2016 Mike has moved his location and is now up the street…read moreinside the building with Evolve Physical Therapy at 11468 Sorrento Valley Rd. Ste. A, San Diego, CA 92121 I first started working out with Mike in 2008. I wanted to lose weight and tone up. Before we did anything, we went through a comprehensive evaluation of my current status and my goals and then he gave me dietary guidelines that were easy to understand and easy to follow. We started working out twice a week. Immediately I started losing weight and feeling stronger, AND I had more energy. Mike knows when to push me and when I am at my limit. In the days following my workouts with him I always have that feeling that my muscles have been working, they are not too sore but giving me just the right amount of feedback that my body is changing. I start feeling better, looking better and getting stronger. Through the years, I have taken breaks away from weight training with Mike. But as months sneak by, I'd notice my weight starting to creep up just a little bit, 3 to 5 lbs or so. I come back to Mike and get immediate results. I like the way I feel when I stay on a regular program with him. I know weight training increases the body's metabolism and helps me burn more calories even when at rest. And having that accountability of checking in with him weekly just helps me stay on track with healthier food choices. I have been going to Mike for 6 years now, and the workouts are never boring. He always manages to introduce something new to keep it interesting. I always have a good time going to the gym, which is something I never would have said before working with Mike.

As a personal trainer, Mike Maio is stellar. As simple as that…read more He is upbeat, friendly, knowledgeable, and most important of all, uncommonly easy to work with. I cannot overemphasize this point; Mike goes out of his way to make EACH workout session fun, and his easy-going personality is a big part of that. He will push you when he needs to, but is also accommodating to your needs. No ego, no hidden agendas, no small-print, no extra costs. He is also flexible with scheduling on a day-by-day basis. Mike promised me results when I first started. And I am here to say that there have been results. You figure out your personal fitness goals when you first meet with him, and then you jump straight into the exercise regimen without any fuss. He also works with each individual's intended fitness trajectory to set up customized nutritional goals. I had reservations about a few things in this regard, and he was able to easily accommodate them. There is no better feeling than knowing that you are getting in better shape. And to simply see your clothes fit better. And as the previous commenter mentioned, I owe my progress entirely to Mike. If you are in the slightest doubt, I would urge you take up the first complimentary evaluation session with Mike. You literally have nothing to lose. I cannot recommend Push Personal Training enough.

I first contacted Chris several years ago for help with running injuries. I was able to recover…read morequickly with his knowledge of corrective exercises and he taught me how to prevent those injuries from happening again. I was very happy and surprised to see my strength, balance, and power improving so I kept training with Chris. He also advised me on healthy supplements to improve performance and techniques to increase energy. I feel healthy, strong and positive as a result. Chris knows how to challenge me to bring out my best, which has also brought me confidence. I continue to learn more from him, stay healthy, improve fitness and have fun with every session. I appreciate all I have learned from Chris and would highly recommend him!

Chris has been a blessing to me for the past five years. His positive energy with stretching and…read morestrengthening drills has given me great help. Chris will make you smile as he puts you through the drills too. He'll challenge you and when you're done, you feel like you've really accomplished great things. I look forward to our sessions!

Kyle is hands down one of the best personal trainers out there! His energy and expertise make every…read moresession both challenging and fun. As a competitive person, I love that he doesn't just coach from the sidelines--he joins in on movements, which pushes me to match (or beat!) him. It keeps me motivated in a way I've never experienced before! I've struggled with weight loss, and Kyle has helped me tremendously--not just with tailored movements that accommodate my injuries, but also with my confidence. He truly cares about his clients, and his guidance has even influenced my daily food choices. I often catch myself thinking, What would Kyle choose? when making decisions about meals! Kyle is engaging, pushes you to your potential, and makes working out something to look forward to. If you're looking for a trainer who will challenge you, support you, and help you become the best version of yourself, Kyle is the one. I can't recommend him enough!

I am in the best shape of my life after working out with Kyle. Not only that, he taught me how to…read morebox and trained me in self-defense. He made exercise fun and interesting while pushing me to the limit. Kyle's physical therapy practice was an incredibly helpful factor as well. Last year I threw my lower back out. It was incredibly painful and I lost mobility, but after one single session with Kyle I felt 90% improvement! His physical therapy skills help with minor aches and pains, especially if you are training super hard. Loved working out with Kyle, great guy, totally recommend!

I am not seeing Marko for fitness but for his Acupressure-Massage for cronic soft tissue hip pain…read more Before I found Marko, through a trusted friend, I tried deep tissue massage, chiropractic, ultrasound, laser treatments, stretching, sauna, swimming and exercise. Nothing was working and I'm trying to get in shape to hike mountains in Colorado in 3 months but have a lot of pain just walking my dog, sitting or sleeping! After just two sessions with Marko and I'm finally getting some relief. I'm so excited to finally feel like I won't have to cancel my hiking trip! This is a massage like no other I have ever had and I work in the spa industry. He is so strong and gets so deep that while it is happening it is quite painful but he guides you in breathing through it and doesn't go beyond what each client can personally handle. You could never get a massage this deep at a professional business - it's that deep! You have to really want to get better and trust that doing the work will get you there. If that is your attitude then Marko is the one to work with. You can check his credentials on his fitness website: MarkoFitness.com. He is located in Carmel Valley right off I-56. I highly recommend Marko Dresevic.

Bottom line: I've lost 25 lbs and re-gained a craving for exercise since I started training with…read moreMarko 9 months ago. Feel free to stop here if you are already sold, but I'll give you my story if you need some more convincing. Last year I put on 50 pounds during my pregnancy with my first child. I realized towards the end of my pregnancy that if I did not do something to lose that weight after I gave birth that I would be "one of those women who lost their figure and never got it back" for the rest of my life. I decided then that my goal was to be back to my pre-pregnancy weight by the time I went back to work after maternity leave. Marko helped me achieve this goal, and I absolutely could not have done it without him. I started training with Marko six weeks and three days postpartum. I had not worked out for months since before my pregnancy, and had not consistently worked out in years. I was very lucky to lose 35 of those 50 pounds the first three weeks after I gave birth just from nursing, but the weight loss stopped there and I was stuck with another fifteen pounds that wouldn't budge. The first thing you notice about Marko is that he is incredibly fit. The next thing you notice about Marko is that everyone he is training is incredibly fit. As I looked at the perfectly sculpted body of the other woman Marko would be training alongside me that first day I felt completely intimidated and extremely hopeful at the same time. I wondered if I would ever get back into my pre-pregnancy jeans, but I figured if he helped her look as good as she did perhaps there was hope for me too. The thing is, she is not an anomaly. Everyone who works out with him looks that good! I'm not going to lie, the training was brutal at first. I was completely out of shape, and working out after 3-5 hours of interrupted sleep with a newborn was no joke. But Marko ramped me up slowly. I loved his philosophy about the intensity of workouts. He would demonstrate an exercise for me, give me the number of sets and reps, and then told me to complete them at my own pace. He gave me an analogy about his dog Pablo, "Pablo fetches the ball over and over again until he is tired. Then he stops for a bit an rests in the shade. When he is ready to play again he gets up and keeps going", Marko told me. So I worked out as hard as I could, and I rested when I needed to before starting again. Marko gradually ramped up the intensity of my workouts over the next few weeks as I grew stronger and stronger. I only had the energy to work out with him twice per week, but I committed to always go train with him those two times weekly no matter how exhausted I was from taking care of my new baby. Within a month or so I noticed an incredible change in my stamina and the amount of weight I could lift. By the time I went back to work I had lost every last one of those 15 pounds of pregnancy weight. My co-workers were completely amazed that I had lost all 50 pounds in just 4 and a half months. I'm not sure if it was harder to start working out with a newborn or to keep working out after returning to work full-time and taking care of an infant when I got home. I can also honestly say that I would've fallen off the wagon if it wasn't for Marko encouraging me to keep up my new level of fitness and to not lose momentum. As I tried to get back into the groove at work there were times I was not able to train with Marko and would instead try to workout on my own. Marko would send me texts to check in on me and ask if I had made time to workout that week. The guilt I would feel if I had not done so would make me go to the gym the next day. Plus I knew that he would kick my a*#$ the next time I trained with him so I better stay in shape or I would be seriously feeling it. I am still training with Marko, and I now weigh 10 pounds less than I did when I got pregnant. This weekend I put on a dress I bought before I met my husband that had not fit since. The dress fit perfectly, and he had never seen me in it in the five years we have been together. I can now say that Marko has not only transformed my body but he has transformed my life. I really look forward to working out with him, and am self-motivated to workout on my own three or four days a week. Marko still sends me texts to check in on me and make sure I'm, "Doing my homework," as he says. The best part is when I workout at the same time as one of his other clients who hasn't seen me for awhile and they say, "Wow, you look great!". So what are you waiting for!? If we happen to train at the same time one of these days I guarantee you won't know that I am the one who weighed over 200 pounds last July. I am on my way to having the beautiful atheletic body the rest of Marko's clients have as you will be too if you call Marko!

I have been training with Sagar twice a week for the past 10 Months. Sagar knows what he is doing…read more110%. He is ALWAYS on time. He is friendly and a VERY Motivating Person to work out with! After working out with him for 3 months, I have lost 10 pounds, lost approx 3% body fat, and lost two inches around the waist. My jeans prove it! This is a great accomplishment for me as I am a 25 year old guy with a terrible metabolism. He has helped point me to all links on how to manage my diet better. I was shocked on how much I was doing wrong. Sagar is right -- workouts are good for building stronger core and diets are good for getting rid of your fat in your body. Sagar has been very attentive to me and very patient with me. He was very pleasant to work with, and I feel I am getting a right start in my "Getting Fit" program with him. I wish I found him much much earlier but now that i have met him, i have forwarded my family and relatives to work with him! One thing he has introduced me to that i truly LOVE is the Foam Roller! Using this Roller has CHANGED MY LIFE thanks to Mr. Sagar! I have just moved back to San Francisco and I still get feedback and videos from Sagar! It's nice to now know that i have a TRAINER FOR LIFE :) If you are looking for a Fitness Coach that will motivate you, help you get to your goals, and feel great each and every day of your life, he is the guy you want to seriously consider for the job!

I've always been very active and play a lot of sports, so I didn't realize I could benefit from his…read moretips... but Sagar definitely knows his stuff. I didn't realize there were little things I was doing wrong in my workout routine, but he was able to point them out and guide me in the right direction.

Emiko offers a completely unique and carefully detailed strength training regimen for midlife…read morewomen. I have done all kinds of fitness training throughout my life...dance, weight lifting, cardio, pilates, barre. But I felt frustrated by the offerings I was finding in my late 40s. I wasn't focused on weight loss (I'd ditched diet culture years earlier) and I wasn't interested in a quick fix. I wanted to be strong, capable, flexible, and steady. Now, a few months after working with Emiko, I'm all of those things and more! I feel at ease with challenging fitness tasks and move through the most strenuous part of my days with no problems at all. I recently completed a hike that used to leave me panting and aching...this time, I sped up the hill and felt the power and possibility in my muscles. Many of the small aches and pains that used to bug me have disappeared -- shoulder pain, a fussy knee...both gone! Two things about Emiko's program have really stood out to me. First, she worked me through adaptations and advancing moves so gradually that I barely noticed how much more I was lifting or pushing. Workouts required my focus but did not exhaust or deplete me. Secondly, Emiko was amazingly adaptable to the ups and downs of my life as a mom. She understood rescheduling needs, she gave me restorative exercises instead of my usual workout after my kid had been sick for a week, and she just generally made workouts work for me -- I was never so sore that I couldn't bring the groceries in from the minivan the next day. In short, Emiko is a real gift to any woman who wants to improve her overall fitness, feel better in her day-to-day, and know that she's the strong woman we all want to be. Give Emiko a try...you won't be disappointed.

I started working with Emiko because I wanted to prepare for a hiking trip and had been having…read moretrouble increasing my fitness activities without getting injured and frustrated. She is empathetic and holistic, and I felt better almost immediately. I look forward to and prioritize working out which is new for me. I love that I can just show up and follow her lead, and she will help me know when it is time to move up a weight or change an activity by observation and checking in with me. I highly recommend her.

Katie is an amazing PT! I came to her due to chronic back pain that has persisted for 9 months…read morewithout any improvement. We aligned on my goals of what I wanted to be able to achieve at the end of our time together and started with some exercises that I was able to complete despite my limitations. She then built off of these "entry point" excercises and pushed me to slowly progress over the 3 months we spent together. She also corrected my movement patterns, which were putting an unnecessary amount of stress on my back. By the end our time together I was able to run and jump which seemed impossible just a few months ago. I highly recommend her, and the pay off of living pain free is well worth the investment.

Katie Serano, PT, DPT, CSCS is absolutely the best! She listens, understands, makes appropriate…read morerecommendations based on need and my physical ability. I love how she encourages me to push through discomfort. She taught me the difference between pain and discomfort. I have made so much progress because of her expertise, appropriate exercises, and encouragement. I would HIGHLY recommend her for any physical limitations you are experiencing. You won't regret it!

I've been training here for almost a year, 3 days a week, and I've seen such a huge improvement in…read moremy strength, posture, and overall how I feel day to day. My goals were specifically focused on building strength and improving posture, the progress has been better than I expected. Great experience all around - supportive, knowledgeable, and motivating. Highly recommend!

My wife and I started working out at Milagros in April 2024. Both of us have desk jobs and suffer…read morefrom a sedentary life. We both have had lower back tightness/pain from sitting all day, and just an overall lack of energy. We both need help with our diet and needed to lose each 15-20 pounds. We see our Trainer 3 days a week for an hour each workout, and it's been life changing! Now my wife and I have taken up Pickleball in addition to our workouts, and we can finally call ourselves FIT! We highly recommend Milagros! It's very clean, private, and the trainers are all very helpful and professional!