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Bill Kirby Jr.: Healthy lifestyle, fitness champion says, is an investment in yourself – Fayetteville Observer

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Daybreak comes early for this young woman, the wife of an Army helicopter pilot.

You'll find Tanner Randles up at 5:30 a.m. working out, or helping someone else live a healthier way of life.

When you take care of yourself, you invest in yourself, your family and your friends, says Randles, 25, a wellness and fitness trainer at the YMCA North Branch on Ramsey Street.

She's passionate about fitness, nutrition and good health.

And that passion has paid dividends for the Greensboro native, who on April 8 won the National Physique Committee-N.C. State Championship bikini body-building competition in her height division, then followed that with a runner-up finish in the NPC-Junior USA competition on May 20 in Charleston, South Carolina. Her dream is to earn a professional body-building card and one day compete in the Olympia Women's Bikini Fitness and Performance competition, which is held annually in Las Vegas.

While in college, I wanted an escape, says Randles, who graduated in 2014 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with degrees in political science and environmental sustainability. I started fitness classes. When I started I couldn't run a mile without giving out of breath. Then I started lifting weights and someone asked me if I would like to compete.

Now she is a champion.

The Olympia stage in Las Vegas it's on my bucket competition list, she says. I believe in myself, and I have an amazing coach.

J.J. Henry believes in his student, too.

We're a small town, but we're putting our name on the map, and (the) one doing that for us is Tanner Randles, says Henry, who owns the Fit Factory on Raeford Road. She's the real deal and hasn't even reached her full potential. She has only been competing a year. She is a tireless worker, and she is cultivating the seeds of greatness.

When Randles isn't in training herself, you'll find her training others who aspire to live healthy.

I have eight clients from their 20s to their 80s, she says.

Not all of us wish to be body-builders or body-building champions. But like Randles says, healthy living is an investment in yourself.

They just don't know where to start, she says. The Y is a great place. There was one lady who said she thought she would be more tired, but actually said she had more energy. It's a combination of things, and feeding your body clean energy and not putting junk in your body.''

Fitness and wellness classes, Randles says, can include everything from stretching and weight training to dancing anything that keeps you moving and off the sofa with a soft drink or a bag of potato chips within your grasp.

And a good way to get into an exercise regimen is with others.

Your work group is a community itself, and holding one another accountable, Randles says. You have to stay positive. Too many people give up on themselves. But it takes time and consistency. See it as an investment in yourself. What you are doing will affect you five and 10 years from now, and the people around you.

Bill Kirby Jr. can be reached at bkirby@fayobserver.com or 486-3571.

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Bill Kirby Jr.: Healthy lifestyle, fitness champion says, is an investment in yourself - Fayetteville Observer

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