Updated March 6, 2025
We sat down with Dennis Romatz Head Personal Trainer and Owner of Dennis Romatz Fitness in Bangkok for a very candid interview and asked some personal questions and picked his brain to gain some insights into his very successful fitness training business and the fitness industry and personal trainers in Bangkok.
One On One With Dennis Romatz: Dennis Goes Deep
First of all, congratulations on 3 decades of being one of Bangkok's best personal trainers.
You've enjoyed tremendous success. So, what's your secret formula?
Hard work...period. I remember driving to condo gyms in the traffic, and heat to training client's locations far away in the city where other trainers simply wouldn't go. Also, I remember all those nights when I worked straight through the night on my websites creating my marketing and advertising campaigns which enabled my websites to go straight to number one on Google. All, while many others in Bangkok were out at the bars or enjoying nice dinners. I was the guy putting in the hard work for my business's secure future.
Your name is known around Bangkok as the best personal trainer. How'd you get that reputation?
My focus was always and is now still to put 100% of my knowledge, experience and efforts into my client's training success. Look, I sat through many University Exercise Science and Nutrition classes. I put that education into every session I train and it produces great results!
Where are you currently offering personal training?
I'm currently providing my personal training in Bangkok, mainly in the Sukhumvit neighborhood as well as surrounding neighborhoods. I train in Sathorn Road, Ekkamai Road, Thong Lo Road, Petchaburi Road, Rajdamri Road, Wireless Road. Additionally, I have clients who fly in from other countries to train with me. You can check out my service area page to see exactly where I train my clients.
Big question...why and how can you offer a money back results guarantee?
Simple, I can offer my results guarantee or your money back because I know wtf I'm doing and it works...every time. That means every rep, set, workout session and 3 month training block is a success story where my clients achieve their goals. And spoiler...I've never had to return any client's money!
Let's get up close and personal! Being so busy training your clients, when do you get a chance to train yourself?
Great question! I get it in where and when I can fit it in! I'd like to say that I keep a strict, rigid personal training schedule, but I can't. My client's schedules change and I have to be flexible and accommodate them so my workouts are typically scattered around the course of my 16 waking hours.
What's your style of training yourself?
Depends on the time of year. I swim a lot when my pool water is warmer. I always do some form of daily cardio. November thru February have always been great bodybuilding months for me for some reason.
What's your daily diet like?
Absolutely flawless! Perfect to the point that one time when a friend looked into my refrigerator, she asked me "what are you, a rabbit?"!
Ya, I'm heavy raw veg and clean meat, so no crap goes into my mouth. I'll have a cheat once in a while, but it's rare.
Speaking of cheat...what is your go-to cheat food?
Pizza! I'll do some chocolate, but it's always dark chocolate with little or no sugar and high in antioxidants. I don't do sugar.
What's your typical breakfast?
1 orange, 1 cup of coffee, 1 glass of water and always...always a bowl of mixed berries...strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, lingenberries, cranberries, pomegranite seeds drenched in coconut milk.
Are you a supplement kind of guy?
No, not really. Mostly because I know the nonsense behind the supplement industry. I teach my clients to get their nutritional requirement from their foods, not from a supplement which ultimately is a replacement for them not eating correctly.
What is your go-to snack?
I make my own homemade protein bars from organic ingredients including oats, peanut butter, coconut nectar, cranberries, dates, prunes...the list goes on and on depending on which macro and micro nutrients I'm targeting.
Speaking of snacks...Bangkok is a foodie city city. What's the biggest food mistake people make?
They consume sugar from both foods and drink...and too much Thai food with inflammatory seed oils!
What's your motivation?
My Son...period. I think of him and my goals become these targets that I WILL ALWAYS achieve.
I also get really jacked up and motivated when I see my training clients get killer results.
How do you chill?
Netflix!...hahaha...no, seriously, I like to get daily massages, stretch, meditate and keep my mind clear and focused on living a solid, clean life.
Ok, time for the speed round!
Favorite Food? Seafood
Favorite Exercise? Anything shoulders.
Can't miss TV Show? I just binged Emily In Paris, and Stranger Things.
Favorite Beach Location? I was in the Riviera Maya recently. Cancun is nice, and Playa Del Carmen certainly didn't disappoint.
If you could go anywhere right now...? A little Northern Michigan lake in my home town called Guthrie Lakes. Seriously, I'd be on a boat fishing with my Dad.
One thing you can't live without? I'm attached to nothing...except my Son!
We hope you enjoyed going one on one with Dennis Romatz.
Stay tuned for part 2!
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