Darla Slade

Darla was initially trained at the University of Maryland in College Park as a fitness instructor. She has held AFAA Group Fitness, ACE Personal Trainer, BodyCombat, and BodyPump certifications and is currently a certified FiTour Group Exercise Instructor.

She teaches classes at Fitness Evolution in Silver Spring, Maryland and has been a guest instructor at Couples, Dreams, Sunscape, and Jewel Resorts. Darla has past experience managing corporate and government fitness facilities in addition to experience performing personal training, running healthy weight management programs, and teaching fitness classes.

Darla has a family travel and fitness blog where she shares fun experiences and health and fitness tips at FunFitnessFamily.com She is also very active on social media and can be found @funfitnessfam on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok and @FunFitnessFamily on Facebook, Pinterest, and YouTube.  

She has been a volunteer member of the Arthritis Foundation Jingle Bell Run Planning Committee and has given fitness lectures for the American Cancer Society, Celebration Fitness Center of Florida Hospital, and Women's Wellness Center of Osceola Regional Medical Center. She is also an avid runner and has successfully completed three marathons to date. She has been lucky enough to take classes with Billy Blanks and receive a one-on-one training session with John Hackleman, UFC trainer to Chuck Liddell and others.