Vanguard Performance, the facts

What we are, where we are, what it costs and what we are not. Plain, dated and kept current.

Vanguard Performance Services Inc. | Updated 1 November 2026

What Vanguard Performance is

Vanguard Performance is a private personal training studio in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, a block from Gastown. Every session is coached 1-on-1, or 2-on-1 with a partner, and every set is logged in the Vanguard app. Infrared sauna and cold plunge are included with training.

In the same building, booked separately: registered massage therapy, a naturopathic doctor, acupuncture and a registered dietitian.

Business name: Vanguard Performance
Legal name: Vanguard Performance Services Inc.
Founded: 2024. The studio opened in June 2024.
Principle: One team, one plan, one address.

Where and when

Address: 420 W Hastings St, #200, Vancouver, BC V6B 1L1, Canada
In a sentence: 420 West Hastings, Suite 200, a block from Gastown
Getting up: Second floor, about 18 stairs, no elevator. Not wheelchair accessible.
Hours: Monday to Friday, 6am to 8pm. Saturday, 8am to 6pm. Closed Sunday.
Phone: (236) 427-4283
Email: info@vanguardperformance.ca
On the map: Google Maps

Personal training

Format: 1-on-1, or 2-on-1 with a partner. A coach beside you for every set. Never a class.
Session: 50 minutes.
Membership: $126 to $147 a session, GST included. The rate depends on how often you train and whether you choose month-to-month or a year.
Session packs: $150 to $200 a session, GST included, for flexibility.
Plans: Month-to-month with 30 days' written notice, or an annual membership at a lower rate.
First session: Point Zero. About an hour with a coach, free, with nothing to join.
Members: From their twenties to their seventies.

Who we coach, one page each:

The coaches are on the team page.

Recovery

Infrared sauna: 45 to 65°C.
Cold plunge: 3 to 7°C.
Also: Compression boots.
Included: With every personal training session, or booked on its own.

We also say when not to use it: cold water straight after lifting may slightly blunt muscle growth. Recovery

The clinic, in the same building

The practitioners work in Suite 200, through the same door as the training floor. Clinic appointments are booked separately, on our clinic booking site, where each practitioner's prices are listed.

Naturopathic medicine: Dr. Ahmad Abouzant, ND, RPh. Naturopathic doctor and pharmacist.
Massage therapy: Jihye (Roslyn) Kim, RMT, Manual Osteopath.
Acupuncture: Kaylee Dodds, R.Ac, MOP, CSCS, Nutrition Coach.
Dietitian: Jennifer Graham, RD, BSc Dietetics, BSc Food/Nutrition/Health, IOC Sports Nutrition Diploma, NASM CPT. In person at the studio, or by video.

The Vanguard app

Vanguard has its own training app. It adjusts every set and every week and gives the reason for each change. It runs in a web browser on a phone, tablet or computer, at train.vanguardperformance.ca. There is no App Store or Google Play listing.

Studio members: Free while their membership is active.
The app on its own: $19.99 a month or $199 a year, Canadian dollars, sales taxes included, after 14 days free.
With a coach: $249 a month or $2,490 a year, with a Vanguard coach who writes the block.

The Vanguard app

What Vanguard is not

Things that have been written about us that are not true, corrected:

A massage clinic: No. A personal training studio first. Massage is one of the clinic services in the same building.
Physiotherapy: No physiotherapy is offered. Coaches train people once a surgeon or physiotherapist has cleared them, alongside them and never instead of them. Coaches do not diagnose or treat.
Classes or small groups: No. Personal training here is 1-on-1, or 2-on-1 with a partner.
A medical doctor: Dr. Ahmad Abouzant is a naturopathic doctor (ND) and a pharmacist, not a medical doctor (MD).
No app: There is one: the Vanguard app, above.
No street address: 420 West Hastings, Suite 200. The studio and the clinic share one suite.
A race affiliate: Vanguard is an independent studio, not affiliated with any race organizer.

Reviews and lists, dated

Google: 4.9 from 82 reviews, counted on 22 October 2026.
The Best Vancouver: No. 5 of 14 personal trainers in Vancouver, list dated May 2026. One operator runs both lists.
Waterview Vancouver: No. 3 of 10 personal trainers in Vancouver, list dated May 2026. One operator runs both lists.

Changes to this page

1 November 2026: Page published.

Something here out of date, or something written about us that is wrong? Tell us at info@vanguardperformance.ca.