Anna Lee Elquist

Anna Lee Elquist is the proud mom of four kids ages 15-4, and is married to Joel Elquist of Oakley, ID.
She primarily grew up in Oakley, ID and graduated from Burley High School.
She studied Dance and Nutrition in college where she was on the performing dance company at Ricks College, called the "Contemporary Dance Theatre", where she toured and danced in Japan for two weeks. When attending Utah State University, she was a member of the "Aggiettes" performing dance team.
She began teaching group fitness classes in 1996 in Burley at the Racqueteers Health and Fitness Center working with and under Wendy Granata.
She became ACE-certified in 1999. At that time, she and her sister, Tasha Payton, owned a dance studio in Oakley called "Main Motion, Studio of Dance."
"Main Motion Fitness" began the fall of 1999 under Anna Lee's direction.
Over the years, Anna Lee has taught classes of all formats e.g. Yoga, Kickboxing, Step, Bootcamp, Circuit and Interval formats, Group Strength Training and most recently ZUMBA.
Anna Lee has been working as a NSCA-certified Personal Trainer since 2008 at her private training studio in Oakley.
In October 2009, she and Tasha received their ZUMBA certifications. In the spring of 2010, they also became certified to teach Zumba-Toning classes.
Anna Lee grew up dancing and continues to teach Ballet, Pointe and Jazz classes at Main Motion Studios in Oakley.
In 2010, Anna Lee enjoyed competing in three Fitness Figure Competitions, through which she and Joel met some wonderful people.
She placed third in the divisions of her first two competitions in Idaho Falls and Boise. Then, Anna Lee placed first in both the Fitness and Master's categories in the NGA Flex Fitness Bodybuilding and Figure Contest in Twin Falls. In the spring of 2011, she competed in Ogden, UT at the Mountain States Competition, placing 2nd and 3rd in the Figure Short and Masters Divisions.
At the end of February 2010, Anna Lee began teaching ZUMBA classes in Burley, renting the large, open room of the American Heritage Academy.
Six months later, after a long search, her classes were moved to the larger, more spacious location known as "the warehouse" where the "Planet-ZUMBA" business name was born. Unfortunately, due to fire codes, Planet-Zumba was forced to relocate, and currently classes are held at the Lloyd Cox Event Center in Burley.
In July 2011, Anna Lee and Tasha attended the Zumba Instructor Fitness Convention in Orlando, Florida! What an amazing experience with over 7,000 other instructors in attendance from all over the world!
She wishes to thank her wonderful and supportive husband, her family for their help and support, and also of you for attending class, bringing your AWESOME NRG, and making each and every ZUMBA class a fabulous workout and a "feel-good" party at the same time!
PZ has an awesome team of instructors, including Lindsay Jensen (Zumba/Zumba-Toning), Laisa Anderson (Zumba/Zumbatomics), and Tasha Payton (Zumba/Zumba-Toning).