Barre Above Online Webinar April 10, 2021

Leslee Bender - Barre Above Co-Creator

Leslee has over 30 years of experience in the fitness industry is the co creator of Barre Above™, creator of Barre Above™ Pilates Focus and creator of the Bender Method of training, which received “Infomercial of the Year” in 2007 for short form, and more than 2,000,000 orders.

 She has presented fitness education internationally in over 20 countries. Leslee is a sought after  international speaker in over 20countries on topics of functional training and movement analysis.

Leslee has produced over 30 DVD's and has created one of the safest methods of core training, the Pilates Coach Method. Leslee is a graduate of the Gray Institute of Applied Functional Science, and is now enrolled in the GIFT program there, believing that you can never stop learning the true functions of human movement. She is also a 2010 finalist for IDEA Instructor of the year. Presently, Leslee works in Orlando as a functional training specialist with pro-water skiers.

ACSM NASM PMA ACE Gray Institute FAFS

Laurie Idema-Wood - Master Trainer

Laurie has been teaching fitness since the 1980s and training instructors since the 1990s.

She has a Kinesiology and Massage Therapy Degree and is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and Yoga Instructor. During the day, you can find Laurie at her small business Body Connections Fitness & Massage Therapy where she specializes in postoperative orthopedic rehabilitation, During evenings and weekends, she partners with the community to offer various fitness classes and instructor trainings.  In her spare time, Laurie enjoys lifting weights, hiking and biking with her family.

(B.P.A.S.)(C.S.E.P.-C.E.P.)(C.S.C.S.)(R.M.T.)(M.T.A.S.)

Registered Massage Therapist/ Exercise Therapist

WENDY McCCORMICK - Master Trainer

Wendy is currently the Adult Fitness and Lifestyle Supervisor at the Jamie Platz Family YMCA in Edmonton, Alberta where she manages a team of over 60 of land and aquatics instructors. In addition to management, she instructs fitness classes at facilities and schools through out the Edmonton area.  She started her fitness career over 20 years ago at an all women’s fitness club.  She held many different positions in the company but stayed with her true passion - Group Fitness.  Her endless energy and drive to achieve prompted her to become a Training Educator of Fitness Instructors with YMCA Canada. She loves motivating and encouraging participants and instructors to grow and challenge themselves.

Wendy holds many certifications including: 

• Bender Ball
• Body Pump
• Group Power
• Keiser Indoor Cycling
• Fusion Fitness Training
• TRX
• High Fitness
• NASM
• AFLCA Ever Active Kids, and Zumba.
  
• In 2018 she was nominated for the Canada’s top Fitness Instructor with Impact Magazine.
• When she’s not sweating, she enjoys sewing, crafting and baking treats for friends and family.