10
Questions
with Jenn Hall
Jenn Hall is an international dance and fitness presenter and loves
her job! After retiring from dancing professionally with artists such
as Beyoncè, Jenn shifted her focus to fitness. She is the Education
Director for Lebert Training Systems, creator of LTS LeBarre, a
Reebok Athlete and Dance Fitness Expert, a Master Trainer for several
companies and teaches in the kinesiology department at Georgia State
University. Jenn is also an active choreographer, wife and mom.
Jenn Hall
1. How long have you been active in the fitness industry? What is your earliest fitness memory?
I have been teaching fitness for 18 years, and I have been blessed enough to be a fitness presenter
for about 12 of them. I started taking fitness classes as a child with my mom. The first class I vividly
remember was Jazzercise, and I think I was 8, but the first fitness memory I have is being in my living
room in a bridge position doing “butt lifts” to a Richard Simmons record! He was singing, “You put it
there, now lift it up, put it down, and SQUEEZE!” I think I was about 5 years old and I will never forget
that song!
2. Who is your fitness inspiration?
This is a tough one as there have been so many people who have inspired me along the way, especially when I was 80 pounds overweight. However, I think the person who I think of most often when I
need motivation is my Grandma-ma, who was 103 years old when she passed away. She worked out
every single day, even through the last 20 years of her life when she was blind. She would sit at her
kitchen table do “braccio si muove” or “arm moves” as she called them. Her “Never Quit” spirit is
unparalleled and keeps me moving!
3. You created LeBARRE, a new fitness format using the Lebert Equalizers, and it is quickly growing in popularity across the world! In fact, your class was awarded the #7 position on the Top 16
Workouts of 2013 by IDEA, and it was the only barre program on the list! What was your goal for
creating this new group fitness class?
While ballet barre training can benefit every exerciser, ballet class is not appropriate for all of the
general fitness population. In fact, jumping right into a ballet class as an inexperienced adult can be
downright dangerous and most certainly embarrassing. In a LeBARRE class, athletes, dancers, and
the general fitness pop ձ