Hillsborough Personal Trainer, Body Builder Needs Your Votes

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — Shannon Kelly, a personal trainer, health coach and body builder, is competing to be Ms. Health & Fitness 2018 for Muscle & Fitness Hers magazine.

Kelly is from Somerville and trains locals at her studio For The Love Of Sweat out of a location at 170 Township Line Road in Hillsborough. She has made it into the top one percent who registered to compete for the title of Ms. Health & Fitness 2018 for the magazie Muscle & Fitness Hers.

She has until Thursday, Aug. 2 at 11 p.m. to get her votes in, then she will advance into the final 12. If she wins the final round, Kelly will be featured in a two-page spread and get a cash prize of $20,000. Locals can support her by voting here.

Kelly’s love of fitness began as a child as she was always active having two older brothers. Her mom was also big into aerobics and her dad was an avid runner and baseball coach.

“I started cheerleading and running cross country and track,” Kelly said. “Then I got into Taekwondo where I got a brown belt and then wanted to get into more intensity training and body building.”

She started teaching fitness classes and then became certified to train others. She eventually began her body building career.

“It fuels me everyday to help people,” Kelly said. “It really is such a service, I feel good and other people feel good. It’s a snowball effect.”

Kelly is hoping to inspire other women not to be afraid of body building.

“Strong is beautiful, strong is sexy,” Kelly said. “You can still be strong and have muscles and be super pretty.”

Now Kelly needs your vote to continue on with her passion. Locals can vote here. For more information on Kelly and her fitness career visit fortheloveofsweat.com or facebook.com/sweatwithshan.

(Images via Shannon Kelly with permission)

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