About Physical Structure

Physical Structure, Inc. is a private personal fitness training company that specializes in working with adults 45-years-old and older. Owner and founder Bob Shaw is the company’s principal trainer, with affiliated trainers located in NYC, Long Island, Northern New Jersey and Los Angeles.

Bob is an American Council on Exercise (ACE) certified personal fitness trainer working towards becoming a nationally board-certified health and wellness coach (NBC-HWC). He is a 2-time Ironman finisher, 15-time Half Ironman finisher, and has competed in over a dozen marathons and hundreds of other long-distance swimming, biking and running races. Bob is an ocean-certified lifeguard, was a high school and Division III college wrestler, and high school football player and pole vaulter. At age 55 Bob began practicing Brazilian Jiujitsu.

Bob founded Physical Structure, Inc. in 1992 as a private practice offering personal fitness training in commercial gyms, at client home gyms in Manhattan and the Hamptons, and traveling with clients domestically and internationally. As an additional service he built in-home gyms and acted as a consultant and advisor for contractors building larger in-home and residential building facilities. From 1992 through 1996 the company expanded to include several additional trainers, also operating in commercial gyms and providing in-home training.

The Physical Structure studio, located in Midtown Manhattan on West 57th Street, opened in 1996. The studio was highly successful and catered to a diverse and discerning group of clients, from C-suite business executives and wealth managers to celebrity clientele and TV personalities. Bob and the Physical Structure team were featured in many prestigious national and local press publications and made numerous appearances on local news shows.

Since 2001, when Physical Structure studio was sold, Bob and his associates have maintained a robust and thriving private training practice. The company continues to grow and expand its services.