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About The Bar Method: The Bar Method goes beyond Pilates and Yoga in offering a healthy heart, flexibility, and a strong core. It also sculpts the body including carved muscles, lifted seats, flatter abs, highly defined arms, and in general, not only greater but elongated muscle mass. Linking muscle mass to good health and longevity, especially in its propensity to fight cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, has become one of today's key fitness trends just as The Bar Method becomes a significant player on the national stage. Known as one of LA's premiere celebrity workouts, stars who have attended include Drew Barrymore, Eve, Tori Spelling, Alicia Silverstone, the Olsen twins, Zooey Deschanel, Kyra Sedgewick, Julia Ormond, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Born in 1947, Burr Leonard is the founder of the Bar Method. She became a Lotte Berk Method student in 1981, opened a Lotte Berk franchise in 1991, and established The Bar Method, along with partner Carl Diehl, in 2001. She now oversees the opening of Bar Method studios around the country, produces Bar Method DVDs, and writes about fitness.

Born and raised in Central Florida, I have always had a passion for dancing and fitness. From a very early age, I established what would become a life-long devotion to maintaining my health and well-being. My love of dancing started at childhood and continued throughout my teenage years. I became a collegiate cheerleader at the University of Central Florida, where I also obtained my Elementary Education degree. After college, I began my career as an elementary school teacher. After a few years of teaching, I decided to shift my focus to my family and civic work. Together with my husband Tony, we are raising three children. Throughout the years, I consistently volunteered for various community organizations, including my children’s school, where I served as President of both the PTA and the Board of Directors. My dedication to fitness never wavered. When I was introduced to The Bar Method in 2010, it was like a revelation. Never before had I experienced such a challenging, safe, and effective regimen, and the change that I saw in my own body and fitness level served as proof of the program’s effectiveness. After learning of the the possibility of owning a studio, I found it as a great opportunity to combine my love for dancing, fitness and teaching. I knew immediately that I had found my second calling. It was the perfect time for me to delve back into a career. Within a few months, I traveled to the The Bar Method’s flagship studio in San Francisco to meet with the program’s founder and creator, Burr Leonard. I was so impressed with Ms. Leonard's knowledge, experience and passion for this method, that it was not long thereafter that I would become the owner of the Winter Park location. After months of extensive training, I became a certified Bar Method instructor and began the process of opening my first studio. In July of 2011, The Bar Method Winter Park opened, and less than two years later, I opened my second location with partner Cayce Hurley in Dr. Phillips.