This Digital Health Coaching Startup Gets A Real Coach To Nudge You Into Shape

For all the effort being put into digital tools to get people to exercise more, sometimes all it takes is a good push from a real, live person.

Finding the motivation to exercise is difficult, but in some cases, all it takes is a nudge from a friend, colleague, or even a stranger. My recent nudge came from Glennis Coursey, coaching director at the health coaching startup Sessions, which was acquired this week by health and fitness tracking company MyFitnessPal. After learning all about my health and fitness habits from an online questionnaire and an introductory phone call, Coursey came up with some basic ideas for how I could get to my goal of one hour of exercise per day. If I had been an actual client, she would have continued to badger me with emails and text messages to track my progress.

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