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PEOPLE Magazine: Celebrity Trainer Gunnar Peterson on Quarantine Workouts: ‘You Can Do a Lot in 10 Minutes’

The fitness guru also spoke to PEOPLE about his new partnership with leading supplement brand, Transformation Protein

By Hanna Flanagan

April 23, 2020 01:27 PM

For celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson, fitness isnโ€™t about taking shortcuts โ€” itโ€™s about consistency. And heโ€™s committed to helping his clients develop new routines as they social distance at home during the novel coronavirus(COVID-19) pandemic.

โ€œI Zoom and FaceTime with clients for workouts,โ€ Peterson, whose works with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Kardashians, Jennifer Lopez and others, told PEOPLE exclusively. โ€œI also send programs to people so we are all taking it in stride. I keep each of these exercises upbeat and interactive, so theyโ€™re as real as we can safely make them.โ€

The PEOPLE Health Squad member says that quarantine is forcing people who prefer to sweat outside, at a gym or during a fitness class to adapt adding that โ€œadaption changes the body.โ€

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โ€œThis is just a new adaptation!โ€ he adds.

Peterson also says that, for those who may be struggling to find motivation while cooped up inside, itโ€™s okay to start small: โ€œYou can do a lot in ten minutes if you put your mind to it.โ€

His suggestion for a quick workout?

โ€œIโ€™d make sure there was a squat variation, plus a push, a pull, a carry, and a core move done in transverse (rotational) plane,โ€ he tells PEOPLE. โ€œIโ€™d recommend shooting for 10-20 reps (depending on the tools you have available) with minimal time between movements.โ€

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The 28-year veteran pro trainer is now demonstrating these exercises and many more โ€” plus tips and tricks for maximizing your workouts and recovery โ€” for a video series in partnership with leading supplement brand, Transformation Protein, called โ€œLike a Pro.โ€

As part of the collaboration, Peterson endorsed the companyโ€™s new bioactive protein powder that is packed with nine essential amino acids. He says the โ€œrevolutionary formula,โ€ which is available online now for $74.95, โ€œmaximizes output from all the hard work from training.โ€

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โ€œItโ€™s easier to assimilate, which means your body can put it to use faster to help you recover faster,โ€ he explains. โ€œIt also has MCT oil, which is beneficial to your brain, which also canโ€™t hurt during a workout! And letโ€™s not forget the pre and pro biotics which improve gut health and digestion.โ€

Speaking about the partnership, Peterson says, โ€œWhile Iโ€™ve seen thousands of protein powderโ€™s come and go in my career, Transformation Protein was the first one I felt confident representing. Transformation makes sense for me, and to me, as they base their decisions and their product on quality.โ€

โ€œThey donโ€™t cut corners, and thatโ€™s how I operate,โ€ he concludes. โ€œThatโ€™s what I strive to deliver to the people who train with me, I think people want that and deserve that.โ€


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