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RI woman, local instructor a finalist for ‘Women’s Health’ Next Fitness Star – Fall River Herald News

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Deborah Allard Herald News Staff Reporter @debsallard

A passion for fitness, hard work, and muscle has put Angela Gargano on the cover of Womens Health magazines July/August issue, now on store shelves.

Gargano, 27, of Cranston Rhode Island, is one of five finalists in the magazines fifth annual search for the next Fitness Star. Shes the only contestant in New England.

This is like the coolest thing ever, Gargano said.

Gargano, with a degree in biology and chemistry, gave up her pharmaceutical career to follow her heart and became a personal trainer in Rhode Island gyms. She opened her own gym, AGAthletics in Cranston last Wednesday, and is also teaching a class at Prestige Fitness and Gymnastic in Swansea later this month.

Gargano, who has always been athletic, remembers a time when it wasnt fashionable for a girl to be strong.

She was bullied and called man arms when she was in the fifth grade.

My arms were muscular, she said. People didnt really understand that.

She covered her arms so the kids wouldnt make fun of her.

I was literally just wearing hoodies ... even when it was 90 degrees, Gargano said.

But Gargano learned to embrace, and cultivate, her strength.

She grew up in New Jersey, and was captain of the gymnastics team as a student at Rhode Island College. That all changed when she suffered an ACL tear of a main ligament in her knee.

After being told her future as a gymnast was over, she turned to a personal trainer and began strength building.

It opened the door to fitness beyond gymnastics, Gargano said. As I got older, I learned my strength is the best part of myself.

Gargano said she teaches and trains people of all ages and fitness levels in her classes, helping them to find their outer and inner strength.

She was chosen as a Womens Health magazine Fitness Star finalist because of her tenacity, passion, empowering personal story and incredible workouts, according to a Womens Health statement.

Gargano is a certified personal trainer, Fitness and Bikini Professional and a featured fitness model.

Shes been in numerous fitness competitions and was a qualifier on America Ninja Warrior a couple of years back. She leads boot-camp-style workouts and a Sunday Shred.

Things keep growing and growing, Gargano said.

She said the best part of being chosen as a Womens Health finalist was meeting the four other finalists during the March photo shoot in New York. She said they share a common belief in good nutrition, natural fitness and how it leads to living a good life.

Strong looks good, but it feels even better, Gargano said.

The other four finalists are Lana Titus, of Los Angeles, California, Denise Harris, of Brooklyn, New York, Darcey Wion, of Columbus, Ohio, and Betina Gozo, of Portland, Oregon.

The women will compete for the title of 2017 Next Fitness Star and the opportunity to star in a Womens Health workout video series.

Readers and fans can visit WHNextFitnessStar.com to watch videos of each finalist and vote for their favorite.

After the votes are tallied, the magazines panel of expert and celebrity judges will decide who should be crowned the 2017 Next Fitness Star.

Voting is open now through Aug. 4. The winner will be revealed on CBSs The Insider on Tuesday, Aug. 22.

Visit http://www.agathletics.com to learn more about fitness classes.

Email Deborah Allard at dallard@heraldnews.com.

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RI woman, local instructor a finalist for 'Women's Health' Next Fitness Star - Fall River Herald News

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