Honor Your Commitments
Mission
Coach Zha's mission is to redefine what it means to be an athlete — and to make sure every woman knows the definition includes her.
Rooted in over a decade of community building in Philadelphia, Coach Zha believes that movement is more than fitness. It is legacy. It is the thing a mother models for her children when she chooses herself. It is the commitment a woman makes to her body when the world keeps asking her to make it to everyone else first.
Through The League by Coach Zha — an athletic wellness club for women who honor their commitments — Coach Zha provides the training, the community, and the standard that transforms the woman who walks in uncertain into the athlete who walks out unshakeable.
Every woman is an athlete.
The League is where she finds her team.
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This space was created for every season. For every woman. No matter where you are today, you belong here.
Pilates, Running, Strength Training & more.
Pilates, Running, Strength Training & more.
MEET COACH ZHA
Coach Zha (Zhane Dadson) is an award-winning Nike Well Collective Trainer, Pilates instructor, marathon runner, and wellness entrepreneur based in Philadelphia. She is the founder of The League by Coach Zha—a membership-based Pilates and wellness experience where discipline, culture, and community come together.
Known for creating high-impact, sold-out experiences, she is the visionary behind Pilates & Plunge at the W Hotel Philadelphia—named Best New Series by Philadelphia Magazine—and the former founder of Coach Zha Pilates Club (formerly Black Girls Pilates Club).
A 2025 Fitness Influencer of the Year and recipient of a City of Philadelphia citation, Coach Zha is redefining wellness through experiences that feel both elevated and accessible. Her work spans Café Pilates, the Wellness Crawl, and international retreats like The Essence of Wellness in Ghana—each designed to inspire people to honor their commitments to themselves.
A former professional dancer, she brings an athletic, intentional, and expressive approach to movement that resonates across all levels.
Beyond fitness, Coach Zha is a mother, creative director, and cultural force—building a brand that lives at the intersection of wellness, identity, and legacy.
