Online fitness coaching for people in the Milwaukee–Waukesha area

How the Milwaukee–Waukesha area trains, per the CDC’s metro survey

In 2023, an estimated 41.0% of adults in the Milwaukee–Waukesha area reported muscle-strengthening exercises two or more times a week (CDC SMART BRFSS, 95% CI 38.4 to 43.5). In 2024, an estimated 23.2% reported no physical activity or exercise in the past month (CDC SMART BRFSS, 95% CI 21.1 to 25.3). Metro samples are smaller than the state survey’s, so read the range in brackets more than the single number.

Daily life in the Milwaukee–Waukesha area, by the numbers

From the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, published value and margin of error together: about 15.2% of workers who live here work from home (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.3); commuters average 22.7 minutes to work (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.2); the median age is 38.7 years (90% margin of error plus or minus 0.1); 91.2% 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 Milwaukee–Waukesha area

At the MILWAUKEE MITCHELL AP station (USW00014839, 13.1 km from Milwaukee's Census internal point), the 1991–2020 normals are a July high of 81.9 F, a January low of 17.2 F, 9.1 days a year at or above 90 F, and 34.57 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.

Nearly one in four adults here report no exercise. Where would I start?

With the smallest week that still counts. The survey figures above say nearly a quarter of adults in the metro reported no physical activity in the past month, while about four in ten do muscle-strengthening work twice a week. If you are in the first group, the first month is two full-body sessions a week of five or six movements, weights light enough to learn each one, and a daily walk with a floor low enough to keep on a bad day. Progress comes from adding a rep or a set before adding weight. The point of the first month is that the second one starts.

How does training survive a Milwaukee winter?

By planning winter as its own season. The station figures above put average January lows in the high teens, and the early dark matters as much as the cold, so the walk after work is the first thing to stop when the days get short. The plan moves the daily movement indoors, to a treadmill, a bike, stairs or a longer warm-up at the gym, and keeps the strength sessions on the same days all year. Winter is a good season for lifting progress, since less is competing for the time. When the mild summer comes, the outdoor work moves back outside and the lifting keeps going.

Other metro areas

• Grand Rapids area
• Chicago area
• Minneapolis–St. Paul area

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