Online fitness coaching for people in the Cincinnati area
The Cincinnati metro reaches across three states, from the city and its Ohio suburbs over the river into Northern Kentucky and west into southeastern Indiana, with a short average commute and cold winters. Diogo is based in South Florida and coaches online. Cincinnati is on Eastern time, the same as me, so the call can go anywhere in your evening.
How the Cincinnati area trains, per the CDC’s metro survey
In 2023, an estimated 43.8% of adults in the Cincinnati area reported muscle-strengthening exercises two or more times a week (CDC SMART BRFSS, 95% CI 40.4 to 47.3). In 2024, an estimated 20.6% reported no physical activity or exercise in the past month (CDC SMART BRFSS, 95% CI 17.9 to 23.4). Metro samples are smaller than the state survey’s, so read the range in brackets more than the single number.
Daily life in the Cincinnati area, by the numbers
From the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, published value and margin of error together: about 14.5% of workers who live here work from home (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.3); commuters average 24.7 minutes to work (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.2); the median age is 38.2 years (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.1); 91.8% of households have a broadband subscription (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.3). Metro-area figures: your own city may differ.
Climate in the Cincinnati area
At the CINCINNATI LUNKEN AP station (USW00093812, 8.5 km from Cincinnati's Census internal point), the 1991–2020 normals are a July high of 86.6 F, a January low of 23.6 F, 26.7 days a year at or above 90 F, and 43.4 inches of rain a year.
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.
I live in Kentucky and work in Ohio. Does that change anything?
Only where the sessions go. The coaching is the same in all three states: the app, the weigh-ins and the weekly call work the same way anywhere, and the whole metro shares one time zone with me. A commute across the river is part of the day that does not move, and with an average commute under twenty-five minutes there is usually room before or after work. The harder sessions go on any work-from-home days, one can move to the morning before the drive, and the weekend carries one more. When your office days change, the weekly call places next week’s sessions.
How does the plan change between summer and winter here?
Less than you might think, because the lifting stays indoors either way. The station figures above give Cincinnati warm summers and January lows in the low-to-mid twenties. Summer moves outdoor walking and running to the morning or evening; winter moves it indoors or to the middle of the day on weekends. The strength sessions, which carry most of the program, stay where they are all year. What the plan watches is the change of season itself, when routines slip: the first weekly call of a new season is where we reset the outdoor work before the habit breaks. The lifting never has to restart.
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Sources
- CDC, Division of Population Health — Behavioral Risk Factors: Selected Metropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART) MMSA Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (j32a-sa6u). _TOTINDA: BRFSS SMART 2024; _PASTRNG: BRFSS SMART 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
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020), v1.0.1, DOI 10.25921/wck8-er13. noaa-jul-high: 1991-2020 normals; station USW00093812, years of record July TMAX 30, January TMIN 29, 90 F days 29, precipitation 28; noaa-jan-low: 1991-2020 normals; station USW00093812, years of record July TMAX 30, January TMIN 29, 90 F days 29, precipitation 28. source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals (1991-2020), DOI 10.25921/4ek7-fk11. noaa-days-90: 1991-2020 normals; station USW00093812, years of record July TMAX 30, January TMIN 29, 90 F days 29, precipitation 28; noaa-precip: 1991-2020 normals; station USW00093812, years of record July TMAX 30, January TMIN 29, 90 F days 29, precipitation 28. 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).
- Palecki, M., Durre, I., Applequist, S., Arguez, A., Lawrimore, J. (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020), https://doi.org/10.25921/wck8-er13, and U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals (1991-2020), https://doi.org/10.25921/4ek7-fk11. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Normals are 30-year station averages and apply less well with distance from the station.