Barre Above Online Webinar Nov 13 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

Ron McPhee - Master Trainer

Ron is the owner of On Cue Fitness and has been teaching in the fitness industry since 1992.  Ron started his fitness career working the reception desk greeting clients in a fitness club.  In no time he started taking classes and then becoming certified and  teaching at that same gym.  He spread out from classes in the gym to working with athletes during their dry-land sessions.  Instead of offering a workout in a gym, he offered variations so the athletes could work closer as a team to complete the workouts and motivate each other.  Ron is working in the corporate field, helping the office worker to get moving and having fun.

During his fitness career, he has realized that becoming a group fitness instructor can be a challenge.  There are not a lot of places to go practice the skills.  So Ron began the "Group-X Fitness Instructor Workshop" where new instructors can go to practice and learn some tricks of the trade to become a great instructor.  Ron has been presenting lectures and movement workshops for fitness conferences and smaller educational groups since 2008.

Ron holds the following certifications: Tabata Bootcamp™ and Tabata GX™ Master Trainer,Barre Above™ Master Trainer,Bender Method Master Trainer,canfitpro PRO TRAINER; Fitness Instructor Specialist,canfitpro PRO TRAINER: Personal Training Specialist,canfitpro PRO TRAINER: CPR & AED, Red Cross Instructor, Cycle Fit Certified, YogaFit Canada Level 1,TRX Certified