Transform Your Body, Empower Your Life
Welcome to DRHolisticFitness, where our mission is to empower individuals to achieve their fitness goals through personalized instruction and a holistic approach. Our founder, David Galindo Rivera, is a certified personal trainer in Austin, Texas, with over 28 years of experience helping people meet their personal fitness objectives. David's philosophy is based on providing private, personalized instruction that delivers powerful results. We believe in synthesizing a specific program for each client, including a fitness assessment, goal setting, and nutritional advice, into challenging workouts designed for their particular goals and needs.
Meet David Galindo Rivera
David Galindo Rivera has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition from the University of Texas at Austin, graduated with over 550 contact hours from the Lauterstein-Conway massage school, and has been a Certified Fitness Trainer with the ISSA since 1995. David has been helping people meet their personal fitness goals for more than 28 years. Sports and weight training have always been a part of his life. David currently competes as an amateur natural bodybuilder, within the NPC, INBF, and OCB bodybuilding organizations. His sports activities include wrestling (having been a four-time Texas All State Wrestler), mixed martial arts (having fought as a professional mixed martial artist in the World Pancration Championships, King of the Cage and Renegades), and bodybuilding. David offers an holistic approach to personal training: For the Body, the Mind, and the Spirit.
Our Services
At DRHolisticFitness, we offer a range of services designed to help our clients achieve their fitness and health goals. Here are the services we provide:
- Weight Loss/Personal Fitness Training: We offer one-on-one personal training sessions to help you achieve your fitness and health goals, whether you're looking to lose weight, tone or build muscle, or power through a plateau.
- Nutritional Counseling: We provide customized meal planning to help you lose, gain, or maintain weight. Our nutritional advice includes food analysis and guidance on protein, fat, and carbohydrate intake in combination with your fitness goals.
- Flexibility/Massage Therapy: Our licensed massage therapist offers sessions that provide relaxation and relief to muscle strain and fatigue, promoting overall health and well-being.
- Martial Arts Training: Our founder, David Galindo Rivera, has extensive experience in martial arts, including Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, aikido, judo, muay thai, and boxing. We offer training for beginners interested in learning about grappling or self-defense and advanced training for those looking to improve their skills.
Testimonials
*"Friends, all of this is due largely in part to my most excellent trainer, David Rivera. He is one of a kind, super knowledgeable and an all-around great guy. I am so fortunate to have found him for without him, my success would not have been so dramatic." -Robert Straka*
*"Speaking as someone who spent many years working out in chain gyms, let me tell you, there is a difference between personal trainers. When I first came to David, pregnancy and previous sports injuries left me in pain and out of shape. I didn't want a used car salesman; I wanted someone who could challenge me with a workout that actually delivered. David was exactly that. I found that his extensive knowledge of kinesiology (as well as his background competitive sports and martial arts) gave him a unique perspective on my personal training. He tailored a workout specific to my athletic goals, and helped me create a nutritional plan to build muscle. He also pushed me to train harder than anyone else ever had before. In a very short time, I surpassed my own fitness goals, and found myself in better shape than I was at age 20. Working out with David has made a huge difference in my physical fitness." -CP*
Patient Reviews
Excellent Results and Testimonials
Many reviewers have experienced excellent results with David Rivera (DRHolisticFitness) as their personal trainer and massage therapist. According to Qi Ming Ng, David helped him tremendously with stiffness caused by frozen shoulders, discovering that his pectoral muscles were too tense and needed to strengthen his upper back muscles. Ng has seen significant improvements in his health and body since incorporating swimming and mindfulness into his practice.
Comfort and Technique
Reviewers have praised David's expertise, comfort, and technique. Marc Thomas appreciated David's ability to understand how he moved throughout the day based on his muscle feel, while Cheyenne T. rated him as one of the best body work sessions she has ever had. David was also commended for his knowledge of anatomy, deep tissue massage, and ability to release tension and pain.
Personable and Professional
Many reviewers have highlighted David's exceptional personable and professional approach. Justin Lim, Raul Estrada, Maribel Forte, McKenzie DiLullo, and Jessie all gave him 5-star reviews, praising his expertise, kindness, and positive attitude. Jessie, as an ortho body worker, was particularly impressed with David's intense but effective work on releasing muscle spasms and shoulder pain.
