About Yvonne
 
Yvonne Greer is a certified personal trainer, group fitness instructor and motivational coach/speaker with extensive training in multiple fitness formats, including: aerobics, step aerobics, indoor cycling, kickboxing, Pilates, yoga, strength training, and aquatic exercise. Yvonne is also a freelance television/radio personality who guest hosts on Chicago’s WGN Radio with her husband/radio partner Greg Batton.
 
Yvonne graduated from the University of Illinois in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism. She has hosted shows on Peoria’s WMBD-TV and WMBD Radio, Chicago’s WLS and WGN Radio, and the nationally syndicated Health Radio Network. Yvonne and her fitness efforts have been featured in publications across the country, as well as on several television and radio programs.
 
Since 1994, Yvonne has led fitness classes, workshops and presentations across the country. She has also produced, choreographed, instructed and starred in three fitness videos for PowerZone, an independent fitness training company she started in 1998. Yvonne has also created a special series of fitness workshops just for women called Hot Mamas. It’s designed to renew the mind, body and spirit with life coaching strategies, exercise skills, and nutritional planning.
 
Yvonne currently lives in Peoria, Illinois with her husband Greg and their two children. She conducts fitness classes and workshops throughout the Midwest and teaches classes regularly. Yvonne is also a guest instructor at the Heartland Spa in Gilman, IL. Yvonne believes in living life to the fullest, and is currently writing a series of fitness books and producing inspiring music to help others do the same. Her mission is to help you recognize, utilize, and maximize your own personal power to live the life you want, in the body you want.
 
Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) Certified Personal Trainer
Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) Group Fitness Instructor
Aquatic Exercise Associations (AEA) Certified Aquatic Fitness Professional
American Council on Exercise (ACE) Certified Group Fitness Instructor
American Council on Exercise (ACE) Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant
Schwinn: Completed Indoor Cycling Training Course
Stott Pilates: Completed 40-hour Intensive Matwork Training Course
The KickForce: Certified Kickboxing Instructor
YogaFit: Completed training Levels I, II, and III
Les Mills: Body Step Instructor