About Us

History

Bolder Fitness was established in 1995 with the concept of providing excellent service to our clients in a personal and friendly environment. We pride ourselves with having a spacious, fully equipped, clean and crowd free facility. Our staff are highly trained professionals with an average of over 15 years in the fitness industry. We understand that no two bodies are alike and we focus on what will best suit your individual needs. We employ a wide variety of training methods to help you lose weight, maximize muscle tone and burn fat. Some of our methods include:

• Traditional weight training
• Core/stability training
• Pilates
• Martial Arts
• TRX

Hours of Operation

Bolder Fitness is open 24/7 for those with a Gold membership (click here to learn more).

Principal Trainers

Born in London, Cassian Sandeberg grew up playing sports, sparking a desire to study physical education. He attended Brunel University and graduated in 1992 with a BA honors degree in Biomechanics, physiology and sports psychology. He also studies martial arts and self defense.

After moving to Los Angeles later that year Cassian worked as a personal trainer at Sports Club/LA finding his background in physical education  helped get fast and effective results with his clientele.

In 1995 Cassian opened Bolder Fitness, wanting his clients to get more personal service and thus better results away from the corporate gyms. After 16 years, Cassian has helped many people reach and maintain their health and fitness goals. He excels in understanding each client has different needs and thus making them reach their full potential and look their very best.

Eva Barrington has been a certified fitness professional since the late 1980’s. Her first job teaching aerobics was at the tender age of 15 at the Hip Hop club in Anchorage, Alaska, the home of the infamous “Buns of Steel” (yes those!) Since then, she has trained at facilities in Alaska, Seattle, Hawaii, England, Japan and Southern California. As a pre-med student in college, she supported herself teaching aerobic classes and training clients.

A degree change to Theatre led Eva to use her skills as a fitness professional and dancer/choreographer in various entertainment venues around the world.  She landed in Los Angeles in 1998 and has trained and taught various cutting edge techniques/classes in some of the most well known facilities in LA. She has also fitness coached the Galaxy Alliance Girls Soccer Team and the UCLA girls gymnastics.  Her specialty is core or functional training and she has been teaching her own “Hard Core” class at Gold’s Gym, Venice for over 7 years.

Eva has been certified by the American Counsel on Exercise since 1988, the National Academy of Sports Medicine, Mad Dogg Athletics and Spinning, and Stott Pilates. She is also an ISCA kickboxing instructor.

Self-Defense Trainer

Johnny Sabar is the Founder and Chief Instructor of SABAR DEFENSE ™.   Johnny started his martial arts training at the age of seven, studying Karate, Kickboxing, Aikido, and Krav Maga (Israeli Hand to Hand Combat).  By twelve years old, he had already started combining these different forms and styles.  Besides training and competing in the disciplines of Martial Arts, Johnny also developed a lifelong passion for bodybuilding.  This projected him into more events, winning him the prestigious honor and title of Mr. Israel.  Between the ages of eighteen to twenty-one, Johnny served in the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces).  His years in training and education were now applied to his real-life combat experience.

Johnny teaches corporate seminars, small group classes, and individuals in this art of survival.  In addition to those he teaches at Bolder Fitness, some of his students include body guards, law enforcement officers, security personnel, and Mixed Martial Arts Fighters.