Carrie Chanos

I grew up dancing in a performance group.  After having children, it was time to get back into fitness.  I started taking every group fitness class I could at a local gym and fell in love with them!  An opportunity presented itself to teach Zumba for Elevation Corporate Fitness at Great-West Financial.  As I am the Clinical Director of the Health and Wellness Center at Great-West Financial, I jumped at the chance!  A month after getting my certification as a Zumba instructor in September of 2015, I taught my first class.  A year later, I obtained my group exercise certification through ACE so I could teach more types of classes and reach even more participants.  I continue to work as a physician assistant and health coach for Marathon Health, but as a passion/addiction, I teach a total of 5 fitness classes per week.  I hold certifications for Zumba, Strong by Zumba, and MixxedFit.  I teach each of these formats as well as a circuit class and strength training.