When I start with a new personal training program, there are a few typical steps that we go through. We sit down, chat about the client’s goals, what their experience with exercise/activity has been in the past, what health concerns or barriers they may have, and we even do a little assessment to...
I know what to do, I just can’t stick with it. Sound familiar? Why is it often so hard to make real progress? That’s where Steve Leadbetter aka Coach Stevo comes in. Stevo runs a company in San Francisco called Habitry who focus on teaching people habits and principles to improve their fitness and...
Editor’s Note: Chris Forrest is one of the most humble and client focused coaches we know. Before the Habitry Platform was a thing, we helped Chris start a coaching group on Facebook. A few months into the group we realized he had been running it for free. Coach Stevo’s first free group (which had...
<blockquoteYou don’t know enough. You’re not good enough. You’re just guessing half the time that stuff is gonna work and sooner or later, your clients are going to find out. Your peers are going to find out. And everyone is going to know that you’re not a coach. You’re an imposter.</blockquote If...
For the week of August 24, 2015 Back by popular demand, our Articles for Clients brings you the latest shareable tidbits that fitness and nutrition clients will love. 3 Ways to Use Tracked Data to Meet Your Goals “I recently met a man at a gym where I consult wearing an Apple watch and a Basis...
Almost 9 years ago, my first paying client told me a very simple fact that changed my entire life. Her name was Erin, and she was a 79 year-old Irish woman who had come straight from 6am Mass to hire me. I flashed her a confident smile because my freshly minted certification meant that I had at...
<blockquote "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." </blockquote -- Carl Rogers Most of your clients decided to sign up for your services after months or even years of playing a personal mental battle. A battle in which one part of their psyche pressured...
The first weeks of Habitry’s online program, Essentials of Group Coaching, have been illuminating for our coaches. This program is special because it’s discussion-driven rather than content-driven. Keeping the program focused on discussion (rather than pre-fabricated lessons) helps ensure that the...
I want to share with you a system I have found that helps me focus on what matters for moving my online coaching business forward as well as reduce the feelings of anxiety and overwhelm that can creep up all too often. As my days became busier with our growing groups and I had a constantly growing...
Have you been itching to get to a Motivate Summit, but there just wasn’t one close enough to you? Well good news! Soon, there’ll likely be one in your backyard… Last September, I had this crazy idea of bringing a bunch of people with the same problems together into the same room at the same time....
Coach Stevo is back to talk about proven ways to solidify habits, how to build communities from 2 and beyond, making better decisions, finding what you really want, and more!
The average career lifespan of a personal trainer is 3 years. Many of them drop out after 18-24 months. What’s kicking trainers out of the fitness industry? What do they need to survive past this critical time? It’s not about getting more knowledge of exercise science. It’s about developing a...
Our first instinct when trying to make a change is to change ourselves. Or, if we are helping another person make a change, we try to help them change themselves. It’s a mistake. We try to change people as if they exist in a vacuum. But people don’t live in a vacuum. People are like fish, and fish...
Wearables giant FitBit made their initial public offering recently, and the development has ramifications for the entire fitness industry. In this podcast, Coach Stevo of Habitry and Matt McGunagle of StrengthPortal talk about what this news means for coaches and personal trainers and why it's so...
In this episode of the Super Strength Show, Stevo Ledbetter takes us on his journey to becoming a Sport Psychology and Behaviour Change Coach. During this interview Coach Stevo teaches you how to master your life through courage, consistency, and community. More Specifically in this Episode The...
June is going to be a huge month for habit-based coaching. I started Habitry, Co. with Vanessa Naylon in September of 2014 with a mission to "help the most people help the most people." We wanted to create a space where coaches of all kinds could come together and talk about working with clients to...
We love fitness. We love helping people. We love helping our clients reach their goals and beyond. But not all of us are able to make a business doing so, or if we do have a business, we would love to be able to expand without eliminating the precious little time we have to live our own lives. What...
For the week of May 21, 2015 Here’s a new crop of shareables for your social media. Send ‘em to the clients who are looking for a boost today. We’re featuring a video from our Motivation Myth Busting series: And here are 8 more links you should view and strew! Check out the first contribution from...
In this Physique Science Podcast episode, we chat with Coach Stevo about behavior change, working clients, and different coaching methods. Stevo is the nutrition and behavior change consultant at San Francisco Crossfit. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA and...
In 1963, Jean Nidetch was desperate. She wasn’t desperate to lose weight. In fact, she had lost 20lbs over the previous year. No, Jean Nidetch was desperate to keep the weight off. So she invited 6 friends over to her house to talk about it. Not to talk about solutions. Or fads. Or calories. Just...