Meet your coach, Mandy Elrod. She is the owner and head instructor of Sweet Pea Fitness, LLC.  Miss Mandy resides in Stow OH with her husband Jason, daughter Laramie and dog River. 

Mandy  began teaching gymnastics in 1990.  She has directed and instructed with programs at Fltyz Gymnastics in Cuyahoga Falls, Buckeye Gymnastics in Columbus, Universal Gymnasts in Hilliard and the Dublin Dance Centre in Dublin.  She became a preschool dance instructor in 2000. She started her own journey with yoga in 2018 and began teaching yoga to children in 2022.

She graduated from Stow High School in 1992.  She received a Bachelors Degree in Education from The Ohio State University in 1997.  Her major is Sport and Leisure Studies with an emphasis in Fitness and Leisure Management.

She is USA Gymnastics Safety Certified, KAT Certified and MELPED Certified.  She holds a children’s yoga certification with Yoga Education Institute.  She is current with CPR and First Aid training as well as Child Abuse & Neglect and Communicable Disease Recognition, which are all required by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.  

She has had an FBI & State of Ohio background check.