The Metavive Mission
Metavive offers services for education, encouragement and equipment to enhance your efforts and help you better empower yourself to pursue excellence.
Metavive Wellness & Fitness Services
Services are for anyone who wants support to gain healthier habits, weight control, knowledge and encouragement.
The Metavive Way
It's simple:
* Provide you with self-development tools and resources.
* Train, coach, encourage and reward you as you make your efforts a lifestyle.
Metavive By Definition
meta means to transform, change or shape
vi or vive connotes life (think of vitality, alive, survive)
What Clients Say About Working With Leon at Metavive
I've been one of Leon's clients for over a year now. He is very good at motivating me mentally to overcome obstacles I've encountered when trying to reach certain goals. If he senses there's a "block" of some sort, he talks me through options to overcome challenges I might be facing. I typically walk away from these conversations with a different outlook and an "I can" attitude!" Kate W, 2008
Leon has not only taught me what to do to reach my goals but he challenges me much more than I would challenge myself. I’ve noticed a big change in my appearance and more importantly, I feel better and stronger. I’m definitely hooked and would never go back to the way I used to be. Denise R, 2007
I just had my third baby and one of my two main goals was to get back down to my pre-pregnancy weight. Leon is very focused...his time with me was always focused on me. I met and surpassed both my goals!!! I now fit into my skinniest jeans and I feel more fit than I have in years. I'll have another baby if Leon will promise he'll still be around in a year or two! Jessica B, 2007
I had not been consistently exercising and I had no clue how to improve, so I asked Leon to work with me. Leon is great! He is always positive and calm. He is good for always reminding me of my goals...he pushes me. I have never been so consistent with exercise. Leon is the best exercise program I ever tried. Aimee A, 2003
Leon has been a joy to work with and know as a person. His professionalism and attention to detail was evident throughout his working relationship with me and I felt that my program was customized by him to meet my goals and health related objectives. Definitely would recommend to anyone to work with in a similar capacity. Tila C, 2005
Leon was kind, non-judgmental, and helpful with getting me back on a fitness plan. He is an excellent human being and adviser. I would highly recommend him to any company or individual seeking someone who will make a positive change in their life or in the lives of their employees. April O, 2006
Leon's professionalism, encouragement and expertise took my stale workout to a new level. I am grateful to Leon for jump starting my routine, inspiring me to reach all new fitness goals,today and for the rest of my life. I will look to Leon from time to time to help me identify and to reach future goals. Thanks Leon! Dawn T, 2007
Since meeting Leon I’ve tossed away the scale! Numbers don’t matter like they used to because now I feel stronger, faster and more confident. With Leon, exercise and fitness is a lifestyle, not a hobby. He demonstrates his dedication through his enthusiastic support. If you want someone who is both able and committed to empowering you to reach your health and well-being goals, no matter how big or small, Leon can help! Sarah R, 2008
Hi, I'm Leon. Welcome!
Thank you for visiting my company page. I am a wellness adviser. I help people who desire great health and vitality to win the endeavor to live healthier. I own Metavive, Inc., a personal development company. I am a writer and speaker, a personal coach specializing in healthy living, a fitness trainer and an adviser for fitness and wellness products, as well. My business highlights my passion, which is helping people make rewarding changes in their lives.
I started Metavive in 2002. In that year I was inspired to start a company with a single purpose to help people live rewarding lives. I set out on a mission to help us all enhance our soul, advance our mind and extend our life. Soon, I realized that I could not do everything…all at once…by myself. I chose to focus my energy on one area. I figured out that I wanted people to live richer by helping them improve their physical ability and I started my personal training business with a personally emboldening mantra: "Passion For Life".
Over the years my business and my mission have continued to develop as my knowledge and skills developed. I have now worked with over a hundred and fifty different clients.They seek my help for various reasons: to lose weight, to perform better in activities, to look good, to stop having pain, to get moving, to have accountability, to be pushed harder, to be better educated about fitness, to get more stamina, to improve their running, to not worry about how to progress, to walk a straight line without losing balance, to earn a black belt, to have stunning bridal photos, to lose some body fat "right here", to be comfortable in public, or to just be healthy again. Each is a different person with a different definition of personal wellness and fitness.
My clients do have one thing in common though: each one wants to improve. Most give their best effort toward that end. So, it is essential for me to be at my best because it permits me to bring out their best. I am particularly fulfilled when I hear clients describe me as challenging, knowledgeable, creative, encouraging, positive, professional, dependable or pleasant. These are the words I envisioned people using to describe my service when I dreamed of how my business would operate so long ago.
In recent years, my company mantra has been "Shapes You to Excel". It is held up by two pillars of my company purpose. One point comes directly from the word I created—Metavive. As I mentioned, I knew at the start that I had a passion for helping people change their lives. Now, I know I thrive on helping people change for the best. So, the second point nicely sums up the Metavive focus in one word: excellence. I am unable to do the actual work that changes my clients' lives. I am grateful for the role I play in the process. But, I am a supporting actor—at best. Over 90% of the credit for any results they attain I give to them. And I use the knowledge that my role is small to ground myself and concentrate on what I can truly control.
Excellence is something I can control. I can be excellent. Performing at my best each day with each client is my permanent goal. It is a tough goal to master and a high standard to maintain, but it is worth it. I can also expect and encourage excellence. So I use it as the essential ingredient to shape others to excel.
In the community, I have served on the Wake County Council on Fitness and Health since 2004 and I have volunteered as a coach at athletic camps and youth teams since moving to Raleigh, NC in 2000.
Personally, I love running track. I have been a Youth National Champion and a multiple-time ACC finalist in college. I still compete in USATF Masters track meets. I have been blessed to still compete well for over twenty years; since 2005 I have been a five-time All-American. See my recent results.
When I am not running around I am with my amazing family: my wife Mashall and my young children Renadah, Augustin and Mylah.
