Personal Trainer in Bankers Hill, San Diego | Strength, Conditioning & Nutrition

Performance Training Center is not near Bankers Hill. It is in Bankers Hill. Our private studio sits at 440 Upas Street, Unit 104, one block from Balboa Park, which means this is the neighborhood coach and owner Martin Alonzo works in every day.

Bankers Hill is small, dense and walkable: older apartment buildings, mid-rise condos, canyon edges, and a few blocks that have not changed much in a century. Most people who live here get around on foot more than the rest of the city does. That is the kind of routine a training program has to fit into, and it is why a private studio in the middle of the neighborhood works better for locals than a membership somewhere across town.

This page covers what training here actually looks like, who we work with in the neighborhood, and how to start.

Why Bankers Hill residents train here

This isn’t a big-box gym. Every program is built around your body, your history, and your goals, and every session is coached in person by Martin Alonzo, a certified personal trainer, certified nutritionist, and CHEK practitioner with 22+ years of experience. You are not handed to a rotating roster of staff, and you are not left with an app.

The neighborhood shapes the work more than you would expect. Bankers Hill runs on desk jobs and short walks: people who sit through a work day, then take stairs and steep blocks on the way home. That combination builds walking capacity and very little strength, and it usually shows up as tight hips, a stiff upper back, and shoulders that have not been loaded properly in years. Strength is the missing piece here far more often than cardio.

We also work with longtime residents who have no intention of leaving their building. When you live somewhere with stairs, a steep block, and a car you would rather not use, keeping your legs, hips and grip strong is not a vanity project. It is what keeps the neighborhood usable.

What we offer

• Truly 1-on-1 in a private studio — full attention, no waiting on equipment. Sessions are 60 minutes at $175, and the rate is the same whether you book one session or a package.
• Evidence-based strength and conditioning programming, progressed from an assessment rather than a template.
• Nutrition coaching built in — Martin is a certified nutritionist, so your nutrition and your training are handled by the same person, in the same plan.
• Somatic movement education drawing on the movement teachings of Moshé Feldenkrais, for the compensation patterns left behind by old injuries.
• Post-rehab strength training once your physician or physical therapist has cleared you. See post-rehab training in San Diego.
• In-home training if you would rather train in your own building, from $300 per visit.

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.

Getting to the studio

The studio is at 440 Upas Street, Unit 104, San Diego, CA 92103, one block from Balboa Park. There is street parking on Upas, and for much of the neighborhood the trip here is a walk. No parking structure, no cross-town drive, no membership desk. The space is private and set up for one person at a time, so you are never working around somebody else’s sets.

If a home session suits you better, in-home training is available across San Diego County and works with a building gym, a spare room, bodyweight, or an outdoor space. If you travel or spend stretches away from San Diego, Assessment & Program Design ($899 per 4-6 week cycle) builds a program you can run wherever you are. See San Diego personal training and rates & programs for how each option is priced.

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Performance Training Center
440 Upas Street, Unit 104, San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 284-2510 · martin@performcenter.com