Our Mission
About Us
At Leo’s Fitness Lab, we are dedicated to eliminating wasted effort by guiding our clients to their goals through specialized personal training, nutrition, and mentorship. We want to help you achieve your fitness ambitions faster than ever before with our high-tech, high-intensity computer-controlled resistance training.
We’re commited to changing the way you exercise, so you can change your life.
Leo’s Fitness Lab is dedicated to my father, Master Chief Leo Hamel Sr. (seen in photo) who served as a Frogman in the Navy’s Elite Underwater Demolition Teams, the direct predecessors to modern day Navy SEALs.
As a competitive bodybuilder, my father taught me the importance of weight training for fitness and fat loss. I’ve carried this knowledge with me throughout my life.
I previously worked out with weights, aerobic machines, and took classes at traditional gyms but never quite achieved the results I was looking for. I lost weight, but lost muscle as well as fat, so I simply became a smaller version of my old self. Sure, I wore a smaller pant size, but I was “skinny fat.” I never achieved the chiseled body that I desired. After reading the book, Body by Science, I discovered the reasons why I was failing.
I searched for, and found, the scientifically based technology that was necessary to achieve my goals and brought them all together in one place. I’m so excited to share this revolutionary technology with all of San Diego!
I believe so much in our combination of high-tech focused exercise equipment and targeted personal training that it’s the only workouts I do now.
Our Certified
Personal Trainers
Meet our knowledgeable & friendly personal trainers.
Arden
Arden has worked in our gym as a part-time trainer over the past 4 years while obtaining his degree in kinesiology (study of human movement). He is now available at our gym on a full-time schedule. Arden holds ACE certifications in Personal Training and Nutrition. He is an expert at weight training as well as ARX. As a body builder, he understands the importance of achieving and maintaining muscle strength for people of any age to live life to the fullest. Arden enjoys hiking, camping, and anything that gets him outdoors.
Kyla
Kyla is one of the expert trainers at Leo’s Fitness Lab. Kyla has been a Certified Personal Trainer for 5 years. Her experience includes fitness assessment, strength training, injury prevention, certified yoga and Pilates instruction, therapeutic exercise for chronic pain, body balancing, and weight loss. Kyla became a personal trainer to help others achieve their fitness goals and live longer lives with health. Kyla’s hobbies include refurbishing home fixtures, gardening, and teaching.
Testimonials
From Happy Clients
Wow! stumbled into this place on accident. The adaptive distance training is for me!!! Not being a “fitness” person I find these 30 minute training sessions are perfect. Riley does a great job getting updated equipment and working new things into my ARX work out. I love being able to track my progress on the ARX website.
Been coming here for a couple months now and have gained 10lbs already! Riley and Kayla are amazing. The machines make the workouts more enjoyable and I like how they allow you to monitor your improvement as you progress. Can’t beat feeling like you’ve had a great workout in 20 minutes! Highly recommend!
I have been working out at Leo’s Fitness Lab for the past 2 months. It has been amazing! The staff at Leo’s are professional, encouraging, and knowledgeable. The ARX Fit machines and the Vasper machine are cutting-edge alternatives to a standard, traditional workout equipment- and they provide some of the most efficient, effective, and intense workouts possible.
Going to Leo's fitness lab has been one of the best decisions of my life. The trainers Riley and Kayla have helped me every step of the way. The workouts are short and doable. With the state of the art equipment I have noticed a big improvement in strength. They put together a eating plan for me that is easy to stick to. I now feel that I have a fitness plan I can stick to and see results.
