On May 24, the Lakers announced the hiring of Gunnar Peterson as the new Director of Strength and Endurance Training.
Well known in the training world due in part to his many celebrity clients over 28 years in the fitness industry, Peterson has, for many years, trained anywhere from six to 15 NBA players each offseason, in addition to numerous other athletes across various professional sports.
We sat down with Peterson for an extended conversation to try and better understand exactly why he took this job with the Lakers, what he intends to focus upon and to dig into his methodology for his new role.