Seth Stangler
Seth is a lifelong fitness enthusiast turned expert. He spent his youth playing soccer. He went on to study Health Promotion & Wellness at Holy Family University, after which he got his personal training certification from ACE.
After getting certified, Seth began training clients at a public gym and spent three years building his client base, sharpening his skills, and establishing a brand and reputation as a great personal trainer.
His client’s love his knowledge, programming, and technical skills combined with his friendly and patient demeanor. While training with Seth, you can expect to work your ass off and have a great coach in your corner helping with form and motivation.
Willie Stangler
Willie has also been into fitness for most of his adult life and spent his childhood and high school years playing a wide range of sports – from basketball and soccer to cross country, crew, and lacrosse.
He studied marketing at Chestnut Hill College and went on to work in that industry for almost a decade before deciding the entrepreneurial life was the only one for him. He spent the first few years of that journey training dogs and then threw his lot in with Seth.
He too got his personal training cert from Ace and set his coaching sights on people instead of dogs.
Britt Colombo
Britt’s lifelong love for sports and competition turned into a love for fitness and health. She grew up playing many sports in childhood but ultimately focused on softball and swimming.
She played Division I softball at Marist College where she was 4 year starter, captain & Defensive Player of the Year.
She studied Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and minored in Psychology.
Since college, Britt has developed a passion for fitness and has been a member of the F4L program since it’s inception! She loved program so much that she wanted to be the coach on the other side.
Like Seth and Willie, she is an Ace certified personal trainer.
Than Before Fitness
Than Before started as a podcast, hosted by Seth and Willie, that asked a simple question: How can we deliver content that helps our listeners be better than before? Whether that was fitness content helping people build home workouts during COVID, interviewing addiction specialists and ultramarathon runners to provide a positive message, or talking to artists to foster a sense of creativity, we were dedicated to helping people improve in all areas of life.
Eventually, Seth got his PT cert and wanted to take same mindset into the training world and Than Before Fitness was born. After several years of training clients, both in person and online, the two brothers decided to team back up and open their first training location. Finally, on January 15th, 2024 they opened their doors to clients.
Than Before Fitness is a gym, personal training and group fitness facility in Port Richmond. Located at:
2823 E. Schiller St Philadelphia, PA 19134.