Online fitness coaching for people in the San Antonio–New Braunfels area

How the San Antonio–New Braunfels area trains, per the CDC’s metro survey

In 2023, an estimated 43.1% of adults in the San Antonio–New Braunfels area reported muscle-strengthening exercises two or more times a week (CDC SMART BRFSS, 95% CI 38.3 to 47.9). In 2024, an estimated 23.7% reported no physical activity or exercise in the past month (CDC SMART BRFSS, 95% CI 20.7 to 26.7). Metro samples are smaller than the state survey’s, so read the range in brackets more than the single number.

Daily life in the San Antonio–New Braunfels area, by the numbers

From the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, published value and margin of error together: about 14.9% of workers who live here work from home (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.4); commuters average 26.8 minutes to work (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.2); the median age is 35.9 years (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.2); 92.0% of households have a broadband subscription (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.2). Metro-area figures: your own city may differ.

Training through the heat in the San Antonio–New Braunfels area

At the SAN ANTONIO INCARNATE WORD station (USC00417947, 5.1 km from San Antonio's Census internal point), the 1991–2020 normal July high is 94 F, with 111.9 days a year at or above 90 F on average, an average January low of 40.2 F, and 33.97 inches of rain a year. Partial records behind some of these: July high 18 years (flag R, representative: at least 10 but fewer than 24 years), January low 17 years (flag R, representative: at least 10 but fewer than 24 years), 90 F days 17 years (flag R, representative: at least 10 but fewer than 24 years), precipitation 18 years (flag R, representative: at least 10 but fewer than 24 years).

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.

How do I train through a San Antonio summer?

Indoors for the hard work and early or late for the rest. With more than a hundred days a year at or above 90 F and July highs in the mid-nineties, a noon run is the session that gets skipped, so the plan does not schedule one. Strength training stays inside all year; walks and runs move to the first hour of light or after sunset from about May through September, and a very hot week swaps outdoor conditioning for a short indoor session. The cooler months, which are mild here, are when outdoor training can go wherever it fits. The weekly call moves the plan when the season turns.

About a quarter of adults here report no exercise. Where do I start?

With a week small enough to keep. The survey figure above says close to a quarter of adults in the metro reported no physical activity in the past month, and the usual reason is not laziness; it is plans that asked for five evenings in a week that had two. The first month here is two sessions of five or six movements, weights that leave several reps in reserve, and a daily walk with a floor low enough to keep on a bad day. With a younger median age, a lot of weeks here also move around with work and family, which is why the plan is written as sessions per week, not fixed days.

City pages in the San Antonio–New Braunfels area

• New Braunfels

Other metro areas

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