SimplyFit

Karla Bland is an accomplished strength and conditioning specialist with 25 years of experience conducting semi-private and private training. In her personal business, SimplyFit, Karla’s mission is to encourage and educate women on how to lose weight, build healthy bodies and strong minds through consistent and progressive training using body weight, resistance bands and a variety of strength and conditioning methods.

Karla is the first African-American woman to earn an individual medal at a world championship track cycling competition (3 bronze medals at Master’s Track Worlds in Manchester, England). She also served as a pilot for a visually impaired rider on a tandem bicycle on the United States Paralympic Team in the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

Karla holds a degree in Psychology/Kinesiology, is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with NSCA and is a licensed Expert Level 1 cycling coach with USA Cycling.