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BLOOMINGTON When Molly McNamee was growing up in Bloomington-Normal, she was all about fitness.

Since relocating to Los Angeles several years ago to pursue a dance career, she has become a fitness professional, doing personal training and teaching fitness classes throughout the L.A. area.

That means McNamee, who turns 25 on Saturday, has a perspective into differences between fitness in Southern California and Central Illinois. Those differences are highlighted in the accompanying story.

"I have a passion for fitness and I want everyone to experience that," McNamee said by phone from L.A. last week.

As a child, she competed at Stacy's Dance Factory and Gymnastics Etc. In high school, she danced with three companies and her high school dance team.

"Fitness always has been a part of my life," she said. "I stuck with it because I enjoyed it."

After graduating from Normal Community High School in 2010, she attended Illinois State University for one year as a dance major before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a dance career.

"I wanted to move to something bigger. This is where the commercial dance industry is," she said.

She moved in 2011, began auditioning for musical artists and trained with choreographers at several L.A. studios while teaching dance to children and adults and performing as a dancer.

Shortly after arriving in L.A., "I began going to the gym and enjoyed it," McNamee said.

"The move (to L.A.) was a lot," she admitted. "I was truly alone. When I went to the gym, I met other people and it provided stress relief."

She attained her personal training certificate from the National Academy of Sports Medicine in 2013 and began working as a personal trainer.

"I found a passion for fitness and helping people," she said. "Seeing the changes (weight loss, muscle growth, stress relief and reduced pain) in my clients helped me to realize "Hey, I'm pretty good at this.'"

McNamee attained other certifications, including as a corrective exercise specialist (for people dealing with pain or recovering from injury), core specialist and yoga and boot camp instructor.

In 2014, she started her own business, MFit, offering personal training and small group training in parks and in peoples' homes, and yoga and boot camp classes in several studios in the L.A. area. She recently expanded into online training.

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Fitness passion brings hope - Bloomington Pantagraph

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