
Fittopia Fitness Center · Personal Trainer
Ryan Rundhawa
Athletic Specialist
A former competitive hockey player with 10+ years of natural lifting experience, coaching evidence-based training for performance and aesthetics.
Experience
10+ years of natural lifting experience.
Background
Former competitive hockey player and fitness model.
Focus
Performance and aesthetics through evidence-based, athletic training.
Languages
English.
About

Athletic Specialist
Ryan is a fitness coach with a strong background in high-level competitive hockey. From a young age, athletics played a central role in his life, and years of elite hockey instilled discipline, resilience, and a deep understanding of performance, recovery, and injury prevention. Transitioning from the demands of competitive sport, he began applying the same mindset to strength training and physique development.
With over 10 years of natural lifting experience, Ryan has built his approach around consistency, proper technique, and evidence-based training. Alongside his athletic career, he has also worked as a model, gaining firsthand insight into physique aesthetics, body composition, and presentation, experience that now informs how he helps clients achieve both performance-driven and aesthetic goals.
As a coach, his mission is to help individuals build strong, functional, and sustainable physiques through intelligent training and realistic nutrition strategies. He believes fitness extends beyond the gym and into daily habits, confidence, and long-term health. Drawing from sports, bodybuilding, and modeling, Ryan aims to help clients not only look their best, but move and feel their best, progressing ever forward together every step of the way.
Specialties
06Athletic Performance
Training built around how athletes actually move: power, speed, and durability baked in from day one.
Natural Bodybuilding
A decade of natural lifting experience translated into evidence-based programming you can trust.
Aesthetics Training
Physique-focused programming that builds a body that looks as good as it performs.
Hockey-Specific Conditioning
On-ice performance translated to the gym: explosive power, lateral agility, and skating endurance.
Functional Strength
Strength that translates: compound movements, unilateral work, and athletic carryover.
Sport Nutrition
Fueling strategies designed around athletic output: performance nutrition, not just diet.
Certifications
02ACE Certified
American Council on Exercise
First Aid + AED / CPR
Current certification
Train with Ryan
Sessions run at Fittopia Fitness Center in Richmond. Book online and pick a time that works.