Learn To Pose Academy™
Meet The Learn To Pose 
Academy Coaches 

& Book a 15 Minute 1:1 Posing Assessment

Behind every confident competitor is great coaching

Get to know the coaches who are dedicated to helping athletes master the art of posing through personalized guidance, proven instruction, and a passion for seeing you succeed.  Book a 1:1 Posing Assessment for individual feedback and receive a custom road map on how to achieve looking and feeling your best on show day.
Michele Welcome, Founder
Michele Welcome, Founder

"Posing Coach To The Pros"

Michele has been in the bodybuilding industry for over 25 years having competed in SIX federations, earned 3 pro cards, head judges and panel judges for four bodybuilding federations, and is regarded as a top professional posing coach with the versatility to teach the posing requirements, routines, and stage walks for: men and women bodybuilders, men and women's physique, classic physique, figure, wellness, fit model, and bikini divisions.  

Michele is known for her "keen eye" for even the smallest of details, and her unique ability to transform even the most challenging posing clients and make them standouts on stage. 

Michele has created her own teaching style, methodologies, and best practices from her diverse and eclectic education, first hand experience as a competitor, and over a decade of hands-on teaching of thousands of students. She teaches 1 on 1, via her custom weekly group classes (at weeklyposing.com), and has created many custom courses and products to help competitors address specific posing issues and/or to simply gain that competitive edge in their shows. 

Michele is also a multiple business owner, including a Real Estate Broker/Agent and Professional Home Stager for 20 years, an RYT-200 Embodyoga instructor, a graduate of the John Casablanca's Modeling and Acting School, a published author, and has earned four nutrition and personal training certifications. She is also the host of "Everything Else" in Bodybuilding podcast where she educates on all the secrets to pre and post competition success. You can find her podcast on all major podcast platforms or go to: EEINBB.com
Nikki Cantleberry

Bikini & Wellness Posing Instructor & Stage Flow Specialist

Coach Nikki is an OCB Bikini Pro and the current Runner-Up Pro World Bikini Champion! Nikki's stage presence is so captivating, she has won multiple "best poser" awards.

Nikki focuses on fluid transitions and creating signature stage flow. Expect expert drills to help you look polished and connected through every movement — no stiffness, no hesitation, just effortless confidence.

Nikki is certified as a NCI nutrition coach and she is a virtual contest prep and lifestyle fitness and nutrition coach.

Nikki loves crazy thrilling adventures and traveling! She has been skydiving two times, including once in Hawaii. She has also been bungee jumping in Singapore!

Nikki says, " I am excited to be part of Learn To Pose Academy to help as many bodybuilding athletes feel as confident and amazing in their posing as they can! I want to help them learn how to pose the RIGHT way and make the standard of posing at shows much higher!"

Book a Posing Assessment with Coach Nikki

Susanne Shaw

Bodybuilding, Classic Physique, Women's Physique, Men's Physique & Figure Instructor

Over the course of her career, Coach Susanne has earned six pro cards across three federations. She has competed in multiple divisions including Bikini, Figure, Physique, and Fit Body.

Susanne helps you master muscle control, elevate your presentation, and guides you on how to step outside your comfort zone and look and feel more natural in your poses.

 Susanne has been self-coached for the majority of her career, which she says has deepened her understanding of the sport from both a physical and mental perspective. 

In 2017, she became certified in Sports Nutrition, further supporting her holistic approach to bodybuilding.

What sets Susanne apart is her versatility and adaptability as an athlete, having successfully competed—and won—in such a wide range of divisions. 

She is excited to be part of The Learn To Pose Academy because it’s more than just posing—it’s about mastering muscle control, elevating presentation, and stepping outside your comfort zone. 

Susanne says The Learn To Pose Academy "challenges athletes to grow not just as competitors but as confident performers, and I’m honored to be a part of that process."

Book a Posing Assessment with Coach Susanne

Dawn Graves

Bikini & Figure Posing Instructor & Stage Flow Specialist

Coach Dawn has been competing for 15 years across multiple federations. She competes in both the bikini and figure categories and earned her Pro Master's Bikini status in October 2022 with the USBF organization. In addition, Dawn has competed at WNBF World's Amateur twice.

Coach Dawn specializes in refining structural posing — angles, stance, and symmetry. She help you highlight your physique’s strongest points and correct the micro-details that make a champion’s presentation.
 
Dawn has been a critical care nurse in a Level 1 trauma center for almost 20 years (coming January 2026). She is a certified critical care RN through AACN (CCRN) and has taught at their national convention (NTI).
 
Dawn's uniqueness would most likely be her very eclectic taste in music and literature. She has a BS in English Literature, secondary education. When she discovered teaching high school English did not align with her, she worked a variety of jobs including personal trainer and fitness instructor, before ultimately finding her calling as a RN.
 
Dawn loves the nuances of posing and says she is, "excited to be a part of the Learn To Pose Academy to continue sharing my love of posing and soak in all the energy and knowledge that Michele brings to this niche."  
Amy King

Figure Specialist & 
Stage Flow Coach


Coach Amy King has been competing for 12 years, across Australia, the United States, and South-East Asia. She primarily competes under NPC Worldwide. Competitors working with her on posing get more than cues — they get an understanding of why the sequencing matters and how each skill builds on the last.

Before becoming a full-time coach, Amy spent over a decade in corporate leadership running billion-dollar projects in the mining industry — which most people don't expect from someone who spends her weekends on stage in a competition bikini. The crossover is more real than it sounds: resource management, high-pressure decision-making, competing stakeholder priorities. Prep is essentially a major project. She just happens to also be the project.

Amy joined LTPA in 2023 as a student — a competitor who wanted to actually get better at posing. When Michele mentioned she was looking to bring on new coaches, Amy reached out straight away. It was an easy yes. She'd found something that genuinely worked and wanted to be part of building it. The system made sense in a way that a lot of posing coaching doesn't — and she wanted to be able to deliver that properly to the competitors she works with.
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