Prior to learning about Nick and BehaviorFit, I was head down and focused on building my business, caring for my family, and making sure everyone else around me was doing okay. But then I started to notice that I wasn't okay...that while I was busy doing for everyone else, I was getting older, that friends in my age group were getting sick, and worse, one had just passed away. I started reflecting on what I was doing to care for myself and how I was going to make it a priority, but was overwhelming. I didn't know where to start. It was around that time that Nick posted about BehaviorFit and I responded to something he said. He reached out privately and after a bit of back and forth I filled out an intake form. After a 3.5 week baseline of my steps per day, my first goal was set. Looking back at it, I can't believe that only 4 months ago, I was barely hitting 2500 steps a DAY consistently. Now I average a once-unthinkable (8000+ per day)! I spend more time both at the gym, I move more at home, and we are working on a new set of objectives to help me to be stronger and more mobile. I am thankful for Nick and his coaching, his patience, his openness to listen to my biggest fears and help identify obstacles.

I met Nick at a conference where he encouraged me to just start the project I had been mulling over for a year. He backed up that encouragement by assisting me throughout the growing pains. His encouragement pushed me to make the first step in pursuing my passion. His knowledge in combining applied behavior analysis and exercise was priceless while trying to navigate a new field that has limited research to fall back on. He was available to review data, provide feedback, and to guide me in a direction that was not only interesting but useful for the clients I was working with. I cannot speak highly enough of BehaviorFit!

I used to joke that “the only way you would see me run is if I’m being chased.” The truth is that at nearly 300 pounds I didn’t think I could physically run or ever would again. In the last six months I have taken off nearly 30 pounds, given up an extreme amount of sugary sodas, learned healthy food preparation, and a number of other healthy behaviors that I plan to maintain to improve my health long term. As a behavior analyst, I know that behavior change takes time and appropriate environmental conditions to maintain. Nick helped teach me those new behaviors and set up my environment to maintain them. I’ve been running in my workouts now and only my kids are chasing me.

I have been racing for nearly 4 years. About a year into racing, I decided I needed a coach to help push me to the next level and achieve my goal of time qualifying for Boston. I worked with several coaches, but most recently had been a client of a coach for approximately 2 years. About 8 months ago I began to question the efficacy of my coach's programming and methodology. Were systems and analysis being used to program? Were systematic manipulations being made based on my current performance? Were shaping and fading being utilized? I hired Nick to investigate. He was able to synthesize my data, which was extensive, and graphically display it into formats that were easy to visually analyze. The result: there was no systematic programming happening at all! In fact, much of the programming did not even align with my goals! This was shocking to me given that I was paying my coach quite a bit of money to help me. Nick’s analysis helped save me time, money, and frustration. Thank you Nick!!!”

Nick and his team are passionate about fitness, and experts in behavior. When you put those things together, you get a unique approach to health coaching that provides you with the support and tools you need to make tangible changes. Nick was very generous with his time and always looking for ways to help me to not only identify my goals but determine how I could best meet them. With data collection and weekly accountability, I was able to really see where I was making progress and where I needed to improve. Working with Nick was the jump start I needed to get me moving more on a daily basis. I am certain that the team at BehaviorFit will continue to be innovators in the fields of behavior analysis and fitness!

To start with a little background information, I am a Behavior Analyst at an ABA company that provides services to families in-person and via telehealth. With an interest in behavior analysis and fitness, I was looking to start a health and wellness initiative at my company in hopes of building a stronger connection between telehealth team members who have a shared interest in fitness, and motivate staff to focus on their health and wellness. I wasn’t sure where to start, and in comes BehaviorFit Nick! Nick has assisted with everything from brainstorming ideas for the health/wellness initiative, helping me identify realistic and attainable goals for myself as I took on this new role with the company, and of course, always brought it back to the one thing that should drive our initiative: Data! Since I’ve started consulting with Nick for our company, we’ve met about every month through live video to discuss progress, updates, and evaluate barriers. It has been an incredible experience working with BehaviorFit and am grateful for Nick’s knowledge and guidance!