San Francisco Personal Training
Michael Behnken, MS,
NASM-CPT-PES, CSCS
San Francisco Personal Training
Can be Fun and Exciting all over the
City
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I consider myself to be very lucky to be
a San Francisco Personal Trainer.
San Francisco personal training has been
a lot of fun for me. Since I
spend a bulk of my time personal
training clients in the gym, I don't
like spending much spare time working
out in the gym.
San Francisco is a city of hills so
getting a good cardiovascular workout
while running, jogging, walking or
bicycling is usually not very far away.
You can experiment and find some good
areas or you can check out some of the
little areas I found below.
During personal training sessions I
really like to focus on resistance and
core exercises. If you are not
able to get in your cardiovascular
sessions, I will add some cardio to our
workouts. Usually I will throw in
some kickboxing, or jump rope in between
sets to make good use of the time.
If you really do not like doing your
cardio exercise in the gym, there is
usually a great alternative.
Mission District
Since I have been living in San
Francisco Personal Training in the
Mission district has been what I have
spent most of my time doing.
Besides the gyms and Hipsters, there is
some good areas to exercise.
Everybody loves Dolores Park and
right next to it happens to be some
great hills. You can even find
some steps to give you a great cardio
jog or run.
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Excelsior, Bernal
Heights
The Excelsior district in San
Francisco is the way to get out of the
city if you are on your bicycle.
you can travel down Mission Street and
ride all the way to the Suburbs.
Mission St. is not the most bike
friendly street in San Francisco though.
Bernal Heights Park is a nice
place to visit. It is not usually
crowded and provides a great panoramic
view of all of San Francisco.
To get to the top is a decently
challenging jog, bike or walk. If
you start from Cesar Chavez you have to
walk up to the top of Folsom which is
very steep before you get to Bernal
Heights Park.
When you are done you can travel down
to Precita Park and grab a bite to eat
or some water.
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The Castro, Glen
Park, Noe Valley
The Castro and Noe Valley is a great
place to find a good hill. Twin
Peaks is the most challenging obstacle
for this San Francisco Personal trainer
to climb.
Duboce is a nice hill to climb up.
It will take a lot out of you, but you
are rewarded by ending up in Buena Vista
Park.
From Buena Vista Park you have plenty
of options.
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Sunset
If you live close to downtown San
Francisco you probably consider the
Sunset District "the suburbs," and do
not visit very often. Sunset has a
lot of open space and the freshest air
in San Francisco.
Head to Ocean Beach for a nice run.
From the zoo on Sloat to the Cliff House
is about a 3 mile run, jog or walk.
If you are into the boring nature run
/ walk Lake Merced has a circular path
which you will find hundreds of people
running a day.
Golden Gate Park is the most peaceful
place in San Francisco, especially on
Sundays when auto traffic is prohibited
for most of the park.
Recreation included in Golden Gate
Park includes archery, tennis, walking,
bicycling, jogging, and even browsing in
the DeYoung museum if you're up for a
slower activity.
There are little known places with
great views of the city and sunset.
Turtle hill is a great place to run up
some steps, and trails and admire the
view of San Francisco's Richmond and
Sunset District.
On Moraga (Picture on Right) there is
an individual tiled staircase.
Each stair is covered with custom tiles
by people in the neighborhood who
donated. It is very cool when the
sun is shining on it, looking up.
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Richmond
San Francisco's Richmond district is
a big area where many people live, and
not many people think of as a
destination. That is of course
unless you are going there to eat at
Burma Superstar, what some say is a
great Burmese restaurant.
The good thing about the Richmond
district is the close proximity to
Golden Gate Park, which divides the
Richmond with the Sunset.
Since the Richmond is sandwiched in
between Golden Gate Park and the
Presidio, a good jog or bike ride is not
far away.
If you are bicycling through the
Richmond you can find the best bike
lanes on the San Francisco Bike Map
which you can download
here.
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Marina, Pacific
Heights
The Marina and Pacific
Heights are full of hills and open space
which you can jog or bicycle with less
traffic than most parts of the city.
Try to avoid Lumbard street unless you
have a death wish.
Fillmore street is
very steep and impossible to bike up or
down at some points. It also has
steps which would be a great cardio
exercise session to run up or down.
The Lyon St. steps are
one of the best cardio workouts in the
city. They are at the intersection
of Lyon and Broadway in Pacific Heights.
Running or walking up them gets tiring
after the first time. San
Francisco personal training takes place
here often. Every time I have been
I have seen personal trainers training
their clients.
Make sure to take your
limo back to your Pacific Heights
Mansion instead of walking.
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SoMa,
Tenderloin
South
of Market is pretty flat and devoid of
hills. If you like running on flat
surface SoMa is a great place to run.
The tenderloin is not the best place to
exercise.
For
bicycling, SoMa is the area you are
always going through. The main
East and Westbound bicycle lanes are on
Folsom and Howard.
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Haight
Ashbury
Traveling from the sunset and leaving
Golden Gate Park requires you to travel
through the Haight. If you live in
San Francisco you know that Haight is a
busy street.
If you
are running, or bicycling Page St. which
is 1 block away and runs parallel with
Haight St., has a shared bike lane,
little traffic, and all 4 way stops.
Best of all, not Muni.
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Park Merced, West
Twin Peaks
The
west side of Twin Peaks is where you
will find some vicious hills.
While they aren't the steepest, they may
be the longest.
There
are some nice bicycle lanes in this
area.
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Chinatown, North
Beach, Waterfront
San
Francisco's Chinatown is not known for
exercising but there are a few hills.
Go for
a run up Columbus and have a rest at
Washington Square park. You may
even get lucky enough to hear some local
musicians practicing their jazz music.
Along
the entire water front is a great
running path and bike lanes. This
is probably the most popular run in all
of San Francisco. You can run all
the way from AT&T Park to Fort Point on
this path.
If you either like running long
distances, or are on a bike, you may
continue all the way over the bridge and
into Marin County.
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Bayview
I do not get out to Bayview very
often. Third street is a good
straight away to ride bicycle on but it
has been proven to be pretty dangerous
because there is no dedicated bike land
and tired drivers may not see
bicyclists.
If any San Francisco
residents know of any good places in the Bayview district to exercise, please
feel free to contact me.
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If anybody has any good ideas for
places to exercise around San Francisco,
please let me know!
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