ABOUT JOHAN HALLVARS

23,000+ hours of personal training.
Judgement shaped by experience.

I have worked full-time as a personal trainer since 2007, founded my own gyms and been responsible for hotel gym design. That gives me experience of both the people who will train and the environments that need to work for them.

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Portrait of Johan Hallvars
Johan Hallvars Personal trainer & gym designer

FROM THE GYM FLOOR TO COMPLETED GYMS

Experience you can
see in the projects.

2007

FULL-TIME PERSONAL TRAINING

Experience starts on the gym floor.

More than 23,000 hours of personal training delivered. Working with individuals’ circumstances, technique and progress is the foundation of Johan’s assessment and programming.

2012

HIS OWN GYM

1 To 1 Performance

Johan co-founded 1 To 1 Performance in 2012. The experience of building a business became part of his perspective on training, equipment and environment.

2020

HIS OWN GYM IN ÖSTERMALM

Vigour

Johan opened Vigour with personal training at its heart. The private gym is a separate business from the Johan Hallvars umbrella website.

Free weights and training benches at Vigour, Johan’s private gym in Östermalm.
Vigour, Östermalm. Johan’s own gym — not a hotel project.
Gym design

GYM DESIGN / APPROX. 67 M²

Villa Dahlia / Club Dahlia

Johan built the entire gym and was responsible for concept, planning, design, purchasing and equipment selection.

Johan planned the gym around approximately 67 m² and a low ceiling, selected equipment and the combination of suppliers, determined placement and training flow, and optimised function within the space’s limitations.

HOW I USE THE EXPERIENCE

See the whole picture.
Set the right priorities.

I start by understanding what is holding things back and what needs to work better. The assessment then becomes a training plan or decision brief that can be put to use.

For an individual, that means background, movement, results and technique influence the programme. For a hotel, it means guest needs, function, equipment and the look and feel need to fit together.

Villa Dagmar and Hotel Diplomat are personal training and hotel collaborations. They are not described as gym design assignments.

CLEAR ROLES

Johan as the professional behind the work.
Vigour as the physical space.

Vigour Fitness is the private gym in Östermalm. Membership there is a separate offering and is not automatically included in online coaching or other services. Vigour – private gym and personal training in Östermalm

The Johan Brain is the underlying knowledge and decision engine. Johan or the responsible coach makes the assessment and approves client decisions.

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