Personal Training · Calabasas Area

Personal Trainer Near Calabasas

If you live in Calabasas and you're tired of training with someone who's also coaching three other clients in the same hour, Paul Wassily is a 10-minute drive east. NASM-certified, 20+ years of experience, full attention, structured programming, real results.

Paul Wassily is a master trainer based at The Compound in Woodland Hills, just east of Calabasas on Ventura Blvd. Paul takes a small roster of personal training clients and works 1-on-1 in a private capped-membership gym, not a crowded commercial gym floor. The trade for the short drive is undivided attention from a trainer with two decades of experience working with serious clients.

Paul Wassily, NASM-certified master trainer with 20+ years of experience. Based at The Compound in Woodland Hills, ten minutes east of Calabasas.

About Paul Wassily, NASM Master Trainer

Paul holds a Bachelor of Science in and is a NASM-certified personal trainer with over 20 years of professional experience. Most personal trainers hold one of those credentials. Paul holds both, plus the years of practical client work that turn credentials into actual judgment.

Paul's client roster has included high-profile figures like Dr. Dre and the late Taylor Hawkins, plus a long list of executives, athletes, and professionals who train without ever appearing in any marketing material. Discretion is part of the model. The point isn't who Paul has trained, it's that the training works.

Training Programs Paul Specializes In

1-on-1 Personal Training

Every session is fully customized. No shared attention, no pre-built program copied from another client, no checking a phone between exercises. Paul builds the session around what you need that day, factoring in your goals, your previous training, your current physical condition, your travel schedule, and whatever else is happening in your life that's affecting your training.

Body Transformation and Weight Loss

Paul has built more than a few significant transformations, including his own. He lost 50 pounds at age 17 before becoming a trainer at 18, which is part of why his weight loss programs feel different from a generic fat-loss template. Programs combine progressive resistance training, conditioning work, and integrated nutrition guidance. Real transformations take months, not weeks, and Paul's approach is built around sustainable change rather than quick fixes.

Sports Performance and Strength Training

For athletes and former athletes, Paul programs structured strength and conditioning work focused on power development, movement efficiency, and progressive overload. The emphasis is on building durable strength, with periodization that lets you stay healthy across a season or training year.

Prehab, Rehab, and Corrective Exercise

Paul's background means he reads movement well. For clients returning from injury, working around a chronic limitation, or wanting to prevent future issues, programs incorporate movement screening, corrective exercises, and progressive loading that respects what your body actually does well versus what it struggles with.

The Compound's training environment is built for serious work. Private, focused, equipped with what you need.

Real Client Results

The clearest signal of how Paul trains is what his clients have actually done. A few representative examples:

• Angie.50 pounds lost in one year. Came in deconditioned and uncertain. Left with strength, energy, and a sustainable approach to training and nutrition that's stayed with her.
• Kobe.20 pounds of lean muscle gained in two years. Structured progressive overload programming, dialed-in nutrition, and consistency through every season.
• Paul (the trainer himself).50 pounds lost in seven months at age 17. The transformation that started Paul's career. Part of why he understands what real change actually requires from a client.

Several existing client testimonials live on the main personal training page, with full quotes and context.

Pricing and How Sessions Work

Paul prices personal training based on what the engagement actually involves. A first-time client doing one session a week to learn fundamentals isn't paying the same rate as an athlete doing four sessions a week with sports performance programming. Single sessions, weekly packages, and customized ongoing arrangements are all available.

The most accurate way to get a real number is the free consultation, where Paul gives a direct rate based on your goals, frequency, and the program required. There are no contracts, no down payments, and no hidden fees. Cancel anytime.

Membership at The Compound is not required to train with Paul. Personal training clients are welcome whether or not they hold a separate gym membership. Some clients do both. Some just train with Paul. Either works.

Why Calabasas Residents Train with Paul

Calabasas residents have plenty of personal training options closer to home, including individual trainers operating out of various Calabasas studios and gyms. The clients who make the 10-minute drive east to train with Paul tend to fall into a few specific groups.

• Privacy-conscious professionals.Calabasas has a meaningful population of executives, performers, and public-facing professionals who don't want training sessions to happen in a high-visibility environment. The Compound's private capped membership and key fob access mean training sessions don't intersect with the broader Calabasas social ecosystem.
• Clients who want depth, not just supervision.The personal training market in Calabasas spans from new trainers running through generic templates to seasoned coaches doing real programming. Clients who've worked through the shallow end and want decade-plus expertise tend to look further.
• People with specific goals on a real timeline.If you're recovering from surgery, training for a specific event, or trying to make a meaningful body composition change in a finite window, the depth of Paul's experience is the value. Generic personal training works for general fitness. It doesn't work as well for specific goals on deadlines.
• Clients who already train with Paul.Many of Paul's clients have followed him from previous training environments. The Compound is where Paul trains. For those clients, this is the place.

How to Get Started

The first conversation is a free consultation, either at the gym or by phone. Paul uses it to understand your goals, your training history, and any limitations or considerations that should shape the program. By the end, you'll have a clear sense of what training would look like, the rate that fits your goals, and whether it's the right fit. Book here or call directly at (818) 742-8762.

Sessions take place at The Compound, a private capped-membership gym ten minutes east of Calabasas.