Arizona man celebrates Guinness World Record as oldest personal trainer

It's been said that age is just a number. For the world's oldest personal trainer, that is definitely true.
Posted 8/30/2025, 12:26:26 PM Updated 8/30/2025, 12:28:06 PM

A good personal trainer pushes you makes you work harder

Cher's personal trainer definitely does that

I keep coming back because he does a good job

and he's a nice we're gonna do 15 of those

make come out a little bit more

Chuck Gad knows his stuff or out he should at

86 years old

He has a lot of experience

I know just

And the gym

I've been doing this for 60 years 62 years

I used to come here as a member like 10

years ago and I remember being on the treadmill and

seeing him train people and I remember thinking guy's kind

of old to be a personal trainer

But shock doesn't let age slow him down

Actually he hasn't let much of anything slow him down

I stammered and stutters I was 21 and that wasn't

fun

But it made me work harder

It made me want to be better

Maybe that's why Chuck has lived more lives in 86

years than most people ever do

I was a stunt man

I was a model

I was a professional photographer

Those are just 3 of at least 7 careers Chuck's

had but the gym has always been his thing

And you know funny thing is I work about 20

hours a week

Chuck works about 40 30 of those

One day a coworker came to Chuck with some paperwork

from him to fill out and he did

Then one day she came in and said You got

it

And I was elated you know world book

Guinness World Book of Records

How many people get that Officially Chuck Go now holds

the record for being the oldest personal trainer in the

world

I try and watch the other trainers and learn from

them

Chuck's a great guy to learn from

Experience matters

I had a 28 year old trainer and we hurt

ourselves together

Chuck's World record isn't just about being up in years

It's about hard work and motivation

Is that too heavy yours and his 15

Don't be afraid of hard work

I've done it all my life