Meet Your Instructors
Heather Yondo
Edge Performance Cycle
TRX
Heather Yondo has been teaching group exercise classes since 1990. She started teaching indoor cycling classes when she was training for her first triathlon in 1997. Since then, Heather hasn’t looked back. She has taught throughout the Greater Cleveland area and, in collaboration with her husband Mike, is excited to bring quality indoor cycling and group training back home.
Heather currently holds fitness certifications through the American Council on Exercise (ACE), Spinning, TRX, and Cooper Institute of Aerobics and Fitness. She believes in motivating participants to reach new levels of health in every class.
She has a low tolerance for talking in her classes and requires push-ups if participants are late—laugh if you want, but you will push the limits and experience the intensity with Heather! Her sports idols include Dara Torres, and Bobby Knight, which speaks volumes about Heather’s coaching style.
Mike Yondo
Edge performance cycle
Cardio and Core
Mike grew up in Northeast Ohio in an active family with his parents and two sisters. After playing football at St. Edward High School and Edinboro University, Mike took to triathlon for a new challenge. Over the years, he has completed over 30 triathlons and brings that dedicated training mindset to cycling and group training. Additionally, Mike enjoys competing in, and training others for Adventure races. Along with his wife, Heather, Mike is very proud to bring quality indoor cycling and group training to the area. His classes promise to be challenging, will require a solid effort, and will focus on consistent improvement and goal achievement.
Denise
Edge performance cycle
Edge strength
Denise McCormick has been involved with Group Exercise since the late 1980’s where she took Buckeye-robics at The Ohio State University while attending pharmacy school. She has been AFFA certified since 1991 and has taught everything from Hi-Lo Aerobics to Step to Kickboxing. She took the Cycle Reebok certification in 1997, and has attended various cycle workshops throughout the years. She is also certified to teach Edge Strength and Group Centergy (a mix of yoga and pilates).
When she is not teaching classes, Denise enjoys running and recently participated in the River Run Half-Marathon. She also enjoys keeping up with her three daughters and spending quality time with her husband. She works part time as a pharmacist as well, but fitness is her passion. She hopes to share that passion with you!
Georgi
Edge strength
TRX
Georgi loves the outdoors and enjoys being active. When she was younger, she played both softball and rugby. In recent years, she has embraced her desire to help people improve their health and started to teach group exercise classes. She is certified in both Edge Strength and TRX. Her journey in health and fitness create a motivational style like no other. Just ask her husband Erick who just agreed to run a half marathon with her this fall. Their son, Spencer is a chip off the old block and is an active daredevil. Don’t miss an opportunity to train with Georgi.
Jamie
Edge performance cycle
TRX
Jamie enjoys living a healthy and very active lifestyle to stay fit, feel good and minimize stress. She has always enjoyed sports and participated in many organized athletics as a kid, with her main focus on gymnastics and was a high school cheerleader. After college, Jamie began running as a way to unwind from her long days in the corporate world and soon began racing, starting out with 5K’s moving to ½ marathon’s and then to completing a full marathon. She is constantly challenging herself and completed her first triathlon a few years ago. Jamie is married to Adam and has 2 girls, Taylor (14) and Morgan (12) who are also very active. Adam is an Ironman and her girls do completive dance, swim and play Lacrosse. Together, Jamie and Adam enjoy hiking and are on their way to climbing the 46 Adirondack High Peaks. Jamie has been doing group exercise for many years and was encouraged by Heather to try her hand at teaching so she became certified to teach TRX. After a long day at work as a Learning & Talent Development Professional at Accenture she likes to unwind teaching a TRX class at “The Edge”.
Kelly
Edge performance cycle
TRX
Kelly began teaching group exercise 11 years ago. Fitness has always been an important part of her life. She grew up with an athletic family and was very active in sports. She began teaching Body Pump and since then became certified through AFAA, Spinning, Yoga, and Kickboxing. Kelly and her husband Mike, an ex-NHL hockey player, reside in Independence and coach individual players and hockey teams in the Cleveland area. They have 3 daughters who seem to be following in their parents’ athletic footsteps! Kelly enjoys coaching her daughters’ teams.Kelly is an avid runner and has competed in many half marathons around the area. She enjoys the ‘group’ exercise atmosphere as she runs with her friends early mornings during the week. She promises challenging classes but you will leave with a smile! One day she will be able to beat Heather – they have been competing against each other in softball since they were teenagers. Heather always wins.
Are you interested in possibly joining our team of instructors?
Ask one of us after class for more information, and see if YOU have what it takes to take people to THE EDGE.
