Barbara Harmer-Garcia has been training and competing for over twenty years. She has won 5 Overall trophies, placed in the top ten at national level contests and placed in the top five in all other competitions. Currently featured in 3 of Jay Cutler, Mr. Olympia, DVD’s helping him with his stage preparations. She has competed over 40 times in her career. Barb is featured in the January 2008 issue of Ironman Magazine as the Overall Open and Masters Women winner at the Venice Beach Labor Day contest and will also be in the Ironman (Feb) that covered the Venice Beach Toy Drive.

Her educational background includes a Bachelors degree in Physical Education, with and emphasis on working with children with special needs and a Masters degree in Education. She taught both high school and college for over ten years however, now she only teaches college and serves almost 500 students a quarter. She has taught aerobic activity classes both public and for the school systems. She teaches 6 classes of step aerobics a week!

She went back to school as an adult, worked and raised her children as a single parent. Graduating first in her class in 1996. Her high school experience includes working at a high school that featured an integrated curriculum and the program that she co-wrote was awarded the California State Outstanding Physical Education Program award in 2000.

Her knowledge base, years of training experience and ability to teach can provide any one in any condition with a very rewarding training experience.