Performance Training Center - San Diego, California

Darrell Basham

I have been training with Martin for 10 years. He has helped me keep my body fit and healthy. Martin keeps current with the latest trends in weight lifting, nutrition and overall workout routines. He pays particular attention to correct posture and technique while working out. He is very flexible with my travel schedule to insure I get my workout in and pushes me to meet my body goals.

I highly recommend Martin for anyone wanting to get fit and feel good!

Darrell

Greg

Martin is a top notch personal trainer. I came to him seeking help rehabbing a chronic shoulder injury I've had trouble correcting on my own. Martin spotted some muscle imbalances that had been causing repeated re-injury. After two months, my shoulder was considerably better and I was able to get back to a more active lifestyle. Enjoying his approach and knowledge in every aspect of working out, nutrition, and preventative maintenance, I have continued to work with Martin going on 6 months now. My strength, flexibility, and endurance have never been better. I highly recommend Martin to anyone looking to achieve their fitness goals.

Janice MacLeod

Martin has been my trainer for several months now. He has helped me to recover from a hip and leg injury and surgery. It has been such a relief to be without pain in my back and hip! Martin has a good understanding of the human body. Besides getting me back into the activities that I enjoy, he has opened my eyes to how nutrition plays a role physical and mental well being. He has also taught me how to prevent injuries. I am enjoying long walks and hikes now. I can't thank Martin enough for his help with my recovery.

Kristina Wagner Cook

Martin is an exceptionally knowledgable professional. I came to him broken and demoralized. A former college athlete who continues to train, I have seen my share of PTs, Trainers, Doctors over the last 30 years. There is not one professional who has provided more growth and hope than Martin. I won’t trust my body to anyone else. I recently had two cervical fusions and had deteriorated over the course of year. Add that to a decade of poor movement patterns and increasing instability. I felt I was never coming back.

Martin has started me at ground zero (which is what I needed) working my neurological systems before progressing to actual movement. I can guarantee you there is not anyone in San Diego who knows more about assessing and building the human body holistically than Martin. I won’t do anything at this point in my recovery before clearing it with him. I don’t even bother to call my Drs. If you want to heal, grow and become a stronger person all around, call Martin.

Debra Lightfeldt

Martin has been a true professional in every sense of the word. I have the utmost respect for his diverse training skills, nutrition expertise, admire his passion for wellness and appreciate the environment of Performance Training Center. What I have accomplished with Martin has given me an enormous boost of well-being.
Seeing results in relatively short amount of time, I became motivated which allowed accountability towards a stable workout schedule. Martin’s depth in nutrition knowledge, along with his physical training, attributed to maximum results in my fat loss and muscle gain.
His complete and highly effective training has given me self-assurance of my capabilities, made me aware of proper technique in exercise and efficiency of movement. This makes for success for- optimal training results, an active lifestyle and more importantly, helps reduce risk of injury.
As my personal trainer, Martin not only assisted in defining my fitness goals, he introduced to me a sound lifestyle which far exceeded my initial goal. Establishing healthy habits, learning holistic principles and being challenged… has optimized my achievements.

Debra L.

Katie Loughran

Martin is an expert on the human body. I originally came to him with candida overgrowth, leaky gut and low stomach acid. I had taken antibiotics 3 years ago and have suffered from candida overgrowth ever since. After seeing countless doctors and naturopathic healers to no avail, thankfully I was referred to Martin! He asked me a lot about my lifestyle and he took a deeper dive into the root cause of how I got here in the first place. We had some lab work done to confirm and get a baseline. He took a different approach from any professional I had seen before and I was hopeful for some progress. I am very happy to report that just after a few months, I am feeling SO much better. Most of my symptoms have subsided and I am going to submit new lab work soon to (hopefully) confirm what I’ve been feeling. Run don’t walk to Martin!!

Junne Sno

I went in to see Martin because I had been having allergic reactions very often. I relocated from Bangkok Thailand after I married and my life style totally changed. I put on over 20 lbs after 5 years and it didn't matter how I ate or how much I would exercise, I couldn't lose the weight. Martin suggested that I try to work out with him and follow his nutrition plan for 2 months. From October I followed his food recommendations and worked out with him 2 times a week. Believe me I was eating a lot of food, never starving myself at all, but I ate correctly and I started to come down 1 -2 lbs every week. My clothes fit better, and I started to see my body slowly improving. Most of all I didn't have allergy as often as I use to. Martin educated me a lot. He shared some good knowledge and facts about how our body works from inside out and some things that I thought I knew what was right, but it was wrong about food drink, and the way I exercise. I got rid of 15 lbs in 7 weeks working out with Martin. I feel wonderful and I am keeping up on my own for now. I am planing to go back to see him again for the next level.

Jeff Bates

I was referred to Martin in late 2012 because I had chronic back pain. My insurance stopped paying for physical therapy. I used to train and be in good shape, but years of traveling for business and hotel restaurants had taken their toll. Martin applied a combination of counseling on food and strength and metabolism movements. Today I am much stronger and rarely have back pain - even when traveling! Martin has taken extensive studies on nutrition, physiology, and exercise. He is extremely knowledgeable and has helped other friends of mine as well. I recommend him and the Performance Training Center to anyone who wants to get in shape, or relieve pain, or both!!