Petranek Fitness is a private training gym in Santa Monica, CA. We teach group Crossfit classes and provide one-on-one coaching in functional exercise, athletic conditioning, plyometrics, kettlebell trainig, olympic weightlifting, medicine ball training, and basic gymnastics. Our students and clients are extremely diverse including business executives, realtors, athletes, musicians, high school and college students, writers/producers, fighters, and home-makers.

Mission
To provide the world's most effective health and fitness training.

Vision
A community that is healthy, strong and vital, who'se participants have the courage to live outside the generally accepted as "normal" belief that health, fitness and vitality must decline with age.

Philosophy
To us, fitness is a state of mind, way of being. It shows up in the way you talk, walk, sleep, eat, work, play, dress and relax. It is the physical embodiment of the character traits of honor, courage, confidence, discipline, integrity, responsibility, dedication, and joy. It is also instrumental in reducing the immediate and cumulative effects of stress and anxiety. We’ve found that the fitter a person is, the more he/she is physically able to do the things that bring joy and fun to life – everything from feeling strong, confident and energetic through your normal work day, running around with your kids, being physically active and playing sports, to traveling to remote corners of the earth. Being physically fit is inspiring, feels good, enriches your life, and adds both years to your life, and life to your years. People that are fit seem to have a clearer, more optimistic view of life. For us, the bottom line is this: Fitness allows you to live your best.

Live your BEST!
“Live Your Best!” Who do you know that when asked, would say that they don't want to live their best? Yet how many people actually do it? We've found that truly enjoying life, making the most out of it, and having fun at the same time requires commitment and hard work. It's difficult, yet its also as rewarding as it gets! When you're "Living Your Best," you are getting the most out of life, truly "sucking it dry" - but you're not necessarily having "fun." Instead, you are committed, challenged, confronted, and very often afraid, and yet somehow, especially when required, you find the courage to press on. Petranek Fitness is committed to that somehow – helping you find that ability – in your mind, and subsequently your body.