Pete McCall

Pete McCall is a personal trainer, strength coach and fitness educator responsible for educating thousands of fitness professionals all over the world. He is the author of the Strength for Longevity Substack, a fitness instructor at the Rancho La Puerta spa where he specializes in programming for longevity and operates a consulting service that creates and delivers fitness education content.

He is the author of Smarter Recovery: A Practical Guide to Maximizing Training Results, Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process and Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple. Previously, he has worked in senior leadership for natioanl health club chains, hosted the All About Fitness podcast and is a sought-after speaker at fitness education conferences around the world.

Pete has a master’s degree in exercise science and health promotion from the PennWest California (formerly the California University of Pennsylvania), is certified as a personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and also holds a CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist) certification from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

For more than 20 years, McCall has been teaching and writing workshops and courses designed to meet continuing education requirements for certified fitness professionals. He has presented at conferences around the world and is one of only a handful of fitness professionals who have assisted in writing personal training textbooks for both NASM and ACE. He also contributed to the development of ACE’s Integrated Fitness Training Model of exercise program design.

Throughout his career, McCall has worked with leading brands and established companies in the fitness industry, including Nautilus, StairMaster, Schwinn Indoor Cycling, Reebok and 24 Hour Fitness. He is a spokesperson for ACE and has been featured as a fitness expert in national publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Men’s Health, Shape, and Self.