Today we’d like to introduce you to Stephen & Michelle Ladd.
Stephen & Michelle, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
We each started more than twenty-five years ago working as “traditional” personal fitness trainers, just doing our best to help our clients get in shape and stay healthy. But along the way, every few years, we had several key “lightbulb” moments that helped shape the more holistic services we offer today.
We studied corrective exercise design to help change the structure and overcome imbalances in the body. We assessed clients and used that information to design a program specific to what each client needed to allow their body to move, feel and perform better.
Next, when we added nutrition and lifestyle coaching, we found that our clients experienced even more improvements in body composition, energy, and sleep.
In 2010, we added our Semi-Private Training option. This allowed us to serve more people at a lower price point and to create a unique sense of COMMUNITY, which has become the hallmark of our business.
Finally, Stephen has always had a passion for the mental/emotional/spiritual aspects of coaching and has accumulated extensive training and certifications. He now offers Transformational Life Coaching and Somatic Bodywork, including Be Activated and Reiki.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
Thankfully, our journey has been relatively smooth.
The pandemic, and the resulting mandatory 10-week closure of our business, was truly the toughest hurdle in our career so far. Our members were so supportive through those 10 weeks and beyond, and the strength of our community became more clear than ever. To keep our members engaged, we loaned out equipment, provided new video workouts to follow, and continued to be accessible to them virtually. To see our members returning to us when they weren’t even going to the grocery store or seeing friends made us so happy. We have returned to pre-pandemic levels of membership and attendance, and that is in no small way due to all of them.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about The Human Form?
Fitness Designed for Life. Yours.
The Human Form is changing the way holistic fitness is done. We coach and educate each person to achieve his or her personal goals, enhance performance in the sport of life, and live with the physical and emotional vitality that is their birthright.
After our 35+ Point Clinical Assessment, we customize each member’s workout within our supportive, semi-private training environment, provide coaching on nutrition and lifestyle modifications, and assist in any way possible to achieve optimal, holistic health – in body, mind, and spirit.
Our member community is inclusive of all people regardless of age or fitness level. We aim to meet people where they are. As a result, we appeal to a range of participants – from those who may feel uncomfortable in traditional gym settings to finely-tuned athletes who want to enhance their performance.
This last point, and we can’t stress it enough, is how we’re constantly amazed by the community that has grown here. People from all walks of life, all demographics find support and friendship that directly impacts each person’s motivation. Perhaps they come for the training, but they may just stay for each other.
In terms of your work and the industry, what are some of the changes you are expecting to see over the next five to ten years?
People are starting to understand the importance of addressing the body/mind as a whole. We expect the move towards a more holistic approach to health, fitness, and wellness to continue to evolve and hopefully encourage collaboration among the multitude of beneficial practitioners and modalities.
Pricing:
- Two-Week Trial – $79
Contact Info:
- Website: https://humanformfitness.com/
- Instagram: @thehumanform_cbus
- Facebook: @humanformfitness
- Other: https://renegadelifecoach.com/
Image Credits
Jenny Papineau
