Tara De Leon is a personal trainer, professor of health, fitness and exercise studies, podcaster, speaker, and author. Tara has helped hundreds of women feel badass and confident by teaching them to lift weights and get strong, healthy and empowered. Tara teaches women to take up space and to stop apologizing for their bodies. She has 10 years of experience as a collegiate strength and conditioning coach and now specializes in fitness for fertility, prenatal and postnatal fitness. She loves helping moms go from hot mess to hot mom! Tara is passionate and strives to constantly improve herself to better help her clients.
Tara has a master’s degree in Human Movement from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, a bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science from Brigham Young University-Hawaii, and maintains 14 other advanced certifications pertaining to health, fitness, wellness, and lifestyle. She has won “Best Personal Trainer” twice, “Best Lifestyle Coach” once, and been voted “Best Prenatal Fitness Coach” four years in a row by What’s Up Annapolis Magazine. She is a nominee for Personal Trainer of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Her podcast, Wellness Rebranded is in the top 2% of all podcasts worldwide, and her book, Hot Mess to Hot Mom: Transformational Tools for Thriving After Childbirth and Beyond releases in April 2024.
When Tara isn’t working, you can find her eating sushi or tacos, going for walks, baking, or spending time on the Chesapeake Bay with her husband Marcus, their 3-year-old son, Maverick, and their Aussie pup, Chula.