Heather Leigh: Where Fitness is a Way of Life
Welcome to Fit | For Life—Heather Leigh’s holistic fitness sanctuary nestled in Marin County, California. With nearly 30 years of experience in movement, wellness, and coaching, Heather brings a rare blend of science, soul, grit, and grace to every session. Her approach isn’t just about getting stronger—it’s about living with purpose, laughing often, and feeling fully alive.
Heather’s journey began in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where she started gymnastics and dance at the age of three and quickly fell in love with the discipline and artistry of movement. A competitive gymnast by grade school, she trained six days a week while teaching at summer camps—planting the early seeds of a lifelong love for coaching. Her childhood was an active playground of skiing, martial arts, dirt bikes, and fearless exploration.
She went on to study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, double-minoring in French and International Business, dabbling in Spanish and Russian, and studying abroad at La Sorbonne in Paris. While in college, she discovered mountain biking in college, competed in races, and kept one foot in the gym at all times.
After college, Heather worked as a computer programmer before moving to San Francisco in 1998, a place where the mountains meet technology. Within 48 hours of arriving, she took a kickboxing class with Olympic gold medalist Herb Perez—and was immediately hired to teach. Her signature mix of athleticism, humor, and choreography made her a standout instructor across the Bay Area fitness scene. She taught at iconic clubs like Gorilla, CRUNCH, Bay Club, and Equinox, eventually becoming a Director of Group Fitness and one of the first certified spin instructors under Jonny G.
Heather teaches across the San Francisco Bay Area, constantly building community, and deepening her expertise. In 2024, she opened Fit | For Life, a boutique wellness studio that reflects everything she’s learned, lived, and loved. Now entering its second year in 2025, the studio offers group classes, personal training, retreats, and professional mentorship—rooted in science, but led with heart. Heather specializes in strength training, mobility, injury recovery, and lifestyle coaching—but her real magic is creating space for joy, inspiration, connection, and transformation.
Whether she’s on mom duty with her three children, teaching a class, training a client, leading a retreat or exploring a new coastline on bike, boat or with a surfboard, Heather is constantly moving forward—and inviting others to do the same.
At Fit | For Life, it’s more than fitness. It’s a movement. It’s a mindset. And for Heather Leigh, it’s home.
