PERSONAL TRAINER BARCELONA
One to one strength training with me, in English. Train on my fully equipped private terrace in Eixample or at your home.
15 YEARS EXPERIENCE | ENGLISH SPEAKING | BARCELONA SINCE 2014
PERSONAL TRAINING AT A GLANCE
Your trainer Martin Ebner
Format One to one, or two people together
Frequency Most clients train two or three times a week
Session length Up to sixty minutes, same price either way
Where My private terrace in Eixample, your home, office or building gym
Language English
Price €70 to €90 a session depending on pack size, plus a travel supplement if I come to you
Availability Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm
WHY I COACH STRENGTH
Most people who come to me have tried something else first. Classes, running, a gym membership they used twice in January.
None of it is wrong. It just doesn't do what lifting does. Strength training is what builds muscle, and muscle is what changes your shape, keeps you capable as you get older and makes everything else you do easier.
Variety is the spice of life. It's also the enemy of getting good at anything. Bounce between tennis, pilates and Hyrox and you'll be fit, but you won't get properly good at any of them. Strength is the opposite. You lift the same things again and again, and the satisfaction comes from doing them better than you did last month.
It's also the thing you're least likely to get right on your own. You can go for a run without help. Learning to lift properly, and knowing when to add weight and when to ease off, is what you're actually paying me for.
So strength is underneath everything I coach, even if you came to me to lose weight.
I’M MARTIN
I've worked as a personal trainer for fifteen years, twelve of them here in Barcelona, and trained myself for more than twenty five. Long enough to have made most of the mistakes myself.
I trained six days a week for years and felt worse for it. Three is where I've landed, and at forty two I've never felt better. That changed how I coach more than any course did.
This is personal training in the literal sense. I know your program, I remember what happened in the session before, and I know when to ask for more and when to change course.
Around 250 clients in, I still pay attention to the same things. How you move, how you respond, and what's going to keep you coming back.
WHO I TRAIN
People come to me to get stronger, build muscle, improve their body composition and make training a consistent part of life. Some are starting properly for the first time. Others have trained for years and want better direction.
What they have in common is wanting it to stick. We build strength and capability over months and years, and the work compounds as you go.
WHO THIS ISN'T FOR
I'm not the right fit if you want a transformation before a specific date, or a plan you can run on your own. Short bursts work for some people. It isn't what I do, and you'd be paying for something you don't need.
This works when training stops being a project and becomes part of your week. That takes months rather than weeks, and it means turning up on the days you don't fancy it.
HOW I COACH
STRENGTH IS THE FOUNDATION
Progressive strength training is the foundation of how I coach. We use the movements that suit your body and your goals, then build them up over time.
Nobody's body is textbook. A squat that works for you might look different from the one in the video, and that's fine as long as it's doing its job. If a movement genuinely doesn't suit you, we swap it. Training should strengthen you, not break you.
HOW YOU TURN UP CHANGES THE SESSION
Every session starts with a quick chat about how you are. Not small talk. Bad sleep, a brutal week at work, slightly hungover, it all changes what we do that day.
The program says where we're going. How you turn up decides how hard we go at it.
CLEAR COACHING
I explain what we're doing, what to focus on and why it matters. You learn how to train, not just how to follow instructions.
UP TO SIXTY MINUTE SESSIONS
Some sessions need the full hour. Others don't. We finish when the work is done, and the price is the same either way.
THE WORK MATTERS, BUT SO DOES ENJOYING IT
I take the training seriously, but not myself. We work hard, we talk and there’s usually some good banter along the way. The session should be something you want to come back to.
I’ll push you where it counts, and you should leave knowing you trained well and feeling better than when you arrived. Enjoying the process matters, because coming back consistently is what makes progress compound.
WHERE WE TRAIN
Your place or mine.
MY PRIVATE TERRACE IN EIXAMPLE
Fully equipped, open air and five minutes' walk from Arc de Triomf. It's where I train most of my clients.
YOUR HOME, OFFICE OR BUILDING GYM
I train clients across Barcelona, including Eixample, Pedralbes and Sarrià-Sant Gervasi. You train, shower and get back to your day.
ONLINE WHEN YOU’RE AWAY
For clients I already train in person. The same program and the same standards, with no gap in your training while you travel.
WHAT MY CLIENTS SAY
These are public Google reviews from people I've trained. Their words, not mine.
PERSONAL TRAINING PRICES
INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS
€90
€90 per session
5-SESSION PACK
€400
€80 per session
10-SESSION PACK
€750
€75 per session
20-SESSION PACK
€1400
€70 per session
Training consistently is the point, so most people train on a pack of five, ten or twenty sessions. Single sessions are available too. All prices include 21% IVA.
These prices are for sessions on my private terrace in Eixample. If I come to your home, office or building gym, there's a travel supplement, typically between €25 and €55 per session depending on distance and travel time. I'll confirm it once I know where you are.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Your initial assessment, a program written around your goals and your schedule, coaching and technique work in every session, adjustments as you get stronger, support between sessions and regular reviews of your progress.
Food and nutrition guidance is part of it too, and advice on equipment if you're training at home.
HOW TO START TRAINING
Three steps.
SAY HELLO
Fill in the sign-up form, or message me on WhatsApp. Tell me your goals, your availability and where you’d like to train.
YOUR FIRST SESSION
A light workout, a proper look at how you move and an honest conversation about what you want from training and what's worked for you before. By the end, we both know if we're a match.
THEN WE GET TO WORK
Your sessions have a place in the week. I write the program, track it and change it as you change. Over time, you get stronger, build a routine that lasts and fall in love with training.
COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT PERSONAL TRAINING IN BARCELONA
HOW DO I CHOOSE THE RIGHT PERSONAL TRAINER IN BARCELONA?
Look for someone who explains what you're doing and why, keeps a record of your training and changes it when your life changes. Ask how they'd handle a week where you can only train once. The answer tells you a lot.
WHAT QUALIFICATIONS SHOULD A PERSONAL TRAINER IN BARCELONA HAVE?
I'm certified with ACE and ENADE. A recognised certification is the baseline though, not the difference. What matters more is how long someone has actually coached, whether they train themselves, and whether they can explain their reasoning in plain language.
DO I NEED TO BE FIT BEFORE I START?
No. That's a bit like tidying up before the cleaner arrives. We start with what you can do now and build from there.
I'VE NEVER LIFTED WEIGHTS. IS THAT A PROBLEM?
No. We start light and spend the first few sessions on how the movements actually feel, not how much you can shift. The weight comes later, once the movement is solid. Starting from scratch can actually work in your favour, there are no bad habits to undo.
WILL I TRAIN WITH THE SAME PERSONAL TRAINER EVERY SESSION?
Yes. You train with me, every session, from start to finish.
CAN I TRAIN WITH MY PARTNER OR A FRIEND?
Yes, though I'll usually try to talk you out of it first. The point of personal training is that the session is entirely about you, and a second person changes that. It works when you both have similar goals, similar starting points and similar schedules. Without that, you'll each get a compromised version of what you came for. Prices for two are on the Prices page.
HOW LONG BEFORE I SEE RESULTS?
Most people start to feel stronger and more capable within a few weeks. Visible change takes months of consistent work, and anyone giving you a date is guessing.
DO I HAVE TO COMMIT TO A PACK?
No. You can book single sessions and pay as you go. Most people move to a pack once they've decided, because it works out cheaper and it makes training a fixture rather than something you decide on each week.
HOW MUCH DOES A QUALIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER COST IN BARCELONA?
A single session on my terrace is €90. Most people train on a pack of five, ten or twenty sessions. If I travel to you there's a supplement, typically between €25 and €55 per session, depending on distance. All prices include 21% IVA, and the full table and terms are on the Prices page.
READY TO START?
Tell me what you want from training, when you're free and where you'd like to train. If you're not sure what you want yet, tell me that instead.
I read every enquiry myself and reply personally. If I'm not the right fit for you, I'll say so. If I am, we'll get started.
Have a quick question first? Message me on WhatsApp.