Jator Pierre

The moment Jator began to speak, his grace, his heart, his intelligence, and his kindness were very evident to me. He emits a sense of calm and care that is both soothing and enticing. At the time, I didn’t know that in order to grow into my best self I needed to find Jator, but once I stumbled upon him, it became clear to me that he would be the vehicle.
He has an incredible ability to meet you where you are and to help you find you in way that is highly individualized. He has a deep understanding of not only the human body and its inter-​workings but also of the human condition and its complexities. He shares his wisdom and his experiences willingly but without force while also offering his support and his guidance.
Jator has given, and continues to give, me the tools, the teachings, and the support that I need. By creating a sacred and safe environment, I feel comfortable sharing my vulnerabilities and tackling my battles. He listens to my words and my struggles and then provides me the guidance to make positive change in my life. With his help, I have improved my anxiety, my depression, my stress management, and my diet all while finding a more caring, loving, understanding, compassionate, optimistic, and strong version of myself.
There is truly no greater gift than to know and to work and to grow with Jator.

It’s been almost one year since I met Jator. He taught the CHEK HLC level 1 class I attended. BTW, he is a great instructor and that was a fantastic course.
The only thing I knew about him going into it was that he was wise, based on the fact that he was coaching a friend who invited me to take the course. I didn’t Google his name or check the instructor bio. So I walked into class expecting an old man stroking a graying beard and was surprised to see Jator, wise beyond his years but not old at all!
In keeping this brief, I will say this, Jator introduced me to myself. During our coaching sessions, with my willingness to face and move through the process of healing in areas of my life long neglected, he has been there to provoke and embrace a vulnerability I didn’t know I had. His authenticity creates the space I need to share, learn and stay curious.
His gentle and honest guidance always leads me to dig deeper to uncover answers. Jator asks the questions and I look for the answers. He is a friend, a mentor, a coach and an amazingly insightful and knowledgable man. He’s honoring a profound gift that he has been given but also uses his life experiences as a teaching opportunity which is quite frankly, very kind.
I’m looking forward to his continued coaching as I set new physical challenges for myself. His knowledge base on fitness and nutrition is extensive and solid. He has helped me identify areas in my life where I needed to make changes, specifically my sleep, quiet time, exercise and hydration.
I am much happier, more centered, and comfortable in my mind and body now than I was before I started working with Jator. I’m so grateful for him and his role in my life.
If you are looking for a holistic approach to improving your health both physically and mentally, Jator is your man.

By Divine Appointment. There is no accident that Jator is in my life or in the world. He is inspirational, brilliant, loving, and hilarious. I’m motivated in my daily experiences by just the thought of him. I make much better decisions in my life because I have him as a coach and a mentor. His Presence not only continuously changes my life but also spills over into the life of those around me. There are no words to even grasp the feeling of appreciation, trust and gratitude that overwhelms my heart.
If you are committed to changing from the inside out then be ready for the truth. He’s definitely everything I needed and more.

Jator is a Trainer’s Trainer. He is very knowledgeable in the field with a broad spectrum of knowledge with his BS in Kinesiology/​Human Performance. He has also sought continuing education using the Scientific/​Physiological Approach to Fitness and Exercise through NASM certification and Alternative Approaches with courses offered by C.H.E.K. He is well respected among colleagues and is a great trainer for all levels of fitness. He is the Trainer’s trainer in that, as a Certified Personal Trainer with a BS in Kinesiology as well, I would recommend him to other trainers as a resource of information as well as to shadow for training expertise

Jator is a fantastic trainer and generally just a lovely guy to spend time with. «Trainer» is not really an adequate term to describe Jator as a workout with him is akin to a session with multiple experts in medicine, therapy, body work and diet (in addition to a workout).
Jator is the most educated and intelligent trainer I have ever worked with, taking a scientific and holistic approach to every exercise and tailoring each workout to my circumstances on that particular day. Inspite of our early morning appointments, I look forward to every training session with Jator and especially his ever-​changing superhero hat collection!

My name is Shane Young, I am a CHEK practitioner and Holistic Lifestyle Coach and owner of Ascend Body. As a CHEK practitioner, if you want to be the best, you study with the best. And Jator is just that, the best!
As part of my own personal and professional development, I’ve been studying with Jator for over 4 years now. And what a ride! Jator’s knowledge ranges the gamut from the very structural and scientific to the deeper roots of our dis-​ease through the mental and emotional body. My own personal development has been greatly shaped by this inspirational guy. My dreams and goals as they relate to my «North-​star,» are shaped by my day to day choices and Jator has helped shine a light of guidance to help me stay on my path.
I am, and have learned from Jator that continually working on my «foundation» both structurally and metaphorically provides me with a body and life from which I can reach my best and highest potential. My structural alignment and strength have greatly improved, my eating habits and nutrition are a world away from where they were and i’m a more grounded and happy human being.
Jator’s approach leaves no rock unturned. He helps me investigate everything.
How and when I exercise, when and what I eat, when I go to bed, how my thoughts are affecting my body and my life’s perspective. When you want true health and fitness, every choice matters. My conscious choices affect my sense of happiness, feeling strong and comfortable in my body, my feeling alive! It feels great and a world away from when i was never getting enough sleep, working out too hard and gaining weight instead of loosing it, constantly feeling stressed and worn thin. Jator assisted me in making the real changes that are lasting and transformative.
I’ve witnessed so many positive changes in myself and been able to pass that on to others. It is with great gratitude that I recommend him to you!

I took the Check Holistic Lifestyle Coach course a few months back and I was so impressed by Jator’s presence, knowledge and embodiment of this wisdom. He is a gifted and natural teacher, giving great first hand experiences and stories that have helped my become a more well rounded trainer.
His holistic approach goes far beyond nutrition and strength training, as I got a deeper understanding of the interplay between our thoughts, sleep, hydration and the importance of a healthy digestive system. Thanks for walking the walk and being such an amazing teacher and trainer!

Jator is the voice in my head everyday regarding lifestyle choices, wrestling with self imposed body challenges and understanding that making the right choices makes me feel full of energy. I have known and worked with Jator for years. I have grown older with Jator and observed him evolve as a masterful lifestyle coach and individual.
First, he practices what he believes in more than anyone I know. He is a master in in helping me understand what my body needs and how to feed the mind and body in a manner that I understand but can also practice. When I follow my plan, I see results. My workout plan is specific to my body needs. We practice together, I implement the plan in my busy schedule and then we review progress every 4 – 6 weeks. Changes are created based on needs my body shows.
Probably one of the biggest changes I have made in working with Jator is changing my dietary intake. We have talked for years about giving up grains, all of the white devils and eating organic, when possible. Well, I finally decided to follow the master and have seen incredible results in increased energy, better sleep and improved body shape. My skepticism changed to that of a believer. To keep me motivated, Jator checks in weekly, as I don’t live in SF and travel quite a bit. Knowing he will be checking on me helps to keep me on track. But most importantly, Jator has worked with me endlessly on understanding and realizing how to create a stronger me.
Jator is a true friend.

My name is Billy Polson and I am a fitness, performance and lifestyle coach, as well as the owner of DIAKADI Fitness Performance Life in SF. Jator first started training here with us at DIAKADI in 2007 and quickly I realized that he was far more than a fitness and health trainer for his clients. Within a month of Jator working here I hired him as my own personal coach and mentor, never realizing that this step would tremendously change my life path, as well as the path of my clients, from that point forward. For Jator, fitness and health goes far beyond workouts and counting calories. He taught me to take an in depth look at every aspect of my body, making sure that I made intelligent choices with each decision concerning my health. His holistic approach encompasses food, sleep, stress, daily schedule, and emotions. My idea of a healthy diet was turned upside down as he taught me about organic vs commercial foods, the dangers of processed foods, the importance of knowing the sources for my foods, and even how my emotions can have a direct influence on the benefits I receive from my food intake. I now have a completely different relationship with food, truly appreciating the gift of cooking with fresh whole foods and feeling the benefits of that change in my intake on a daily basis. I had been overtraining and overloading my body so that I was in a constant catabolic state. With his changes to my sleep schedule and workout program, plus his addition of stress reduction work, I was able to discover a more vibrant level of being. I start each day more rested, happier. Workout-​wise, Jator’s approach to the body has completely changed not only my own approach to exercise but also the training I do with my clients. Jator taught me that a thorough understanding of anatomy is crucial to being a safe and smart trainer for your clients. He showed me that we must break the body into components, fix the framework and foundation and then rebuild it with the correct alignment, posture and muscle recruitment. Without doing this a body can never fully reach its potential. Consequently my body has never felt more balanced, strong or tuned.
Jator TRULY walks the walk. He has lived through amazing transformations within his own life and this focus and work has helped him develop into the confident trainer, teacher and person that he is today. He inspires me not only to be a better trainer and coach, but a more understanding, loving person in my life as a whole. I can honestly say he is one of the truly influential people in my life. He has given me the tools and support to upgrade my life in a substantial way. I will be living a more comfortable life for many more years thanks to my good friend and mentor Jator.

I have been working with Jator for several years at in San Francisco. Having been a previous college athlete and an amateur triathlete today I thought that I had a good understanding of training and taking care of my body. While that may have been somewhat true, Jator has over the past few years changed my approach to many aspects of my well being. His C.H.E.K. training provides a more holistic and well rounded approach to fitness that ensures better care for your whole body while at the same time producing amazing fitness results. He is focused on my goals and works hard to get me through my ups and downs that daily life presents. I would and have recommended Jator to others and will continue to utilize his services as part of my fitness régime.

Jator is far, far beyond a «personal trainer» or «lifestyle coach». He is a true facilitator of healing, and embodies the principles of his work philosophically in his own life, setting a profound, authentic example of the saying «practice what you preach».
Jator demonstrates that it is possible to meet clients with a non-​judgmental attitude and open mind, ready to receive each at the very place where they are on their journey. Since the very first moment that I met him, I felt that Jator fully accepted me for who I am, and where I am in my personal journey toward health and balance. His patience for my pace and process in our work together has been immeasurable.
Jator listens actively to everything my words and body communicate, and provides insightful guidance based on the messages he hears, both in the direct messages as well as the more elusive, underlying messages that require a deeper level of awareness to perceive.
Since beginning my work with Jator, I have enjoyed improvements in my: digestion, sleep, energy, blood-​sugar levels, hormonal balance, immunity, physical stability, posture, breathing, movement patterns, mental clarity, relationship with food, overall capacity to ‘listen’ to my body, as well as deepened and more authentic relationships with myself and loved ones… to name a FEW!
Many (if not all) of these improvements were initially noted within the first 2 months of our work together.
Jator understands the subtle difference, yet profound implications, between facilitating and teaching. In my life, he has helped to facilitate the development of a more honest, authentic, and intuitive relationship with myself, resulting in a state of physical, mental, and emotional health I had not imagined was possible. And I believe our work together is only just beginning!
Jator won’t change your life, but he will help you to discover all of the things that have been standing in the way and blocking you from changing it yourself!
Take a deep breath, call him up, and see for yourself :)

Jator is, by far, the most well-​informed, insightful, kick-​ass trainer I’ve ever worked with. He has kept me strong for my martial arts training, kept my spine in shape for sitting at my desk all day, and worked me back to strength through a shoulder surgery and an ACL surgery.
He works HARD to educate me on how I can build health and wellness from my sleep, hydration, diet AND exercise. He is insightful enough to work me into balance on the days when I limp into the studio and makes me work until my muscles protest on the days I’m bouncing.
Functional strength is not a concept, it’s a REALITY, and I’ve watched Jator work for years to bring his brand of CHEK Fitness to the individual needs of dozens of clients… one of whom is ME!

I have been working with Jator over the last year, and I wholeheartedly and enthusiastically endorse his services.
In my own experience, Jator immediately identified subtle but MAJOR underlying issues in my diet, sleep, exercise, and general state of mind that have completely transformed me from the inside out since the time I have been with him.
Jator is a CHEK Faculty member, which rightfully identifies him as one of the most talented holistic lifestyle coaches in the country.
I agree with this characterization. Beyond his professional skill, Jator has a large network of other talented health practitioners in the Bay Area that he utilizes when necessary.
He is a total weirdo (in the highest, most complimentary sense of the word) and a complete pleasure to be around.