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Two of the Orange County company's three studios placed in California's top 10 on Business Rate's 2026 personal-training rankings — Orange at No. 3.
IRVINE, CA — July 21, 2026
Train With Dave has placed two of its three Orange County studios among California's ten highest-rated personal-training businesses in Business Rate's 2026 rankings. Its Orange studio landed at No. 3 in the state, and its Irvine studio finished inside the top 10 — an unusual showing for a single company, and for a market as crowded with trainers as Orange County.
For founder Dave Cozzens, who has grown the company deliberately — from one trainer in 2016 to three coach-led studios in Orange, Irvine and Laguna Hills — the ranking is less about size than about the one thing he refuses to trade away as the business scales: whether each client still feels individually coached.
"Growth means nothing if people stop feeling seen. We built Train With Dave to scale results without sacrificing the personal care that makes them last." — Dave Cozzens, Founder and CEO
That principle shows up in the model. Rather than rotating clients across a training floor, Train With Dave pairs each person with a dedicated coach who builds their training, nutrition, accountability and app-based check-ins around one starting point — the client's own experience level, schedule, limitations and goals. It's the company's answer to what Cozzens calls the industry's core failure: rigid, one-size plans that collapse the moment real life gets busy.
The clientele reflects that. Most are everyday adults — beginners, busy parents and professionals, and people worn out by crash diets and six-week challenges — rather than existing gym regulars looking for a harder workout.
The credentials behind the coaching are a deliberate outlier in a field where a weekend certificate is often the bar: every Train With Dave coach holds a college degree, several at the master's level. Since 2016 the company has delivered more than 150,000 training sessions, trained over 1,300 Orange County clients, and earned over 1,000 five-star reviews across Google and Yelp — a 5.0 rating at all three studios.
The 2026 California ranking joins a longer run of local recognition: Best Personal Training in Orange and Laguna Hills across 2024, 2025 and 2026; Best of Irvine — Personal Training in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and induction into the Irvine Business Hall of Fame in 2024.
Over the next three to five years, Cozzens plans measured expansion alongside a deeper move into wellness and longevity coaching.
Founded in 2016 by David Cozzens, Train With Dave provides customized personal training and nutrition coaching at three Orange County studios in Orange, Irvine, and Laguna Hills. Every coach holds a college degree, several at the master's level. The company has completed more than 150,000 training sessions and holds over 1,000 five-star reviews. Learn more at trainwithdaveoc.com or call (714) 904-2036.
David Cozzens · Train With Dave
dave@trainwithdaveoc.com · (714) 904-2036
This release was distributed via EIN Presswire on July 21, 2026.