Peter Park, Fitness and Wellness Coach

Peter Park (0:00)

I have to be all in with an athlete. It can't be, oh, you can only text me. It has to be, look, you have to, I have to talk to you two times a day, three times a day. I have to know what's going on. I want to know how you're feeling. Like, after every workout, I'll go, how long does it take? It's two seconds. Well, how's it, how'd it go today?

You know, and that's where I think I rise above a lot of other trainers, is they know I really give a shit, you know, and I do.

So when I take on an athlete, it's like, okay, do I really want to do this? Because I'm going all in. And I tell them that, I go, you gotta, I need communication or I can't do this.

Michael Gervais (0:38)

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All right, this week's conversation is with Peter Park. He's the founder of Platinum Brand and the co-owner of Platinum Fitness. And that's based in Santa Barbara, California. And he brings to this conversation a history rich of stories from the frontier and a blend of his own limit pushing achievements as well as 23 years of experience training the best of the best of the best athletes.