Personal Training
About Coach Ledesma
“Wherever we are, whatever we’re doing and wherever we are going, we owe it to ourselves, to our art, to the world to do it well. ” – Ryan Holiday
Coach Teo Ledesma grew up in a tough part of Austin that most kids don’t make it out of. Many of his adolescent peers succumbed to violence, gangs and drugs. Through the combination of sports and his parent’s focus on academia Teo was able to forge a different path that led to law school and ultimately CrossFit Central.
Teo is now known for his work in the CrossFit Central Downtown Performance Training classes and his personal training business. He coaches a wide variety of people with various needs and goals. They range from young kids with down syndrome and 65+ men and women to competitive CrossFitters, firefighters and those just looking to move and feel better.
Click the link below to learn more about how Coach Teo pivoted from law school to professional coach, what he’s up to now, and his advice on what you should be doing every day. From Law School to Professional Coach: Interview with Coach Teo Ledesma
what They’re Saying
Client Testimonials
What has been the biggest success from training with me?
Success has come in several different areas. Visually, I’m a completely different human from when a started. A lifetime of competitive swimming and years of standard CrossFit didn’t get me close to the body composition that I’ve achieved. Skill wise, I went from not being able to do a kipping pull-up to being able to do every gymnastic movement. My form in weightlifting is night and day from what it was. I feel fully confident moving my body through space. Mentally, I’ve been able to adopt a student attitude with respect to fitness. I no longer feel like I have the answers already, but I now know better where and how to get at them.
Keith Wiggans
What do you enjoy about our training?
One of Teo’s biggest strengths is accepting people for who they are and where they want to go. I have enjoyed working with Teo to improve my lifting form, specifically improving my ability to engage my core, hamstrings and glutes during lifts, and not always being in extension. I enjoy our conversations inside and outside the gym, which has educated me in areas such as fitness, strength, nutrition and lifestyle. I enjoy that Teo focuses on more than the training and really works to connect to his athletes on a personal level. When you first start as an athlete with him you take some communication and personality tests so he knows a bit on how you think and learn. If you are willing to put in the work, Teo will invest 100%.
Dax Garner
What has been the biggest success from training with me?
I could say it’s finishing in the Top 100 in the World or walking the 500 mile Camino Santiago. They are great physical and mental feats. But I would say it the biggest success Confidence. I have the confidence to continue the pursue my goals despite my age. Some people wanted me to slow down, stop trying so hard, and just “maintain” my health. In the beginning you were positive and believed I could do things that I wasn’t sure I could do. When I said “I”m not sure I can do a Chest to Bar pull up.” You said, “Of course you can.” I believe I can master any crossfit movement given time and enough training.
Connie Arismendi
How has training with me improved your life outside the gym?
I’m a textbook extrovert (except perhaps not in the AM. I do have to get up at 5:00AM) so if I’m not feeling sociable, I know something is up. Training with Teo has taught be balance in all aspects of life: physical health, emotional health, spiritual health, but it also has trained me to be more skeptical, to show more interest in myself and others and to say yes more to things I would have normally said no to. This has helped deepen relationships with family, friends, and improved myself at work.
Brandon Lutz
What has been the biggest success from training with me?
Getting in shape is an obvious one, but what I really think Teo excels at is correcting fundamentals and really understanding what particular clients need focus on. Things like being concious of my feet as I run, or aware of how to shift my weight have been invaluable to me.
Neema Amini
What do you enjoy about our training?
You have a deep concern for the individual as a person and an athlete. You really care and it shows in how you coach. You really pour yourself out ever day to give us the best coaching you know how to give. You are also a very intellectually curious person, always seeking to gain more knowledge to be a better coach.
