Filipino kid from San Diego who figured out how to eat adobo and still get shredded.
Christian Bautista holds a Master's in Sport Performance and a Bachelor's in Kinesiology. He's spent 10+ years coaching clients at SMTF San Diego — and he's never once told someone to give up their favorite Filipino dish.
The Short Version
Christian grew up in a Filipino household where food was love. Chicken adobo on Sundays. Sinigang when it rained. Pancit at every party. The problem? When he got serious about fitness, every coach told him to eat chicken and broccoli. No rice. No flavor. No culture.
That didn't sit right. So he spent years studying nutrition science — earning his Master's in Sport Performance — and figuring out how to rebuild the dishes he grew up eating with macros that actually support fat loss. Turns out, Filipino food is already close to perfect. It just needs a few tweaks.
Now he coaches clients who refuse to choose between their culture and their goals. He trains them at SMTF Point Loma + Del Mar in San Diego, builds custom macro plans around the food they actually want to eat, and posts recipes on Instagram that prove you can eat sisig and still see your abs.
Credentials
M.S. Sport Performance
Graduate-level study in exercise physiology, biomechanics, and sports nutrition. Evidence-based approach to every program.
B.S. Kinesiology
Foundational understanding of human movement, anatomy, and exercise science.
10+ Years Coaching
Over a decade of hands-on experience training clients from complete beginners to competitive athletes.
56K+ Instagram Following
Built organically by posting real recipes with real macros. No paid followers, no gimmicks — just food that works.
SMTF · 2 SD locations
Point Loma (4030B Sports Arena Blvd, 92110) and Del Mar (12264 El Camino Real Ste 60, 92130).
Daily Grind Media
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The Philosophy
Most coaches hand you a meal plan full of food you'd never eat twice. Christian's approach is different: start with the food you already love, then adjust the macros. That's it. No elimination diets. No demonizing carbs. No guilt.
He believes fat loss should feel sustainable, not miserable. If your plan requires you to abandon your culture at the dinner table, it's a bad plan. His clients eat chicken sisig, adobo, sinigang, and fried rice — and they lose weight doing it.
The science backs it up. A caloric deficit is a caloric deficit regardless of whether the calories come from chicken breast or chicken adobo. The difference is adherence — and people stick to plans that include food they actually enjoy.
Roots in Mira Mesa. Clients across the county.
Christian grew up around Mira Mesa — the heart of San Diego's Filipino community — and that's where most of his earliest clients still come from. Today his roster pulls from every corner of San Diego and the wider California coast: Pacific Beach, La Jolla, Carmel Valley, Point Loma, Del Mar, and UTC. Same coach, same food-first philosophy — wherever you call home in SD.
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