Who is Taylor Swift’s personal trainer Kirk Myers? The Dogpound founder said ‘some people will probably throw up’ if they trained like her, and he also helps Hugh Jackman and Kaia Gerber get fit

Apr 24 , 2024

Taylor Swift gets tailored workouts from Kirk Myers, who founded the trendy Dogpound gym. Photos: @swiftupload/X, @kirkmyersfitness/Instagram

If you ever wondered how Taylor Swift breezes through her energetic, three-hour Eras Tour concerts, you’re not the only one.

Now her fitness instructor is revealing the secrets behind her most intense workouts. In an interview with Vogue, Kirk Myers, the man who trains the pop superstar, said, “some people would probably throw up or have to lay down on the floor if they trained like her.”

“It’s tailored,” he recently told Vogue. “We approached her training for the Eras Tour with the mindset like a professional athlete. There was an ‘off-season’ when she wasn’t touring and ‘in-season’ when she was.”

Swift, like many pop singers who go on tour, has to train vigorously to get to the condition she’s in today. Here’s what we know about her supportive trainer:

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Kirk Myers is a celebrity fitness trainer

Kirk Myers had heart issues when he was young as a result of childhood obesity. Photo: Dogpound

Kirk Myers is Taylor Swift’s trainer.

Besides Swift, Myers’ clients have included actors Hugh Jackman and Ansel Elgort, fashion models Ashley Graham, Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber, and Victoria’s Secret models Adriana Lima, Taylor Hill, Romee Strijd and Karlie Kloss.

He started Dogpound

Model Barbara Palvin is a fan of the Dogpound. Photo: @dogpound/Instagram

Kirk Myers started Dogpound in 2016, opening his first branch in New York and his second in LA in 2019. He told CNBC in 2019 how he started the brand from scratch. “My sister gave me US$300 because I lost everything I had,” he said, adding that he stayed in his brother’s apartment in the city while he tried to find clients to train. It took him about three years to build up his reputation. “I had two clients, then four clients, then eight clients, then 16 clients,” he said.

The brand’s CEO is China-born Jenny Liu, while influencer Lucie Wang joined Dogpound in 2022 as the APAC CEO. Spider-Man star and Zendaya boyfriend Tom Holland is even an investor, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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He went through a drastic transformation

According to his profile on the gym’s website, he was born and raised in Kansas City and struggled with obesity and heart failure at an early age, prompting him to overcome his obstacles and inspire others.

He once shared a collage of his transformation on Instagram, comparing how he looked when he was 16 years old and weighing 136kg to now. “Back then I was surrounded by people who were super supportive and positive and within 2 years I lost 130 + lbs and overcame both my heart disease and weight challenges” he wrote in his caption. “Today I am the luckiest person on the planet.”

He’s collaborated with luxury fashion brands

Thanks to his high profile, Myers has even worked with high fashion brands such as Balmain, creating a pair of training shoes with the label in 2021. He discussed the collaboration in an interview with The House Magazine in 2022.

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“We have been fans of Balmain and Olivier (Rousteing)’s work forever,” he said of the brand and its creative designer. “Luckily, we were able to make it happen in a truly organic way. We had a lot of fun launching the collaboration and are so appreciative for the opportunity to work with such a high fashion and credible design house,” he said. And that’s not all. “We are always working on new projects and partnerships,” he added.

He enjoys his spa time

We all need some down time of course, and Myers has his own version of a good R&R sesh. In his interview with The House Magazine, he shared how he likes to unwind with some spa time. “I would probably go to a spa/hotel right in the heart of NYC for a staycation/weekend,” he told the magazine. “I love massages, sauna, manicures, pedicures, meditation, and just getting to relax in a quiet space.”

Fame and celebrity

Taylor Swift’s personal trainer Kirk Myers recently revealed the secret to Swift’s fitness on tour: she trains like a professional athlete – but what do we know about the man himself?
Besides Swift, his clients have also included actor Ansel Elgort, fashion models Ashley Graham and Cindy Crawford, and Victoria’s Secret models Adriana Lima, Taylor Hill and Romee Strijd