Personal Trainer Near Me at Union Square: Body Space Fitness Private Sessions

Private one-on-one sessions at Body Space Fitness only run in off-peak hours, and that rule tells you a lot about the place. The studio fills the fifth floor of 47 West 14th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, and has been coaching Union Square regulars since 2012. Most members train semi-privately in small groups, so if you searched personal trainer near me hoping for undivided attention.

Owner and coach Kelvin Gary built the studio around a single idea: space. The FAQ explains it three ways, as time carved out of a busy schedule, as range of motion for muscles that are tight and knotted, and as the one thing New York never gives you. The result is a deliberately uncluttered 4,000-square-foot room with kettlebells, power racks and a 65-foot strip of indoor turf for sled pushes and sprints.

That turf lane is what sets the room apart, because few Manhattan gyms on an upper floor have room for one. Expect functional strength work rather than rows of machines: carries, kettlebell swings, push-ups to a target, and conditioning finishers on the turf. Coaches are NASM-certified trainers, and several add Functional Movement Systems, Precision Nutrition or Certified Functional Strength Coach credentials on top of that.

Body Space runs two formats. Semi-private training puts a few clients on the floor at once, each following an individual program under one coach, and it is what most members do. Private training gives you the coach for the full hour, with an assessment of movement patterns and training history before any program is written. Both start the same way, with a complimentary Strategy Session that matches you with a coach and goals.

The private sessions are restricted to non-peak hours by design, so the floor and the coach are yours. That suits shift workers, freelancers and early risers, and it frustrates nine-to-five office workers who want an evening hour. The studio does not publish its training package prices online, so the Strategy Session is where you will hear numbers. If price transparency matters to you before you walk in, that is a fair reason to compare.

Beyond coached hours, the menu includes custom program design for people who want to train alone with a written plan, group classes listed on a public class calendar, and a Hone Health partnership focused on performance and longevity. If budget is tight, a written program plus one private check-in a month is a sensible middle path: you get the assessment and the plan, then run it yourself during the evening hours when private slots are closed.

Where Body Space stands out is measurement, and these prices are posted. An InBody 570 body composition scan costs $60 for a single session or $105 for a three-pack, and every scan includes a one-on-one coach consultation and a printed report. The studio recommends rescanning every four to six weeks to track muscle and fat changes, which a bathroom scale cannot separate.

The other big offer is PNOĒ breath-analysis testing for VO2 max. A Snapshot appointment of about 45 minutes is $199; the Signature profile, adding resting metabolic rate and fat-versus-carb burn, is $299; and the Premium package with an InBody scan and a 90-day retest is $449. Active members get $70 off the Signature package. Our take: the $60 InBody scan is the smart first purchase; the VO2 tiers suit runners and cyclists chasing numbers.

The roster reads more like a group of former athletes than a sales team. Senior coach Tony Vacharasanee is a childhood leukemia survivor from Queens who has competed in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and kettlebell sport and holds an ACSM cancer exercise certification. Natalie Grossman played Division I sports at the University of Maryland after a decade as a behavioral therapist, and Wendy Chu brings a dance background to movement quality.

That mix draws a predictable crowd: office workers near Union Square squeezing in a lunch-hour block, people returning to exercise after illness, and clients who left a class studio after getting hurt. Showers, bath towels, toiletries and key-coded lockers are provided, and group classes end with eucalyptus towels. Nobody here expects you to arrive knowing your way around a barbell.

The studio opens Monday through Thursday from 6 am to 9 pm, Friday from 6 am to 8 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 3 pm. From the 14th Street–Union Square station on the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R and W, walk west on 14th Street for about two avenues. The 14th Street stop on the F, M and L at Sixth Avenue is even closer, a short walk east.

Schedule a Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday session and you can walk back through the Union Square Greenmarket, which sets up on the north and west sides of the park, for apples, cider or bread on the way home. If the morning private slots are booked out for weeks, ask whether a semi-private session with the same coach is open sooner; it keeps your program moving while you wait.

Address: Body Space Fitness, 47 West 14th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10011. Hours: Monday to Thursday 6 am to 9 pm, Friday 6 am to 8 pm, weekends 9 am to 3 pm. Private sessions run in off-peak hours only. Testing prices: InBody 570 $60 or $105 for three; VO2 Snapshot $199, Signature $299, Premium $449; VO2 retests for existing clients $129.

For a VO2 test, avoid heavy training for 48 hours beforehand and eat a light meal two to three hours ahead, per the studio's instructions. Bring training shoes; towels and toiletries are on site. If you want a second studio to compare before committing, ask Karpo in the Karpo APP which private trainers near Union Square have weekday morning availability.