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Legacy San Diego

The San Diego training blog.

121 guides on strength, fat loss, nutrition, recovery and building a routine you can keep, from the coaches at Legacy Performance Institute San Diego.

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Personal Training vs Group Classes in San Diego

A client walked into our San Diego facility last spring holding two schedules on her phone — one for a boutique group class three blocks from her office, one for our 1-on-1 program.

Expert Personal Trainers in San Diego: Vetting Guide

A woman walked into our San Diego facility last spring holding a spreadsheet. Six months earlier she’d paid a trainer she found through Instagram $3,600 for a package of sessions built…

Personal Training for Aging Seniors in San Diego

Barbara, 71, came to us after a fall in her Bird Rock kitchen left her with a wrist fracture and a new fear of stairs.

Personal Training for Busy San Diego Professionals

A client we’ll call M. runs a portfolio company out of a downtown high-rise. Her calendar is booked in 15-minute increments, she’s on a flight to Austin or the Bay Area most weeks, and the…

Periodization for Strength Gains: The 12-Week Plan

A client walked into our San Diego facility last spring benching 185 for sets of 5. Three months later, still 185 for 5. Same with his deadlift, parked at 315 since January.

Deload Weeks in San Diego: Rest Smarter, Lift More

A client of ours — a 41-year-old surgeon who trains with us three mornings a week before her shift at Scripps — hit a wall in week 7 of a strength block last spring.

Periodized Nutrition: San Diego’s Best-Kept Secret

A client walked into our San Diego facility in January having tracked the same 1,800-calorie, 150g-protein target for four straight months. Her lifts hadn’t moved in six weeks.

Periodization for Endurance Training in San Diego

A client came to us in March after logging four months of the same Saturday long run along Mission Bay — same 8-mile loop, same 9:15 pace, same result.

How to Optimize Strength Training in San Diego

A client of ours — we’ll call him Mark, 42, a product manager who trains before work near La Jolla — walked in this spring having bench pressed 185 pounds for six months straight.

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