Robbi and Leo Shveyd are the owners and inspiration behind Advanced Wellness. Founded by Robbi, Advanced Wellness Personalized Training & Sports Performance first opened its doors in San Francisco in 2001 and in 2011, Leo, traded in his career in law and his business suit for sweats and a gym bag. Together, these two high-energy and passionate entrepreneurs set out to create a new and innovative concept in fitness and athletic performance training.
Robbi Shveyd Founded Advanced Wellness in 2001. She leads the fitness sessions and nutritional counseling at Advanced Wellness. Robbi has a B.S. in Dietetics (with a minor in sports psychology) from U.C. Davis and a Masters in Kinesiology (exercise physiology) from San Francisco State University. A competitive athlete when she was younger (gymnastics, dance and softball), Robbi’s passion around nutrition and fitness led her to get certified as a group fitness instructor, eventually being promoted to Director, while she was still an undergraduate. After graduating from U.C. Davis, she stayed on to teach a session at UCD and become the Assistant Director of Wellness at Apple in Elk Grove. While in graduate school, Robbi was training people in their homes and at small personal training studios throughout San Francisco. She ended up training almost all of her clients at the home of two of her clients, who referred her dozens more. When that couple decided to sell their house, Robbi knew it was time to look for a more permanent home for the launch of her San Francisco fitness and training business.
Leo Shveyd is co-owner of Advanced Wellness. He is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), Strong First Level I Kettlebell Instructor, USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach, Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) Sport Level III, Functional Range Conditioning (FRC), ELDOA, as well as a Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Level II trainer.
After an adolescence focused around athletics, most notably in football as a high school and college quarterback, Leo was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of eighteen. As a result, he learned early on that the impacts of health and wellness are the foundation of elite level performance. Later, educated as a lawyer, Leo practiced law as well as coaching athletes on the side until 2011 when he formally joined Robbi to transition professionally into full-time work as a strength, conditioning and performance coach at Advanced Wellness.
AW is a team effort. We operate in a transparent, professional, but also high energy and fun environment where everyone has a voice that matters. We are selfless in our approach. We invest in our team members so that we can fully invest in our clients.
Every day is game day at AW. We are on time, focused, efficient, and energized for every client, every day.
We practice what we preach. We do our own workouts in order to experience what the clients are going through. We push and encourage members to progress so that they can see results.
We are not just another gym. We are a supportive community for our clients with the same long-term goal for everyone: “live life to the fullest.” We believe in our services and want for our clients what we want for ourselves.
We yearn to learn. This means constantly improving ourselves, our services, and the lives of our clients. We never remain static, knowing all too well that training and performance is a dynamic industry. We stay on top of new research, trends and science. We embrace change and will always drive towards excellence.