Personal Trainer in Old Town & Bay Park — Performance Training Center
Personal Trainer serving Old Town, Bay Park & Morena (92110)
Private, one-on-one coaching for the 92110 neighborhoods: Old Town, Bay Park, and Morena. The studio sits in Bankers Hill, close enough to this side of the city that most clients here train in the studio rather than at home. In-home sessions are available either way.
The three neighborhoods are not the same place. Old Town is where San Diego started and it is still one of the city’s crossroads, a district people pass through far more often than they stop in. Bay Park is the opposite: a hillside of long-time homeowners, steep streets, and canyon edges, where a lot of people walk a great deal and lift nothing at all. Morena sits between them, part warehouse and part new housing. Different neighborhoods, one recurring problem — plenty of movement, almost no strength work.
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22+ years experience · CHEK Practitioner · Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach · Certified Nutritionist
Strength, Nutrition, and Recovery — Built on Science
Every program here starts with an assessment rather than a workout. We look at posture, movement patterns, breathing, sleep, and what you actually eat, then build strength and conditioning out of that: progressive overload, periodization, and precise movement patterning set to what your body is doing today, not to a template.
That matters more than usual around here. The Bay Park hills and the flat loop down by the water both make it easy to feel active without ever loading anything. Walking a grade is not the same stimulus as a squat, and no amount of it will hold onto muscle mass or bone density in your fifties and sixties. Resistance training is the missing piece for most people in this part of the city, and it is the piece that decides how the next twenty years go.
Martin’s method is one custom system: applied exercise science, structural assessment, and Feldenkrais somatic work in a single program, with 22 years of coaching behind every progression. He is a Certified Personal Trainer, a Certified Nutritionist through the College of Naturopathy, and a CHEK Practitioner.
Our Integrated Training System
Strength & Conditioning
Progressive overload, periodization, and motor-pattern development calibrated to your training age, capacity, and recovery — driving measurable gains in strength, power, and movement quality. Learn more.
Sports Nutrition
Macros, meal timing, and supplementation engineered to your goals — fat loss, muscle gain, recovery, energy. Built on evidence-based sports nutrition and personalized to your physiology.
Somatic Movement Education
Feldenkrais-informed movement re-education, working with the compensation patterns old injuries leave behind — with the goal of rebuilding neuromuscular function and confidence.
Functional Health Assessment
Microbiome, hormonal, and food-sensitivity testing for clients who want a deeper look at nutrition and recovery when progress stalls.
Services for Old Town & Bay Park Clients
- One-on-One Personal Training — customized program, 60-minute sessions, private studio.
- In-Home Personal Training — sessions delivered to your home across Old Town, Bay Park, Morena, and Mission Hills; works with your home gym, bodyweight, or outdoor space.
- Sports Nutrition Coaching — macros, supplementation, and eating strategies tied to performance.
- Strength & Conditioning — periodized programming for athletes and everyday adults.
- Somatic Movement Education — post-injury movement re-education drawing on the movement teachings of Moshé Feldenkrais.
- Post-Surgery Strength Training — for clients already cleared by their PT, working toward full functional strength.
- Designs for Health Supplements — practitioner-grade protocols.
Who We Train
All ages and abilities across the 92110 area:
- Parents and working adults who need one efficient private hour close to home, not a long round trip to a club with a wait for every rack.
- Walkers, runners, and paddlers who are aerobically fine and structurally underdone. This is the most common profile we see out of Bay Park and the bay side, and it is the fastest one to change.
- Post-surgery and post-rehab clients cleared by a physical therapist but not yet back to full function, after ACL reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, spinal procedures, and hip or knee replacements. Performance Training Center is not a clinic and does not diagnose, treat, or rehabilitate injuries or medical conditions.
- Adults over 50 holding onto strength, bone density, and balance while it is still a matter of building rather than clawing back.
About Martin Alonzo
Martin Alonzo is a Certified Personal Trainer, Certified Nutritionist, Strength & Conditioning Coach, Golf-Specific Strengthening Coach, and Feldenkrais-trained Somatic Movement Educator with over 22 years of experience. His training integrates applied exercise science, structural assessment, and somatic methodology into a single custom system built for each client — from Fortune 500 executives to competitive athletes and post-surgical clients.
Studio & Location
Performance Training Center is at 440 Upas Street, Unit 104, in Bankers Hill, one block from Balboa Park. From Old Town, Bay Park, and Morena it is a short drive across the middle of the city, which is why most 92110 clients choose the studio over training at home. Street parking on Upas. The studio is private and built for one-on-one coaching: one client in the room at a time, nobody waiting on your equipment.
In-home training is also available across Old Town, Bay Park, Morena, and Mission Hills. PTC’s in-home service area runs from Downtown San Diego to Rancho Santa Fe. Sessions work with a garage setup, a few dumbbells, a patio, or bodyweight alone, and start at $300 per visit. Virtual coaching is $350 per month.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How far is the studio from Old Town and Bay Park? It is a short drive across the middle of the city from anywhere in 92110 — close enough that most clients here pick the studio over in-home. We’re at 440 Upas Street, Unit 104, in Bankers Hill, one block from Balboa Park, with street parking on Upas. In-home training is available across the area if you would rather train at home.
Do you offer in-home personal training in the 92110 area? Yes — across Old Town, Bay Park, Morena, and Mission Hills. Sessions work with your home gym, your bodyweight, or outdoor space, and the program is written for the equipment you actually have rather than what a gym would have. In-home starts at $300 per visit.
I walk the Bay Park hills every day. Isn’t that enough? It is good and it is not enough on its own. Hill walking builds endurance and does very little for muscle mass, bone density, or the strength that keeps a knee or a back working under load. The people who hold onto function into their seventies tend to be the ones who kept lifting. Two focused sessions a week alongside the walking changes the picture.
Do you offer one-on-one training, or only groups? One-on-one is our primary model, with optional small-group (2–4 people) for family or close friends.
How long are sessions and what do they cost? Sessions are 60 minutes. In-studio is $150; in-home starts at $300 per visit based on travel; virtual coaching is $350/month. View full rates.
I was just cleared by my physical therapist — can you help me get back to full strength? Yes, that’s a big part of what we do. Somatic movement education plus progressive strength and conditioning is designed to bridge the gap between PT clearance and full function. Performance Training Center is a performance-training studio, not a medical or physical-therapy clinic. We don’t diagnose, treat, or rehabilitate injuries or medical conditions.
Are you taking new clients? We accept a limited number each month. Start with the free BMR calculator and a 30-minute consultation. Reach out and we’ll share current availability.
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