In The New Fit, fitness coach and former professional athlete Aaron Leventhal offers a clear path forward built on the concepts of connection, education, and progression. Leventhal breaks down popular myths from modern consumer fitness programs, while teaching the science, the reason, the “why” behind exercise. Based on best practices developed over more than 20 years in the fitness industry and anchored in the latest research on exercise and longevity, this timely book empowers readers of any age to take charge of their own wellness journey, discover their optimal program, and continue to make the adjustments needed to see results into the future.

Aaron Leventhal played professional soccer for the USL’s Minnesota Thunder for eight years, then went on to become a conditioning coach for the Thunder and later for the Major League Soccer Team Minnesota United for 15 years. He has worked with athletes on the U.S. Olympic Ski team, as well as individual NHL and NFL athletes. In 2002, he founded Fit Studios and has served more than 20,000 clients over two decades. Leventhal also spent time as the senior director of the largest fitness chain in the world at Self Esteem Brands, where he worked to integrate personal training and group fitness operations to all domestic AnyTime Fitness gyms.

Kate Hopper is an editor and writing coach and the author of Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers, Ready for Air: A Journey Through Premature Motherhood, winner of a Midwest Independent Publishing Award, and co-author of Silent Running. Her writing has appeared in a number of journals, including Brevity, True Story, Longreads, Los Angeles Review of Books, Poets & Writers and River Teeth. She teaches online and in Ashland University’s Low-residency MFA program.