Personal training guides for Pattaya
Researching before you book? These twenty-two guides explain personal training in Pattaya — formats, goals, areas, and pricing — written by Jack, an American trainer with around 20 years of coaching experience. Ready to train? Book a session or browse services on the homepage.
Twenty-two guides, grouped four ways. New here? Start with about Jack, then your first session and prices. Know what you want? Pick the format — gym, condo, outdoor, hotel gym or online — or the goal: fat loss, strength, muscle, back and mobility, Muay Thai conditioning.
Everything here is written for people training in Pattaya specifically — a climate where a 30°C session at 80% humidity is normal, where most people train in a condo gym with two dumbbells and a treadmill, and where a large share of clients are over 50 and long-stay. That context changes the answers, so it is in the guides rather than left out. If you have a question none of them cover, ask directly.
Practical, not theoretical: how to train in the heat and how to eat out without wrecking a deficit are the two guides existing clients reference most. Areas covered tells you whether Jack comes to you.
Training formats
Gym personal training
Partner gyms, day passes, no lock-in, and how coached sessions work on the gym floor.
Read guide → LocationIn-condo personal training
Space, equipment, building rules, and how sessions work in your Pattaya residence.
Read guide → LocationOutdoor & beach training
Training in the heat, best times, beach and park sessions, and what to bring.
Read guide → LocationHotel gym training
Jack comes to your hotel gym — and works around whatever equipment it actually has.
Read guide → FormatOnline coaching
Programme, video review and weekly check-ins for anyone not in Pattaya right now.
Read guide → FormatShort-term & holiday training
One week, two weeks, a month — and what each can realistically achieve.
Read guide → FormatCouples training
Two people, one session: how it runs and when separate sessions are better.
Read guide →Goals
Fat loss & weight loss
Why fat loss needs a coach and not just more cardio, and what a real plan looks like.
Read guide → GoalStrength training
Barbell work, progressive overload and technique coaching, gym or condo.
Read guide → GoalBuild muscle
Hypertrophy programming, eating enough protein in Thailand, and realistic rates of gain.
Read guide → GoalBack pain & mobility
Training around chronic low back pain — scope, red flags and referral pathways.
Read guide → GoalMuay Thai strength & conditioning
Strength work around a camp schedule. Not fight technique — durability.
Read guide →Who it is for
Beginner personal training
First session walkthrough, what to bring, and zero-judgment coaching.
Read guide → AudiencePersonal training for expats
Native English coaching, training around expat life, and common goals.
Read guide → AudienceTraining over 50
Sarcopenia, bone density, balance and working around what is already sore.
Read guide →Practical
About Jack
Who Jack is, how he coaches, what he will not do, and who he is not right for.
Read guide → PracticalYour first session
What actually happens, what to wear, and what no one tells you beforehand.
Read guide → PracticalPersonal training prices
What drives the cost of coaching in Pattaya and how to get a straight quote.
Read guide → PracticalAreas covered
Central Pattaya, Jomtien, Pratumnak, Naklua and East Pattaya — honestly assessed.
Read guide → PracticalPersonal trainer Jomtien
Training formats in Jomtien and how it differs from Central Pattaya.
Read guide → PracticalTraining in the heat
Acclimatisation, electrolytes, best hours, and when to stop.
Read guide → PracticalEating out without wrecking your diet
Hitting protein on Thai food, the dishes that quietly cost you, and how to order.
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