Eric Sorenson-Owner/Coach
Eric started working as a personal trainer in 2007. He has worked with people from all walks of life throughout his career, but really loves working with complete beginners and teaching the basics. Eric was a wrestler at Capuchino High School and Skyline and Menlo Colleges. He has also been an assistant wrestling coach at Skyline College. He is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as well. All of his combined experience in personal training, wrestling, and jiu jitsu gives Eric a unique skill set for helping people reach their fitness and health goals.
Eric started working as a personal trainer in 2007. He has worked with people from all walks of life throughout his career, but really loves working with complete beginners and teaching the basics. Eric was a wrestler at Capuchino High School and Skyline and Menlo Colleges. He has also been an assistant wrestling coach at Skyline College. He is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as well. All of his combined experience in personal training, wrestling, and jiu jitsu gives Eric a unique skill set for helping people reach their fitness and health goals.
Gary Tanaka-Owner/Coach
Gary is a fitness professional who has been helping people get results and achieve their health and fitness goals since 2004. He has many years of collegiate and semi-professional experience as an athlete having competed in track and field and basketball throughout his high school, college, and post collegiate years. He has also competed in Spartan Races with other TFT members. His personal experience in a variety of sports and training techniques allows him to develop safe and effective strength and conditioning programs for the beginner to advanced clients.
Gary is a fitness professional who has been helping people get results and achieve their health and fitness goals since 2004. He has many years of collegiate and semi-professional experience as an athlete having competed in track and field and basketball throughout his high school, college, and post collegiate years. He has also competed in Spartan Races with other TFT members. His personal experience in a variety of sports and training techniques allows him to develop safe and effective strength and conditioning programs for the beginner to advanced clients.
Our History
We founded TFT in San Bruno in 2010. Our first "gym" was a small, 600 sq ft classroom. We had no money, very few members, and big dreams.
We founded TFT in San Bruno in 2010. Our first "gym" was a small, 600 sq ft classroom. We had no money, very few members, and big dreams.
We didn't know what we were really doing business-wise at that time. All we knew was that we enjoyed training people and being our own bosses.
Luckily we had a thirst for knowledge and we were consistently going to seminars, reading books, watching training videos, and improving our craft pretty quickly.
And, that knowledge we applied to our workouts and business, the more members we started to get..........
That's when, in 2011, we made the move to larger space, however, with very little equipment.
Luckily we had a thirst for knowledge and we were consistently going to seminars, reading books, watching training videos, and improving our craft pretty quickly.
And, that knowledge we applied to our workouts and business, the more members we started to get..........
That's when, in 2011, we made the move to larger space, however, with very little equipment.
But, we made do with what we had and, as we kept growing in membership we started making more improvements to our gym like
Mats, Turf and a TRX frame.
Then, we added some benches.
Some cardio equipment.
Replaced the TRX A Frame to give us even more space.
Then Covid hit and we were shut down for 3 months!! We opened back up but at limited capacity with very strict cleaning and distancing protocols.....
Then we were shut down AGAIN indoors, so we just pivoted and went outside......
So as you can see, we're a pretty resilient group.
In November of 2020 we moved out of our San Bruno location to a bigger facility in down town South San Francisco.
In November of 2020 we moved out of our San Bruno location to a bigger facility in down town South San Francisco.
And in February of 2021 we officially opened to the public to share the TFT experience to help as many people as we can to get in fit and healthy.