About Founder Shane Barnard

UrbanKick creator, Shane Barnard, brings over 20 years of knowledge and experience to her workshops, cardio kickboxing training sessions and classes.

She specializes in strength, sports conditioning, and cardio kickboxing; utilizing interval, strength, and power work in her training and classes. As a former dancer, Shane is equally passionate about body maintenance, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness to ensure proper technique, alignment, and stability.

She studied dance during her undergraduate studies at the University of Oregon and continued her dance education at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in NYC. She took her first boxing class with Dave Ekstrom (a former Golden Glove Champion) when she moved to California in 1996, and in 1999, she expanded her training with the International Kick-Box Aerobics Federation.

Her dance and boxing background blended perfectly to create the foundation for her UrbanKick class format. Shane began teaching cardio kickboxing in 1999 and currently teaches at Crunch, the University of California at Berkeley (UCB), and is a fitness blogger for MyFitnessPal and Under Armour. She is a continuing education provider for the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), American Council on Exercise (ACE) and the Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA).

Shane is a former lawyer and current personal trainer, instructor, health coach, functional movement specialist and sports nutrition specialist. A former performer with dance companies, her current athletic activities include: marathons (multiple half and one full), and obstacle course races such as the Warrior Dash, Spartan Race and Tough Mudder.

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