WERKout!

My first time going to the bootcamp and he was a no show. Not much I can say but it sure is unprofessional to leave a group of dedicated people hanging with no message at 7am. I rarely do morning workouts and it was disappointing to have gotten up so early only to be stood up by the instructor. Showing up is half of the game and I’ve lost my trust before I even started. Super frustrating. The group said this was a very rare thing, so willing to give it another try but not expecting much at this point.

Aemar has been my Personal trainer for 1.5 years and it has been an AMAZING experience! The physical transformation is beyond anything I could have achieved on my own. Aemar has consistently and with a close eye helped me develop a great physique! Our workouts are consistently good, he never lets me give up, and motivates me when Im not focused. He has pushed me through Plateaus, helped me gain mass, build a strong core and have a blast doing it. I have met a great group of friends through his Personal training and bootcamps which has been awesome as well! I have referred people to Aemar for Personal Training and they are still training with him and are having an awesome experience too! The bottom line is this guy knows his stuff and knows how to get you FIT!!! #TeamWerkOut

This class is fantastic. It’s tough, fun and goes by so fast. Aemar is incredibly fun and keeps you laughing throughout the class. I was intimidated to sign up for the first class as I didn’t know how hard a «boot camp» would be or if I could keep up. I have always thought I was in shape because I run. This class taught me the joy of TRX, upper body strength and varying my exercise. I am in much better condition now. The class works all major muscles.
I highly recommend you try it. The people in the class are also nice and love to joke with Aemar during class. You can tell they have been with him for a while. I much prefer this environment to the instructor who thinks yelling at you over loud music is motivation.
I look forward to going to class. That is why they get 5 stars.

Getting up to go to werkout is probably the hardest thing I do every week… and yet it’s simultaneously the most rewarding! Aemar pushes us, surprises us, and encourages us to become a little better every day. He’s very friendly (a must), high energy (necessary for those early wake ups), and deceivingly tough! Every workout feels great (and sometimes a little painful).

When I started I thought I was in shape. Aemar made it perfectly clear that my idea of being fit (picking up heavy objects and setting them down again) was not going to cut it. A month and some personal training sessions later, my endurance is up, I look and feel great, and I’m able to lift more than I ever have. Plus I’ve met a lot of awesome people through werkout. It’s like a big family that hates getting up so early to be physically punished but does it because it’s just that fun.

This is a long overdue review for Aemar and WERKout. I have been doing Aemar’s boot camps for about three years and absolutely love it. I get bored really easily but Aemar does a great job of varying the workouts every time. I’m always impressed by how he keeps things moving smoothly from one exercise to the next, and doesn’t even blink at improvising if he has to switch things up on the fly. If I didn’t have Aemar’s boot camp I would be such a slug but I always look forward to going, and it’s such a good group of fun people that it’s always a lot of laughs as well as a great workout!

Unprofessional, immature, opportunistic. I cannot recommend Aemar as a good personal trainer or leader for a bootcamp. If you want a positive experience, look elsewhere.
After months of working with Aemar each week for personal training and bootcamp I am very disappointed. His vanity and self-​obsession can easily be overlooked, but the bad attitude and unprofessionalism take their toll. I paid Aemar for services he did not provide, and he has refused to respond to my calls or return the money. It’s not so surprising when you realize what Aemar is really looking for in a client.
Aemar wants clients that can be his friends; and by friend I mean someone who will buy him drinks when he goes out, invite him to parties, bring him on ski trips, etc. Aemar is obsessed with social status, and his interest in you as a client is directly proportional to what you do for him socially. If this isn’t a game you’re willing to play then he will frequently complain that you’re not a good client. He’s not joking.
Aemar’s immaturity and lack of self-​esteem are most apparent at bootcamp. He perceives any question asked as a threat to his authority. Aemar will be facing away from you, halfway across the court, with music blaring (for 8 people) and announce in an indoor voice the # of burpees for you to do. Inevitably not everyone can hear him, but you should never ask «How many burpees did you say?» he almost always has a snarky response such as «Do whatever you want, I don’t care, don’t even show up, do your own workout.» Being snarky is one thing, but Aemar can’t take what he dishes out. If you give the snark back to him then he pouts like a child and threatens to either stop bootcamp altogether or force everyone to do 100 burpees. Are we in middle school? Apparently.
Aside from the personality issues, the bootcamps themselves are HIGHLY variable. If he’s trying to impress new people he goes really easy, other times he makes you want to vomit … either way, he’s never doing his own routine, so you never feel like what you’re doing is grounded in reality.
Don’t waste your time or money here.

Aemar is an energetic, personable and fun work out professional
It’s always a fun experience!

Started because of a living social deal and I’m really glad I did — Werkout is AWESOME. I went several times a week up until I moved out of SF. Aemar is great and the classes are fun, a great workout, and different every day.

I started going to boot camps just for overall fitness and I was VERY impressed with Aemar. For me, it was a great workout but not too much. I couldn’t really keep up with the rest of the class, but Aemar let me go at my own speed and slowly my endurance built up. Now I use him as my personal trainer once a week. Very flexible, easy to work with, funny and motivating. Would highly recommend the boot camps.

I don’t like to think of it as bootcamp. It’s more like my morning date with Miley, Britney, and the TRX. Who knew that burpees and former Disney pop stars could get this night owl up at the crack of dawn? Rain or shine, it’s a great way to start your day. Slimming down and toning up are an added bonus. My butt thanks you, Aemar.

I started with one of the Gilt deals and am hooked on the Dolores Park bootcamp. I’m older than most of the clients, so I definitely get a good workout. I have been doing the bootcamp for over a year now and am much stronger compared with my previous bootcamp.
There are a couple of different instructors and a great variety of equipment. Trx suspension, trx rollers, medicine balls, bands, interval and circuit training, etc. The instructors are friendly, but they are also serious about making sure your have good form. I have not had any injuries, but the instructors do provide modifications if you let them know about an injury.
You will be sore, but stick with it! The instructors (and other bootcampers) do make the workouts fun. Don’t be fooled through, the instructors are professionals, so they you can get the results you want. Just put the effort in and ask questions.
Also, bring a mat and maybe gloves since your hands will be on the ground.

Writing an update to the boot camps with WERKout! I’m still going to classes and loving them, Aemar kept me strong and healthy even through my first pregnancy. He was great at modifying my workouts to be effective but still safe, and I was able to do low-​impact exercises up until 2 weeks before my due date.
I went back to class 6 weeks after baby was born and was able to get back to pre-​pregnancy size in 3 months. It was tough getting back into it, but the training was fun and worked!

I love a tough workout but have a hard time motivating myself on my own. Aemar’s bootcamps provide the motivation I need and make for a great start to the day. His workouts combine cardio and bodyweight training (both on and off the TRX), and no two workouts are the same. Aemar is a great motivator; he keeps things fun while pushing participants to their max. I’ve been to bootcamps in the past that weren’t challenging enough, but these are just right.
I’d highly recommend WERKout to anyone looking for a challenging, fun, full-​body workout.

Aemar’s bootcamps are great!
Focused on strengthening your core with alternating upper body and lower body days, these workouts are intense, focused and fun! And I saw so many results with out waiting too long.
The workouts are really effective because they are always pretty different. I highly recommend it.

I started going to WERKout a few months ago with a friend who had been attending for a long time. Being more of a runner/​tennis player, I wanted to work on building up more muscle — mostly upper body (chest and arms) and my ‘core’ (meaning finally able to do situps). Gyms are not really my thing and this has been perfect.
Usage of the TRX and rollers is a big plus as they are expensive and can really build muscle all over more than anything you could do at home without weights. (I also would have no idea WTF to do with them without instruction.) I can definitely see results which keeps me going.
They really push you in the workout, but also make it FUN. Sometimes you see other people working out around the park and kind of feel sorry for them because they look miserable. Two thumbs up.

Having had a series of small injuries working out on my own, I went to Aemar with a specific goal in mind, which was to put together a new workout to build up my core strength and endurance.
I got exactly that and am still using the routine today. It includes variations that help me work around my own issues (like tendonitis in my shoulders) and exercises that serve as a benchmark for my progress, allowing me to work out independently and to monitor my progress.
Aemar’s other strength is as a motivator, and I’ve seen that most clearly in his boot camp classes. I do prefer to work out independently and bring my own motivation to the table, so I don’t attend those classes anymore, but I think they’d be good for anyone looking for that extra push.

I was bored with my own personal work-​out and was looking for a way to get myself motivated. I decided to look for a personal trainer and let him know that I was pretty fit and was only looking for a new challenge. When Aemar wrote back, he was so professional and immediately got me motivated.
Since I’ve been training with him, I’ve experienced boot camps, TRX work-​outs and had a whole lot of laughs. In our personal training sessions, Aemar continually challenges me and finds new ways to show that I’m not as fit as I thought and there is always a new goal to hit. He’s accommodating with his schedule and I feel like I’m going to work-​out with a friend, not a personal trainer. But the best kind of friends are those that push you to do burpees until you want to pass out.
ADDITIONS TO PREVIOUS REVIEW:
Wow, it’s crazy that it’s been two years since I did my review! I still see Aemar at least twice a week between personal training and bootcamp. Aemar has maintained his professionalism and I look for him to be my personal trainer, social worker, and nutritionist. Throughout our two years together, Aemar has added kettle bells, more TRX work-​outs, and running drills. Even though I’m still a very fit person, he kills me daily and I love my time with Aemar.
On a side note, he adds music to his Spotify playlist every week and I steal it for my individual runs. The playlists are enough of a reason to sign up for one of his classes!

I have to update the listing because I was quite disappointed with Aemar
1. He was usually late to my workouts
2. He finished just before the clock expired
3. He did not really measure me using «before’ and «after»
4. He does not know how to tailor workouts for older people (he is in 20’s and I am in 40’s)
When I had a serious injury in March 2012, I informed Aemar that my doctor did not recommend a serious workout. I already paid him $ 600 for 12-​session workout plan one week before I injured myself. I kept him updated for 3 months. In order to not to make my injuries worse, I asked Aemar for my money back. He said he could not give it back to me because I waited for more than 60 days. What the heck! He also said that if I ask other trainers, I would get the same message. I asked him for documents/​contracts as he has never given me a material fact or documentation, and he failed to inform me about this when i had a serious injury. if he was decent and honest, he would have told me to get my money back while I was recuperating and make another payment when I got better, but he did not do that.
Plus he does not have a studio and he tells clients to go to Dolores park or pay extra to use gyms.

I’m a busy single, city girl. I try to fit in the gym, when I can, but often with my work hours and my social schedule, it’s a task. After running a half-​marathon in JULY with improper training, I found myself injured and falling into a vicious cycle of being UNMOTIVATED, even after a visit to my VERY expensive Sports Medicine M.D.
Once again, TA-​DAH, AEMAR came to my rescue! I met Aemar in 2010 and I’ve sporadically used his services when he worked for another company. Yet, I followed him b/​c his instruction style appeals to me. For someone, who needs a little motivation and encouragement to make every last fitness second count, I look towards Aemar. What I love about him is that he is REAL. He understands that not all of his students follow a perfect diet and that some enjoy drinks during HH and he is willing to help you to obtain your fitness goals in a real way and not what I consider a «test tube» fitness environment.
Like with anything, you won’t see IMMEDIATE results, but if you stick with him you will see them. For instance, he looked over the exercises that my Sports Medicine M.D. gave to me and he incorporated those into my personal studio WERKout. After 4 weeks (2x a week), I’ve noticed that the leg muscles are stronger and I can use the elliptical again without pain.
In the past, I’ve attended both his bootcamp sessions (which I enjoy) and after I was injured, I began utilizing his more personalized 1:1 studio TRX classes to re-​hab my knee. I recommend either type of setting. There are also group discounts available for studio classes.
WERKout SF Bootcamp 6 weeks for $ 180.
Locations: Dolores Park, Castro, Embarcadero and SOMA
Personal Training $ 400 for 4 sessions Intro clients
Aemar’s WERKout specialty’s includes TRX, Endurance, Core and Balance.
His WERKout programs are personalized to challenge your body needs and has a twist of p90x or crossfit. The WERKout home studio is located near Dolores park and parking is pretty easy and there is access to public transportation (both via MUNI and 16^th and Mission BART 3 blocks away). It is close to both GOLD’s gym and 24 hour fitness, as well.
I can’t say enough about Aemar. He’s funny, he’s energetic & he is professional.