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Name: Myriah Myers Nickname: Mimi Preferred pronoun: I am okay with they/them and she/her. I identify as non-binary. Age: 26 Location: I live in the Whittier/Wedge neighborhood, a block away from the Movement! Movement Minneapolis member since: September 2016 What’s your athletic/fitness background?  One could say my athletic background is the absence of one, really. I had

Adam Greenwald Location: Loring Heights in Minneapolis Movement Minneapolis member since: May 2016 What’s your athletic/fitness background? I played soccer and tennis all through school with occasional bouts of lifting at the YMCA. What brought you to the Movement? Do you remember your first workout and what you thought of it? I was at Vinna Fitness downtown

Name: Rebecca Age: 31 Location: Northeast Movement Minneapolis member since: June 2015 What’s your athletic/fitness background? Does playing the piano count? What brought you to the Movement? Do you remember your first workout and what you thought of it? Fate? I used to live in an apartment on the street behind Rudolph’s. The Movement was the closest gym to

Name: River Cook Age: 40 Location: Minneapolis Movement Minneapolis member since: April 2013 What’s your athletic/fitness background? I was sporty as a kid, then dabbled in weighlifting and kettlebells through college and beyond, with lots and lots of bike riding. Then I found CrossFit, which was great to learn skills and challenge myself physically and

Name: Bridget McGinnis Nickname: B Age: 42 Location: SW Minneapolis Movement Minneapolis team member since: Aug 2012 Role at the Movement: Movement Coach What’s your athletic/fitness background? B.A. in Dance, triathlete, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, strength training. What brought you to The Movement? Mark brought me to The Movement for rehabbing my knee. I remember thinking that that

Name: Jennifer Worley Nickname: Jen Age: 42 Location: Minneapolis Movement Minneapolis team member since: February 2013 Role at the Movement: Yoga Coach What’s your athletic/fitness background? I have been active all my life, with significant intermittent gaps. I swam competitively in high school, and was the only girl in my grade to sign up for an elective

Name: Macarena Corral Age: 33 Movement Minneapolis team member since: 2012 or 2013? Role at the Movement: Yoga Coach What’s your athletic/fitness background? I completed my 200-hour yoga teacher certification in 2010 and began teaching shortly after. I have been trained in Vinyasa, Sculpt, and Clubbell Yoga. What brought you to The Movement? Do you remember

Name: Jennifer Blake Nickname: JVB, JVBeezy, JBreezy. I have so many but I welcome more. Age: 38 Location: Roseville Movement Minneapolis team member since: January 2013 Role at the Movement: Lead Coach for Wx and Movement Minneapolis Barbell What’s your athletic/fitness background? I am what one might consider a late bloomer when it comes to exercise. I

Name: Kate Gallagher Nickname: kmg Age: 31 Location: Minneapolis Movement Minneapolis team member since: September 2015 Role at the Movement: Movement Trainer What’s your athletic/fitness background? Team sports weren’t my jam as a youth or teen, but I did get cajoled into being on the diving team for my high school from 7th-10th grade because there was