Don Saladino

Leading fitness expert Don Saladino has coached some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Hugh Jackman. He has featured regularly in the media, appearing on Page Six TV, The Better Show, The Today Show, People NOW, E News and The Juice, and writing as a fitness expert in Men’s Health, Met Rx, Fitness and Men’s Fitness. He also graced the iconic Muscle & Fitness cover and has been featured in Cosmo, People, US Weekly, Origins and In Touch. Saladino is an in-demand brand ambassador for some of the biggest health brands around, and serves as CTO for his Playbook training app and the owner of Drive495 gyms.

Hailing from Cold Spring Harbor, New York, Saladino had an athletic childhood becoming a sportsman at an early age taking part in baseball, soccer, ice hockey and swimming. He began to train at the gym in an attempt to improve his baseball performances and soon got hooked on training as his strength grew. Impressed by his progress, Saladino decided to pursue a fitness career after college and became a personal trainer.

Within a year he was making a living out of training, and he became a gym owner opening his New York City training facility. As word of Saladino’s skills got around, his celebrity client list grew to include some of the biggest A-listers, including Scarlett Johansson, Emily Blunt and Sebastian Stan.