Online fitness coaching for people in Florida
This is the Florida page: the state numbers that shape a training week here, how coaching works from a distance, and the city pages for the places where there is something specific and sourced to say. Diogo is based in South Florida and coaches online. Most of Florida runs on Eastern time and the Panhandle on Central, and the weekly call is scheduled around yours.
How Florida trains, per the CDC's state survey
In 2023, 43.6% of adults in Florida reported muscle-strengthening activities on 2 or more days a week (BRFSS, 95% CI 41.8 to 45.4). In 2025, 25.4% reported no leisure-time physical activity at all (BRFSS, 95% CI 23.9 to 26.9).
Daily life in Florida, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, published value and margin of error together: about 15.7% of workers who live here work from home (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.1); commuters average 28.0 minutes to work (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.1); the median age is 42.6 years (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.1); 91.6% of households have a broadband subscription (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.1). State figures: your city may differ, which is what the city pages below are for.
How coaching works from a distance
Diogo is based in South Florida and coaches online. Your workouts live in the Trainerize app, you weigh in twice a week, you send progress photos every two weeks, and we talk on a weekly call scheduled around your time zone. Between calls, you can message me with questions.
Is online coaching any different for someone in Florida?
The format is the same anywhere: the plan in the app, the weigh-ins, the weekly call. What changes is what the plan has to survive, and in Florida that is a long outdoor season, a summer that pushes hard sessions early or indoors, and a storm season that closes gyms for a day or two at a time. The state survey figures above are the backdrop, not a verdict on anyone: fewer than half of adults report two or more days of muscle-strengthening work a week, and about a quarter report no leisure-time activity at all. A plan that assumes a perfect week fails in exactly those gaps, which is why mine starts from the week you actually have.
Does coaching from South Florida work for the rest of the state?
Yes, because none of it depends on where I am. Most Florida households have a broadband subscription, which is all the weekly video call needs, and the plan is built around the days and hours you have, whether that is a short drive in a small city or the longer commutes around the big metros. Coaching is online, from South Florida, for people anywhere in the state; the plan does not change with your zip code, only with your week.
Which city page should I read?
The one you live in, if it is listed. The city pages exist where the city’s own numbers say something the state figures do not: a work-from-home share that makes midday sessions realistic, a commute that eats the evening, a summer that runs hotter than the coast. If your city is not listed, this page is the right level, and the plan is built the same way.
City pages in Florida
Metro areas in Florida
- Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach area
- Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford area
- Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater area
- Jacksonville area
Neighboring states
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Sources
- CDC, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity — Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (hn4x-zwk7). Q047: BRFSS 2025; Q046: BRFSS 2023. source
- U.S. Census Bureau (data.census.gov table API) — American Community Survey 5-year 2020-2024 (ACSDP5Y2024.DP02/DP03, ACSDT5Y2024.B01002). DP03 (0024PE/PM): ACS 2020-2024 5-year, published value and 90% MOE; DP02 (0154PE/PM): ACS 2020-2024 5-year, published value and 90% MOE; B01002 (001E/M): ACS 2020-2024 5-year, published value and 90% MOE; DP03 (0025E/M): ACS 2020-2024 5-year, published value and 90% MOE. source
- Source: CDC. Materials developed by CDC; the data are available on the agency website (data.cdc.gov) at no charge. Use of this material does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government of Diogo Fitness or its services. Reference to specific commercial products, manufacturers, companies, or trademarks does not constitute its endorsement or recommendation by the U.S. Government, Department of Health and Human Services, or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. ACS figures are 2020-2024 5-year published estimates and margins of error retrieved from data.census.gov, the Census Bureau's own server (keyless table endpoint).