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MCJROTC physical fitness team members in their Blues are ready to attend the awards banquet at the National Youth Physical Fitness Championships. From left to right are Daniel Reyes, Pedro Correa, Bowen Holbrook, Chris Dominguez, Chase Williamson, and Chris Armet.

FALLBROOK The MCJROTC physical fitness team from Fallbrook High School placed fifth in the nation at the National Youth Physical Fitness Championships held May 19-20 at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

The Fallbrook High squad had earned a trip to the national finals when it placed first in the Regional District 4 competition. Making its debut in the championships in its debut year, the Fallbrook team faced tough competition from schools that have been competing in the MCJROTC program for years.

A solid effort was given by all the young men, said Lt. Col. William L. Wade, USMC (Ret). Wade added that next year Fallbrook will bring both male and female teams to the competition.

Fallbrook High MCJROTC physical fitness team members perform arms crossed sit ups during the National Youth Physical Fitness Championships.

Members of the Fallbrook High MCJROTC physical fitness team battle in the pull up exercise during the National Youth Physical Fitness Championships.

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Have you ever noticed that some people struggle to lose weight while others seem to have no trouble maintaining a healthy body weight? Why is it that some people lack the motivation to exercise while others are cant seem to stop moving?

What about people who appear to have no interest in desserts while others have a sweet tooth? Why do overweight parents tend to have children who are also overweight?

The traditional answer is that some people lack willpower, which makes it more difficult for them to make healthier eating and activity choices. While motivation and dedicated effort are essential for making healthy choices, genetic research has resulted in the identification of a host of genes that appear to affect physical activity and eating habits, food preferences and responses to a diet or exercise program.

The link between genetics and obesity is not new. Decades ago researchers found that obesity tends to cluster in families. But is this due to shared genes or a shared environment? The answer is both, but heredity plays an important role.

Studies of siblings raised apart show that their body weight and fatness more closely resembled each other than the families they lived with. Other studies show wide variation in body weight among relatives, where some are obese but others are at a healthy weight. This suggests that although genes can predispose people to being overweight, personal behavior can modify this risk.

Genetic variations also explains why people respond to exercise training differently. Much of this knowledge comes from the Heritage Family Study, which examined body fatness, fitness and other health factors in more than 700 individuals from 130 families.

After completing the same exercise program, some people improved their fitness significantly while others experienced only a minor improvement. The prevailing explanation was that varying degrees of compliance accounted for these differences, but the Heritage study showed that genetic factors were at responsible for 40 to 50 percent of the variation in both initial fitness and improvement in fitness.

Your genes can also influence what you eat. Eating habits, including how much you eat as well as food preferences, are at least partly under the control of certain genes. Two separate genes that regulate appetite and the type of food people eat, have been identified.

This might explain why some people say they always feel hungry while others are satisfied after a small meal or why some people crave foods that are high in sugar and fat while others do not. Of course, what you eat is a behavior that you can control you are putting the food in your own mouth, right? but it is interesting to know that there are genetic factors that make these decisions more challenging for some.

Does this mean that healthy behaviors including eating and exercise are out of your control? Does it give you an excuse for being unhealthy? Absolutely not! Your genes may predispose you to certain health conditions, meaning you are at higher risk, but they do not predetermine your health.

The expression of these genes is modifiable by your environment and your behavior. Even though you may be at higher risk for obesity, you still need to eat too much and not be active enough to gain weight.

Be aware that too much varies greatly among people, so there is no single eating and activity pattern that applies to everyone. But knowing that you have a family history should give you even more motivation to eat a healthy diet and get regular exercise.

Brian Parr, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Exercise and Sports Science at USC Aiken where he teaches courses in exercise physiology, nutrition and health behavior. You can learn more about this and other health and fitness topics at http://drparrsays.com or on Twitter @drparrsays.

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HEALTH AND FITNESS: A healthy weight is in your genes - Aiken Standard

The third annual Bash Before the Stash at the Lawrenceburg Event Center June 2 drew community leaders, business representatives, Anytime Fitness members and participants in the next day's Mudstash at Perfect North Slopes, Lawrenceburg.

Anytime Fitness leaders host the event with all proceeds going to Safe Passage, the domestic violence shelter based in Batesville that provides emergency shelter, intervention and prevention programming to residents of Franklin, Ripley, Dearborn, Ohio, Switzerland and Jefferson counties.

Attendance for this years bash grew by 44 percent with some 375 people filling the large hall at the Event Center, reported Mary Mattingly, Safe Passage community outreach and communications director.

WLWT broadcaster Sheree Paolello emceed the dinner and the live and silent auctions. After a personal story presented by a Dearborn County domestic violence victim that drew a standing ovation, a seven-item live auction was held. A highlight during the auction was when the Anytime Fitness founders Chuck Runyon and Dave Mortenson challenged the audience to raise $5,000 for one of the big trips offered and they would match it by the same amount. The challenge was met by a Dearborn County businessman.

The auctions were followed by lively entertainment and requests from Chicagos Felix and Fingers dueling pianists.

Batesville resident John Spence, owner of several Anytime Fitness facilities, is on the board of Safe Passage, and spearheaded this successful fundraiser with support from his staff and business partner Michael Gelfgot. Spence commented that last year the foundation helped raise over $40,000 for the local shelter, and he believes the strong community and Anytime Fitness staff support will top that goal this year. (Official dollar numbers arent in yet.)

Safe Passage executive director Jane Yorn was overwhelmed with the response from Anytime Fitness and the community. Anytime Fitness puts on a first rate event, and the time and energy they donate to make it successful is just humbling. We at Safe Passage feel so very blessed to have such a caring partner in the community. The money raised from the Bash will go to prevention programming and support services for domestic violence victims.

Since the nonprofit was established in 1997, Safe Passage has helped free 10,000 victims and their children from a lifestyle of domestic violence. No fees are charged for shelter or outreach services, and 50 percent of the funding comes from private donations and fundraisers.

For more information on Safe Passage, go to the website at safepassageinc.org.

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There are about 4,000 Anytime Fitness members worldwide who received a tattoo of the companys logo, but the Concord Township location set a record by having the most members with these tattoos, said owner Anna Dey.

Anytime Fitness Concord Township has 36 devoted members with what is called the running man tattoo.

The running man tattoo is defined as a permanent reminder of ones commitment to health, happiness, and personal growth, achieved with the help of Anytime Fitness.

Each member who received a tattoo has a unique story, she said.

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Three members discussed their fitness journeys and what motivated them to get a running man tattoo.

Mentor resident Aimee Anderson said she struggled with her weight for years before deciding to make a change.

I started here in July 2014,she said. I was very overweight, considered obese. I had a breaking point where I said, I cant do this anymore going up stairs was hard, working was hard, life was just hard.

Anderson, who is 26 years old, said she was shy and apprehensive about joining a gym, but Dey and her father Von Hollingsworth encouraged and comforted her.

In about a year, I lost 100 pounds and I have maintained that for almost two years, she said. Not only was it a physical transformation, but I went from very shy and quiet to saying hello to everyone in the gym.

Surrounding Andersons running man tattoo is a quote stating, With pain comes strength.

She said Anytime Fitness Concord Township is different than any other gym and is like a family.

When I look at my tattoo, I realize that Im healthier than I ever been, said Lisa Courtney, who is a trainer at Anytime Fitness.

Courtney, who is now 53 years old, recovered from a heart attack about 10 years ago, stopped smoking cigarettes and lost about 45 pounds.

After achieving her health and fitness goals, she decided to help others get to a healthier place and that is when she became a trainer.

Rebecca Kucsma was her first client.

Kucsma also recently got the running man tattoo.

This is my first tattoo, she said. I never thought in my life that I would be a person to get a tattoo.

It represents perseverance.

Kucsma cared for her father for 10 years while working full-time and struggling with various health concerns.

She experienced severe depression and anxiety and underwent a surgical procedure that involved implanting electrodes in the brain.

Following the procedure, Kucsma was motivated to lose weight. She has lost a total of 65 pounds and remains dedicated to exercising five days a week.

This is so many peoples first tattoo, Dey said. Were not just reaching people who love tattoos, were reaching people that never in a million years thought they would get a tattoo, but they did something so significant personally that they want a permanent reminder.

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Some people had churchtheir fathers were pastors. My father was an officer in the Navy, so we had the gym.

Physical readiness is required for anyone in the military. There are fitness tests, whether youre pushing papers or slinging an M-16 at a checkpoint overseas. A sailors physical condition matters whether theyre in a combat zone or not. I still remember my father telling me, one night at dinner, that if they ran out of people at the front, eventually it would be his turn. Thats why were ready.

If you grew up in a military family, you understand being ready.

We were ready all the time, for everything. We were always 10 minutes early. We packed the day before air travel, and left with plenty of time to spare for security and tickets. I have no memories that include my parents forgetting to stow some needed piece of equipment, like a picnic knife or bottle opener. Always prepared.

My father taught me that readiness begins in the body. How will you defend yourself if youre not strong? He left the house at 4 a.m. every morning with a travel mug of black coffee, heading to the gym at the Pentagon. This was after a hip injury ended his running. The injury meant he was tied to the gyms machines, stationary bikes, and pool. It also meant that finally, I could keep up with him.

One of my earliest memories: I am in first grade. It is the balmy part of spring in Waldorf, Maryland. My father, impossibly tall, is putting on his grey running shoes. He is a marathoner. He has run over 100 races. He asks if I want to come with him. Its an easy one today, he says. Just a mile or so.

Thrilled, I stand in front of the closet in the bedroom I share with my sister. I agonize over what to wear, change clothes a few times, and finally pick a bright magenta and teal sweatsuit. My sneakers are battered, but I put them on anyway. I imagine myself in a photo, posed next to my dad. We have never done anything like this before. I think: He will be so proud of me. We will go running together all the time.

Instead, hes waiting on the sidewalk with his hands on his hips, wondering what took so long. Thats what youre wearing?

He shrugs, and sets off in an easy lope that, as an adult, I recognize as the slowest possible stride you can maintain without just reverting to walking in long steps. I pad alongside him, puppyish. The block where I practice riding my bikeit still has training wheels, much to my shameis longer than I thought, and in a few minutes I realize that the sweatsuit was a terrible idea. Im humid and my face feels sticky. I have never run like this, without joy or playfulness, at a steady pace. My father, the metronome, ticks on ahead and I fall behind him.

He circles back. If you cant keep up, you need to go home, he says.

I dont remember if I had an answer. He picked up speed at the corner and disappeared, never once looking back. I walked home crying, tore off the sweatsuit, and threw it on the floor. I refused to wear it again, even only the top or the bottoms, separately. Even when all my other clothes were dirty. Finally, I outgrew it. My mother packed it in a plastic bag and donated it to the VA.

But after the hip injury, he couldnt run away from me. Starting in high school, my father started taking me to the gym with him when he went on the weekends. He took me there on Take Your Child To Work Day, too. The Pentagon, as you might imagine, had an extremely nice, top-of-the-line facility in one of the buildings on its compound. It had just been remodeled.

The Pentagons gym used to be a simple, Soviet-style weight training room with a couple of treadmills, showers, and changing areas. The renovation transformed it into a glossy, futuristic training facility, like something from a sci-fi movie about athletes in space. A track, suspended over the main gym area, looped around the inside of the building. There were saunas and pressurized rooms, a rock climbing wall, and clean, new equipment that smelled of vinyl. I may be imagining these details, but it is more likely that I am not.

The Pentagon gym had a shallow pool which was not part of the renovation. Its water tasted like bleach and salt, and was dimly lit by greenish lamps at the end of each lane. My goggles fogged up. There was nothing to see, so it didnt matter. I did laps for an hour, too chicken to try a flip turn.

This was when I was still young and new to my body. I had a few years to go before femaleness caught up to me. My period hadnt started yet; my breasts were latent, not even in the bud stage. I was 510 already and very thin. Lean. In those days, it wasnt uncommon for strangers to ask me, Are you a boy or a girl?

Both. Neither. Do I have to choose? I couldnt ever give a straight answer, because I didnt have one. The words Im a girl stuck in my throat. I wasnt a girl. And, at that point in my life, I didnt have to be one. I could still be a child. I was comfortable with my otherness. All I cared about was becoming faster, stronger. I read fitness magazines and learned how to build muscles, how to use interval training to improve my sprints, and the importance of fasted cardio.

This was the era of female bodybuilding, the Miss Olympia competition, and American Gladiators. My dad gave me a poster of these formidable looking women, and I tacked it on my wall. They didnt look humantheir outfits were reminiscent of the comic book goddesses I loved, Wonder Woman and the Insect Queen. Their bleached teeth glittered. They wore bikinis and their breasts were eaten up by their pectorals. It was impossible to imagine them crying, or being afraid to walk to their car alone at night. It was never my aim to wear the suit of thick muscles these women did. But I envied their strength, and the freedom it gave them. They were more powerful than a man, even a very strong one. They had nothing to be afraid of.

My dad described these women as iron babes.

I got a book about swimming and worked at perfecting my form. Even wearing a womens swimsuit, I was called sir.

The swimming book suggested working on my cardiovascular endurance, so I ran in my neighborhood before school, 3 to 5 miles every day. I loved the way my feet hammered the sidewalk, making me feel like I was forged from iron. In PE, I did push-ups the regular way, never on my knees. I thought about the way my body could move through the water.

The nearby community center had an Olympic-sized pool. I got my first job there, as a lifeguard. I worked out in the community center gym before my shift and swam laps after it, when the pool was closed. I could swim from one end to the other underwater, holding my breath. I fantasized about joining a swim team. In my fantasy, my parents sat on the cold aluminum bleachers, their applause swallowed up by the water in my ears. In reality, sports were not a possibility for me, because the practices and matches conflicted with our familys schedule. I trained on my own. I found new ways to challenge myself.

For lifeguard drills, we practiced rescuing cinder blocks wrapped in duct tape from the deep end. It was supposed to simulate the dead weight of a drowned 350-pound person. Once wed dragged the block to the surface, we had to tread water for a minute or more, hoisting the prop overhead. Head and neck out of the water. Arms straight. I held the record for this. I would stare at the clocks long red minute hand, not caring that my arms and legs were burning. Pain is weakness leaving the body. I thought that, then. I still believed discipline was the pathway to love.

The girls around me were starting to soften, wear bras. Theyd stroke each others legs to admire their hairlessness, how close and smooth the shave was. They talked about boys. How many bases he got to. Who was a slut. I stayed separate from this. When I ran, or moved my body, I knew that what I looked like didnt matter. I was a verbnot a noun, like them.

A modeling agent scouted me based on my height, but it didnt go anywhere. I did not know how to pose like a girl. And I had those shoulders. I was long but not willowy. I was starting to look like my dad.

To me, queer was shorthand for the wilderness outside the dominant genders. Weird was another word for it. I was queer because I didnt belong in my cultures narrowly defined heterosexual roles. I didnt want to be straight, and straight people didnt want me on their team. I couldnt even pretend convincingly. In dresses or makeup, I looked more boyish than ever.

My body was made not for decoration but for performance. But I wasnt a guy, either. I didnt covet masculinity or the horrible, strangling privilege that came with it. Boy, or girl? I didnt belong in either locker room.

Trans is not short for transformation or even transition. Trans indicates the distance we travel from one point of gender expression to another, through the unmarked territory between male and female and all the other colors and shapes our identities take. I found that the further I got from the binary, the happier I was. I liked myself when I was other. Outside gender, I could be free.

At school, they called me a dyke and a faggot because I kissed girls and dated girls and I would fight you if you got in my face.

I played intramural football and basketball with a dozen guys my age, mostly black, all accepting of me. I went to my senior prom in a tuxedo; my date was a beautiful girl whose name I dont remember. I buzzed my hair off. I attempted to kill myself twice.

I kept running, lifting. Working. I stayed in the water as much as possible. I felt like there was a shadow in me, the true shape of myself. It kept surfacing even though I tried to push it down, back down into the depths.

Then, right after my high school graduation, my father was transferred to the Naval hospital in San Diego. The gym there was even nicer. I got a job in the civilian Human Resources office. My dad and I carpooled in the morningtwo travel mugs of coffee, slipping out the door like lanky ghosts. Those morning commutes are some of my favorite memories of my father. I dont remember if we bothered trying to talk to each other or if we just listened to NPR. In the gym, we went through our separate routines and said have a good day to each other on our way to the showers.

I was almost 18. My breasts had arrived and men looked at me differently. I took less pleasure in exercising where I could be seen. If I ran in the morning, around our neighborhood, I risked being yelled at. Chased. Grabbed. The gym was static, but it was well lit and safe.

At the hospital, someone who saw us together asked if I was my dads girlfriend. Whenever I went somewhere alone, strange men commented on my body. They told me what theyd like to do with my body. They told me what I was good for. I looked feminine enough, I guess. I felt like I was piloting a sex toythis beautiful, rubbery body with my brain inside of it. I walked and talked from deep inside myself, not understanding why nobody saw the weird, androgynous creature inside my shell.

Later, I learned about gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia, which are beautiful words that describe the horrible feeling of not being at home in your own body. Or your own body not being, in some way, a right extension of your personhood.

That is different from wishing you were taller, or less fat, or had a defined waist and less cellulite. Everyone, to some degree, wishes they could alter their appearance. That is not the problem I have. My body dysmorphia makes that desire to transform myself an imperativeif you dont change this, now, you will die. My body dysmorphia means that this woman-body I live in feels like an itchy costume. There are days when it is difficult to leave the house or even look in the mirror. I do not wish to be seen. I dont like my corporeality. It is painful to feel other peoples eyes on me.

At the same time, my gender dysphoria means that I feel pain because my body does not match the way I see myself. I do not want to be masculine, or live in a male body. Nor do I identify as femaleI have a womans body, but I am not a woman. In a perfect world, I dont have to choose boy or girl. I am neither: Im an athlete. A body in motion.

Short of surgery and hormonal treatment, I will always look feminine. The tools at my disposalexercise, diet, special clothes, a good barberonly take me so far. I have a soft face, full lips, delicate hands, and an hourglass figure. My body hair is light. Erasing these things would take me back in time, to the brief period of prepubescence when I was physically myself. There is no such thing as perfect androgyny, and as Ive aged, Ive found ways to modify and bind and dress myself to dampen the sense of wrongness I feel in the body Ive been given.

Many people do this. Their reasons are sometimes the same as mine.

I practice gratitude for my health, and I try to accept the way I look, the way I might be grateful for the gift of an ugly winter coat as the weather is turning cold. It doesnt suit me, but the alternative? To freeze.

I found ways to be more comfortable in this body of mine. I negotiate with my body dysmorphia and gender dysphoria on a daily basis. Getting to a place of acceptance usually necessitates being less comfortable first. But whats discomfort? After all, havent I spent the last two decades trying to build the body I wanted to live in? How many pull-ups have I done? How many squats? How many days without carbohydrates?

In the last 20 years, Ive run a distance greater than or equal to the Earths equator. If this was a fairy tale, I would have earned my wish long ago. And yet. I am 33 and still myself. If anything, every year I look less like the self I imagined I could become. Time is pulling me away from the bright, untouched body I used to call home.

Im losing my androgyny. But I still get called sir.

My father retired from the Navy in 2006, shortly after I graduated from college. There is a photo of us somewhere, sharing a cigar on the campus lawn. My diploma, in its dummy folder, lies in the grass. My father and I wear matching expressions of dissatisfaction. That year, he stopped working out. I havent been to the gym with him since. When I ask what hes doing for fitness, he shrugs. He walks a lot, he says. He might get a weight set. He does push-ups when he remembers. He tells me hes getting fat.

There is no way hes getting fat, I say.

And hes not. What he means is, I dont need to be ready. When we meet up in Portland, he compliments my fitness. My strength is apparent, and I have new definition in my abdominal and back muscles. Im trim now, built more like a boxer than someone who runs.

You should get back in the pool, he said to me once. You were a great swimmer. You had a movie star stroke.

Of all the things I was ready forthat was not one of them. I was not prepared for him to praise any little thing about me. I didnt expect to have a father who noticed.

But isnt that the first part of love? Because once theyve noticed, maybe theyll start to see youthe you that is sleek, strong, and beautiful. Whole and perfect. Your true self and its name. The self that you built to be a container for all that love.

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Julian Edelman praises Tom Brady's fitness guru for keeping him productive late in career Patriots Wire Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman recently signed an extension to stay with the team until 2019, which will bring him to the age of 33. Already in his thirties, Edelman is at risk for a steep decline, but his 2016 season was one of his most productive. and more »

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SpikeBoarding: A New Low-Impact Fitness Secret Wall Street Journal (subscription) SpikeBoarding: A New Low-Impact Fitness Secret. A St. Louis executive swears by the sport, which combines elements of Nordic skiing, skateboarding and stand-up paddling. By. Jen Murphy. June 17, 2017 7:00 a.m. ET ...

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Which way to Muscle Beach,Jonah Hill?

The Oscar-nominated funnyman was photographed leaving a Los Angeles gym on Friday afternoon, and we couldn't help but notice he's looking superbuff (yes that's aSuperbad pun) these days. Jonah's biceps were out for the world to see in a navy blue tank top, which he paired with black shorts,high socks and tennis shoes.

Safe to say this celeb is laying out by the pool this weekend.

TheWolf of Wall Street Star knows a thing or two about weight loss, and over the years has become famous for his fluctuating figure. After gaining 40 lbs. for 2015'sWar Dogs, Hill recruited his22 Jump Street co-star for some fitness and nutrition tips.

"I gained weight for this movie War Dogs, and then I wanted to get in better shape, so I called Channing Tatum, and said, 'Hey, if I ate less and go to a trainer, will I get in better shape?'" the comedian shared on The Tonight Show. To which he said the Magic Mike actor responded, "Yes, you dumb motherf--ker, of course you will, it's the simplest thing in the entire world.

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Jonah explained, "I went to this nutritionist, and he's like, 'Write down what you eat every day and email me.' I wrote down like yogurt, salad, chicken-whatever. He didn't email back. He usually says, 'OK' or something."

Turns out instead of his nutritionist, Jonah was sharing his weight loss secrets with music's biggest rapper. "It must have been 'D-R,' cause it was doctor, and I sent it to Drake," Jonah revealed.Oops...

Three years prior in 2012, he credited a strict (but delicious!) meal plan for helping him shed weight before shootingMoneyball."It was just mostly diet," he shared with ABC News. "I wish there was some crazy thing that I did, like a pill or a genie or something. But it was, unfortunately, I went to see a nutritionist, and he told me what to eat to change my habits and stuff. I found that Japanese food was very helpful to me."

Whatever Jonah is doing this time around, it's definitely working. Looking good!

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Social media can distract us, but when we pay attention to the right people it can become a powerful motivational force. There are thousands of fit copycats on Instagram. However, the best of them have inspired millions to pursue their own fitness journey and grow as people. They have created empires worth millions of dollars, but helped millions of people as well.

Fit mom Maria Kang became the subject of praise and controversy after a photo of her went viral on Facebook. The now famous photo pictured her in sports gear with her three children captioned with Whats your excuse?. Millions of Facebook users commended her achievement. However, there was also a massive backlash against the fit mom. Bitter netizens shamed her for body shaming and supposedly denying the fact some people did have excuses.

Despite the jealousy, thanks in part to the vial image Maria Kang has manage to make fitness a full time job. Her Instagram has over 71k likes. She released her first book, The No Excuses Diet, in 2015. She has created a non-profit company called the No Excuses Mom movement, which has established over 300 workout groups across the United States. Kang has even created her own fitness product, The Belly Ball.

Taiwanese internet fitness enigma Frank Yang is largely unknown to the mainstream fitness community, but has a cult following on the internet. Yang frequently posts videos on Youtube that range from informative to downright bizarre. Some of these video include Yang engaging in antics such as an 8000 calorie per day bulk, snorting creatine, and having sex in an alleyway (which got him arrested by the Taiwanese police). He has 40k followers on Instagram.

When he is not making Youtube videos or lifting, Yang plays violin and creates art. Although his content is often strange to say the least, Yang has inspired many people to begin their own fitness journeys. He also encourages his viewers to pursue self-improvement. He now resides in Rockville, Maryland.

Venezuelan fitness sensation Michelle Lewin is one of Instagrams most popular fitness models. She has over 12.2 million followers on the website. She was originally a fashion model, but became a fitness model after a friend suggested she try bodybuilding. Her powerful influence on the platform has helped her to create her own fitness empire. Lewin makes as much as $10,000 per post on Instagram.

After achieving Instagram fitness recognition, Michelle Lewin has pursued several other ventures. She has released the Lewin Fitness platform exercise machine as well as a line of branded supplements. Lewin regularly releases her workout plans on the fitness app FitPlan. In 2017, Forbes ranked her #4 in their list of top Fitness influencers. Lewin is 31 and has no plans to stop any time soon.

Some fitness personalities do not only push for healthy lifestyles, but also act as mentors to their followers. Elliott Hulse has been wildly popular with young men on Youtube since creating the channel in 2012. He is also the creator of the gym company Strength Camp. Hulse aims to build over 50 strength camps across the nation.

On Instagram Hulse posts workouts, vlogs, and life advice. He currently has over 184k followers. His social media popularity and years of building a career have prompted him to compile his knowledge into a book/self-improvement program called King as well.

Brazil is practically a factory for beautiful people. Brazilian model Alice Matos is yet another example of this. Her unique beauty has inspired millions of people. Even after a leg injury in 2016, she continued to exercise. Matos has over 1.6 million followers on her Instagram account.

Alice Matos has many sponsorships from multi-million dollar international brands such as Optimum Nutrition and Bodybuilding.com. Matos is often featured on TV in her home country of Brazil. She has created her own clothing line, La Bella Mafia, which she calls a hardbody clothing line.

Young natural fitness star Timucin Timu Emre Gl has already established a massive following on the Instagram fitness community at just 24 years old. Originally born in Turkey, he currently resides in the Netherlands. Timu excelled at football from an early age, but his path changed after his parents thought his career would impact his education. Heartbroken by the decision, he channeled his anger into bodybuilding and found an even stronger addiction as a result.

Timu now maintains a steady income stream from his Instagram and Youtube uploads. He has been sponsored by top fitness brands and regularly appears at fitness conventions. His favorite exercises are the big three the squat, deadlift, and bench press.

What started as a fitness consulting business is now a 46 million dollar fitness empire. Kayla Itsines has made a fortune off of helping others achieve their goals. What separates the young Australian athlete from other Instagram fitness personalities is her focus on others, rather than only posting content related to herself. Her Instagram fitness popularity skyrocketed due to her posting photos of her clients progress. She currently has 7 million followers.

Itsines has created her own mobile fitness consulting and training business. She has ran it since before becoming popular. She has even released her own app called Sweat With Kayla. Subscribers pay $20 per month to access the diets and workouts used by Itsines herself. Itsines now lives in New York City.

Bulgarian fitness model Lazar Angelovs washboard abs have made waves throughout the Instagram fitness community. that fitness enthusiasts spend their entire lives working for. Angelov advocates lifting for aesthetics, not just size. He is by far the most popular male fitness model on Instagram with 5.3 million followers. He has 13 million followers on Facebook.

Lazar Angelov has played basketball professionally for over 10 years. He has created his own fitness consulting company and has helped millions get a body like his. Lazar Angelov has achieved his physique without using steroids.

Former NFL cheerleader Jamie Eason is an icon for millions of women. After her career as a cheerleader, she discovered she had a passion for fitness. She eventually became a model and spokesperson for Bodybuilding.com. Eason became so popular that she is now known as the female face of the website.

Despite being 41 and having given birth, Jamie Eason still looks healthy and young. She regularly posts workout articles on bodybuilding.com. Eason also receives a large amount of money for posting Instagram fitness content.

8x Mr. Olympia Winner and unstoppable force Ronnie Coleman is considered by many to be the greatest bodybuilder of all time. He is 63 and 230lbs of solid muscle. Coleman is respected for his relentless work ethic and incredible feats of strength. He is known for his catchphrase Yeah Buddy! as well as his famous quote, Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, but nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight!

Now retired, Coleman continues to lift. He created Coleman Nutrition in 2010. Coleman is worth 10 million from his bodybuilding career, sponsorships, and his nutrition business. He has 1.9 million followers on Instagram.

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Virginia Beach's God Body Squad forges faith, fitness, and fun wtkr.com Starting in 2012 with a handful of members, the group has grown in size and since the opening of the Hillier Fitness Park on the beach, it's given the group a central location to get fit. "This is like church for me, and a lot of these guys," said ...

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