Barre Fusions Approved as a Continuing Education Provider
Barre Fusions has been approved as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, for the third consecutive year, through the American Council on Exercise (ACE), National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), and Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA).
The Art of Fusing Formats reflects years of refinement, real-world testing, and instructor feedback. The course is built on the Fusion Framework, an agile system for planning classes, layering choreography across formats, and monetizing content.
The 7-hour workshop introduces a repeatable planning process that helps instructors design balanced, total-body classes while creatively integrating multiple training modalities. The course includes lecture, guided practice, collaborative planning, and a live Master Class to reinforce concepts in real time. Participants leave with a completed class plan, templates, and organizational tools they can use to design future classes with ease and confidence.
What makes this offering different is what it does not require. Instructors are not asked to buy a license, teach under a specific brand name, or title their classes a certain way. There is no expectation to subscribe to content or memorize routines by rote. Instead, everyone who completes the course receives a complimentary one-year subscription to the Barre Fusions choreography library, reinforcing the framework’s emphasis on support rather than control.
At its core, The Art of Fusing Formats gives instructors a way to organize what they already know. The Fusion Framework helps categorize inspiration into a clear classification system while preserving individual voice and teaching style. As one seasoned instructor shared,
“The class was creative and inspiring. It showed me how to organize and save all of the hard work I put into choreographing classes.”
From a leadership perspective, the framework also supports consistency and quality across teams. As Kimi, a Group Fitness Director, noted,
“The workshop is a fantastic tool for both new and experienced instructors. It offers a clear way to create well-rounded, total-body classes while thoughtfully blending different methods of training.”
The framework also streamlines decision-making and reduces overwhelm. As Barre Fusions founder Erika Levy explains,
“Planning happens sporadically throughout the day or over the course of a week, and it’s easy to get lost in the process. For a long time, it felt faster to memorize other people’s choreography, but that led to burnout and didn’t teach me how to adapt movement for different audiences. Many continuing education programs offer a blueprint for class planning, but they’re often hard to apply or too rigid to be useful.
I applied my 15-year background in SaaS and agile development to group fitness class design and created a framework that streamlined the planning process. It’s flexible and designed to scale into a more robust app or platform that instructors, facilities, or brands could use to monetize content.”
Being an Approved Continuing Education Provider also reflects the standards required to maintain it. As an ACE Certified Instructor and Approved Continuing Education Provider, Barre Fusions must meet ongoing requirements related to course quality, teaching practices, and professional conduct. It’s not a one-time achievement, but an ongoing commitment to meeting industry standards while raising the bar for how fusion classes are designed and taught.
You can see the framework in action here:
https://barrefusions.com/framework