doing the right thing for my body. Shawn has taught me so much about the human body and my personal skeletal and muscular systems over the years. In addition to being knowledgeable, Shawn is also incredibly friendly and easy to work with.

I turned 57 and although I’d been active through my life, in recent times I hadn’t exercised much. Then I fell a couple of times and thought “this cannot happen”. I believed I should be able to do this on my own, but I hadn’t. I took the step of hiring Shawn-truly one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. He tailored my workouts to what I could do and moved on from there. Through various injuries he adjusted so I didn’t stop. Initially I thought it was just to get me started, but now, 9 years later, I know my workouts are so much more effective when guided by Shawn.

I had the pleasure of training with Shawn during my time as a collegiate-athlete. He tailored each workout to my specific sport - swimming - and helped me gain strength in movements that would directly correlate to the water. On countless occasions, Shawn’s confidence in me and motivation helped push me past what my mental barriers told me I was capable of. As a result of training with Shawn, I not only became the strongest version of myself, but I was more educated and confident to continue training outside of my sessions with him.

Shawn was always open to my crazy work schedule and would work with me to make my healthy life style a priority. It didn’t take long to begin to see some results and trust his knowledge. After two years of my sweat equity invested and trusting Shawn’s ability to produce results, I am in better shape and physically stronger than I had been for many years. Shawn is a great and knowledgeable trainer, so if you’re looking for results he has my recommendation without hesitation.