Leeanna Kish

After teaching in the classroom for six years, I decided to stay home with my third child and teach virtually.  While at home with my baby, I began exercising vigorously, attempting to lose my baby weight--and the extra thirty pounds that I gained after my first daughter--and keep myself active with such an inactive work-from-home job.  With over five hours of online instructional time, I began to make changes in my daily lifestyle to make up for all of the required "seat work".  I invested in three items to help keep me active:  a gym membership, a treadmill desk and additional equipment for my home gym (weights, medicine balls, kettlebells).  The gym membership changed my life!  Not only did I meet so many new friendly faces, but my one-year-old also enjoyed the gym child care room as well.  Four years and forty pounds later, I found myself working towards my Group Fitness Certificate.  I had fallen in love with group fitness and made such wonderful friends through exercise that I wanted to extend my passion for heatlh and wellness to others.  Guest instructing was my first chance to get in front of a large group of adults and there were many opportunities for subbing classes at my gym.  Eventually my gym asked me to begin teaching a circuit class on Sunday mornings.  This led to youth fitness classes over the summer and additional clinics offered through Hamburg Fitness.   Currently, I teach a 5:45 a.m. class called AM H.E.A.T. (High Energy Athletic Training), Cardio Drumming, Circuit Blast and a HIIT class.  I continue to strive for a healthy lifestyle by maintaining my Group Fitness Certificate through new workshops, programs and other certifications.