About Us

Meet the Ladies Behind the Dream

In Business Since 2006

InShape Ladies Fitness is a woman-owned, woman operated health club. Clara LeBlanc and Sandra Salem opened this unique fitness facility on January 6, 2006. We moved to our current location in Mandarin in 2009. Sandra retired in 2025 and Kaitlyn purchased the business, keeping the beautiful local gem open while Sandra enjoys cruises and more time with family. Clara can still be found teaching many of the classes at InShape. Our mission at InShape Ladies Fitness is to help enrich the lives of women by offering a community of like minded, moving women, in safe and empowering space. Here, you can be exactly who you are, challenge yourself to grow, and have a lot of fun doing both.

Meet The Team

Clara LeBlanc

Founder & Instructor Extraordinaire

Clara can be found teaching Pole, Aerial, Yoga, Tone and Sculpt, Walk Fit, and Pickle Ball. She is a 500 hour RYT, certified in several forms of Yoga and meditation. She is also certified in Group Fitness, Zumba, Youth Fitness, Pole Fitness, Aerial Fitness and is a Reiki Master. Her passion is to uplift and motivate her students. She loves teaching and loves her students!

Kaitlyn Vargo

Owner & Yoga Instructor

Kaitlyn teaches our morning classes and many yoga classes. Certified Yoga teacher in 2024, she comes to us from with a lifetime interest in fitness and wellness. She likes to challenge people to try new things when working out so that they stay happy, interested, and having fun.

Sandra Salem

Founder

Sandy opened InShape Ladies Fitness in 2006 with Clara. She dedicated 19 years before retiring in 2025, but her legacy lives on in her members. Thank you for everything, Sandy!

Elissa Cabiness

Aerial and Chair Dance Instructor

Kelbie Ronsonet

Pole Instructor

Kelbie started doing pole in 2021 at Goddess Dance Studio in Charleston, SC before moving to Jax and joining InShape as a student in December 2023. Kelbie describes her time at the studio as an escape from the mundaneness of everyday life and a chance to feel beautiful and strong. Every time she masters a new trick or feels something flow a little easier than before, it gives her a sense of accomplishment.

Kelbie likes to focus on breaking down moves into bite sized pieces that are easy to learn and replicate. Her classes focus on making moves look effortless by narrowing in on the technique. She also puts emphasis on listening to one's own body. She believes the beauty of being active is being able take the time to be inside your body and listen to its needs, which translates to pole flow and the fluidity of dance, and is so important for overall wellbeing. At the end of every class she wants her students to feel centered, strong, and accomplished.

Rebecca White

Pole Instructor and Demo Team Lead

Richeil

Pole Instructor

Richeil started her Pole journey in 2022 as a way to diversify her workouts, and was immediately hooked. Her favorite styles are Power Pole and Sensual Heels. Her fitness journey began in 2013 with bodybuilding. Pole as an addition gave her more than just physical strength, it helped her feel more comfortable and confident in her body. She credits Pole with saving her mental health by giving her a way to express herself. She loves watching others blossom into themselves through this sport and sharing in their joy. When not on the Pole, Richeil can be found hanging out with her dogs or at her day job saving lives.

Tracey King

Zumba Instructor