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

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

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:

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.