David DeSisto
David DeSistoOwner, Instructor
In the early nineties, I realized that I was destined to a life of helping people reach REAL well-being and health. I had found my true passion.

As a personal trainer, I was certified by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), but found that there was much more to learn beyond this level of training. My colleagues and I decided to seek out a more scientific, effective and safer approach to building strong, healthy bodies. Consequently, our group of trainers was among the first to learn and provide a true SuperSlow® exercise environment in California.

Since those days, I have created the ZeroForce Exercise Protocol based upon the SuperSlow® training I received. I firmly believe that DeSisto Strength Training offers the most effective strength training program available in San Francisco, a city that I love.

I also assist my clients to adopt a lifestyle that promotes health and well-being through a sensible diet and proper, safe, and effective exercise.

Please contact me — I would like to talk with you and answer any questions you may have. I hope you will accept our offer of a complimentary orientation and workout at the DST studio. You will see for yourself how 20 minutes of exercise just once a week can change your life!

Erin Mason
Erin MasonInstructor, CPT
As an instructor at DeSisto Strength Training, Erin is realizing a life-long dream of helping people live healthier, more vibrant lives through individualized sessions with the ZeroForce Exercise Protocol.

After spending many decades searching out and implementing natural solutions to her own health challenges (including obesity, Type 1 Diabetes, advanced arthritis and degenerative disc disease) she has found the ZeroForce method to be nearly miraculous in helping her overcome constant joint pain and life-long weight fluctuations, while also building muscle in places she never has before, all without injury. This discovery has been so life-changing, she trained to become a certified personal coach through the High Intensity Training Guild in 2018. She is excited and honored to share this exceptional method with those looking to heal and/or just greatly improve their lives with increased strength, health and energy (in a very short weekly time commitment) at the private, well-located and well-appointed DeSisto Strength Training facility in San Francisco.

Outside the studio, Erin enjoys a healthy, balanced life including plenty of time with interesting people, happy plants and friendly animals as well as a good dose of time alone contemplating this awe-inspiring world we share and creating art.

Rick Buchikos
Rick BuchikosInstructor, MS, CFMP, CPT, CES, PES
EDUCATION

  • BA Psychology (UNC-Chapel Hill) 1998
  • MS Human Nutrition and Functional medicine (University of Western States)
  • Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner (Functional Medicine University)
  • NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
  • NASM Certified Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES)
  • NASM Certified Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES)
  • CHEK Practitioner Level III
  • CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach Level III
  • CPR/AED Certified

Rick Buchikos is the owner and operator of NutritionTechnician.net

Rick is a Certified Personal Trainer, Holistic Lifestyle Coach and Functional Medicine Practitioner with over 20 years of experience in the health and fitness industry. In order to better help his clients, he has trained extensively in the areas of exercise, nutrition, and functional medicine. In his practice, he makes every effort to provide you with the tools you need to take control of your own health. He places heavy emphasis on educating his clients and makes a point to support his recommendations with scientific literature and third party sources whenever possible.

Through his years of education and working with clients, Rick has come to see proper nutrition, exercise, and a healthy lifestyle as the foundations for both physical and psychological well-being. He believes that human beings are not physically normal in the absence of proper resistance training. After millions of years of human evolution, the quality of our muscles, bones, joints, and nerves now depends on our conscious, directed effort at giving them the stimulus they need in order to maintain the condition that is normal to them. Beyond muscular strength, proper resistance training has beneficial effects on bone density, cardiovascular health, functional ability, body composition, metabolic health, and more. Simply put, when our muscles are strong, we live a better quality of life.