TESTIMONIALS
“I worked with Michael for 30 days on a short preparation program that combined nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle coaching. In just that time, I experienced a huge transformation—not only in my body and strength, but also in my daily habits and self-esteem.
Michael’s guidance was clear, motivating, and tailored to my needs. He helped me build consistency and confidence in ways I didn’t expect in such a short period. I’m grateful for his support and highly recommend him to anyone ready to make a real change”
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Kendall Todd, SF CA
I've been working with Michael Bonella as a personal trainer for a couple of months now and have had a fantastic experience! He pays attention to what you want to get out of the sessions and pushes you just the right amount to make great progress. He is also very attentive to your form, which means you are getting the most out of every exercise and you'll avoid injury! Basically, I can't say enough great things about Michael!! Highly recommended.
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Stephanie R, SF CA
When Michael is your trainer, it's like meeting someone who shows you a new color--he is incredible. I think Michael's aim for his clients. is to instill a desire to strive for more than what we want, to use the new color we see to our advantage. He's got a roadmap in his head for your truly elevated self, and you owe it to yourself to see this new side of you.
Emily M, Mill Valley CA
Michael Bonella is hugely talented at what he does. I've been training with Michael for about 10 months. When I started I had just started to get back into fitness - I would run on the treadmill, take some classes, or half-ass it with weights. In the 10 months I've been working with Michael, I've become the most fit I've ever been in my entire life. I previously had difficulty doing a single pull up, now I can do 6. I couldn't lift a weight to save my life, now I can deadlift more than my body weight. The differences that this level of fitness has made in my daily life is unimaginable.
Jonathan J, SF CA
As a personal trainer and athlete I'm a big fan of knowing what's going on with my body. And if there are simple, affordable tests I can take that can give me useful, actionable data to improve my health and inform my fitness program I'm all for it. So I recently engaged Michael Bonella to obtain a Dexa Scan Body Composition Analysis, RMR (Resting Metabolic Rate) Test, VO2 Max Test and Fit3D Posture Scan. What I learned from these tests was invaluable in helping me determine the most strategic and safe nutritional, cardio and strength training recommendations for my body to get me lean (under 10% body fat) and ripped for an important photoshoot.
Many of my personal training and nutrition clients have chosen to have the same tests done and it's extremely helpful for me as their trainer to use the information to make their programs even more effective and to give us additional metrics to measure success.
Chris J, SF CA
The DEXA scan is cool but the real life changing data came from doing the RMR and VO2. I had no idea that I was not eating enough food and that I was working TOO HARD on the treadmill.
Michael was able to show me my personalized fat burning zone, the heart rate where I was burning no fat and all muscle as well as my baseline need of calories. He showed me how to use My Fitness Pal to track my food and set my macros. He also showed me where to buy a heart rate monitor on amazon and how to use it during my workouts.
I have gained two pounds of muscle working with my trainer and I have lost TEN POUNDS of body fat!!! I cried. My trainer cried. Thank you for making this possible!
Reza S, Berkeley CA
Michael will be highly attentive from the moment you start working with him. He plans each workout carefully and then watches during each rep to make sure your form is correct and that you're getting the most out of each session (he must have reminded me 100 times to keep my left shoulder back). He'll push you hard so that you perform your best, but never too hard so that you feel overwhelmed or end up overtraining. Lastly, he's also a great guy. Fun to be around and full of positive energy. I would highly recommend him to anyone looking for a trainer.