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The local Anytime Fitness franchise is now in the hands of a Marion local, Kandy Morrell.

Kandy became the official owner of Anytime Fitness on Oct. 21 and said she is busy learning the ropes and planning for the future of the fitness club.

After being a member of the club for a while, Kandy said she was in a car accident on her birthday and another car accident a month later, which left her unable to work out for a brief period of time.

Kandy said she was encouraged to go to physical therapy, but instead began working with an Anytime Fitness physical trainer.

In that process, I gained a lot of weight, Kandy said. Then I get another trainer and lost 35 pounds.

Kandy said she is working toward losing 25 more pounds, but hopes her story inspires others who have similar goals.

People can see my story and have hope that if I can do it, you can do it too, she said.

The key to reaching health goals, Kandy believes, is in community support.

I wasnt able to achieve it on my own, she said. I needed a coach that believed in me. That helped me bounce back.

One of the main changes Kandy hopes to make is bringing this location to the standard of the franchise with renovations to the space and introducing a personal training program, she said.

Were moving it into the 2019-20 model of the club, Kandy said.

The new model includes team training of groups of eight to 15 people, small group training with two to four people and one-on-one personal training.

We believe that healthy happens with commitment and a coach, Kandy said.

Every Anytime Fitness membership comes with a coach and an app that allows trainers to keep in touch with their members, give them a meal plan and give them exercises to do on their own, Kandy said.

(The app helps) to keep in touch with the members and identify health goals and make sure that they are on target to reach those goals on a realistic and effective way, she said.

Kandys family is heavily involved in the Marion community, and she said she hopes to bring a community and family feeling to Anytime Fitness.

Kandy was raised in Marion, attended Indiana Wesleyan University and is now the assistant pastor at Living Water Apostolic Church.

Im a Marion girl, she said.

Kandy said she hopes the gym can organize community projects in Marion, and she plans to offer free outside workouts on Saturdays in May.

Hopefully we can come together to do some community projects to make the community a better place, she said.

Ronald Douglas Morrell, Jr., Kandys nephew, is the membership experience manager at Anytime Fitness.

This will be one of the only gyms to be owned by somebody who lives in the city, Ronald said. We want to offer a more hometown feel like a unique experience for a gym that hasnt happened anywhere else.

Karlton Morrell, the club manager and Kandys nephew, said he already sees a great community at Anytime Fitness and is looking forward to seeing it grow.

Id like to see that community grow and not just be a passing gym, but to really know these members and to be able to build this community here, he said.

Karlton said he is new to working out in a gym like Anytime Fitness.

I know theres a lot of people who have come in saying that they have never been in a gym before, Karlton said. So (I hope) to grow with individuals like that as well.

According to Kandy, the target market for the club is the beginner workout person, like Karlton.

If I can do this, you guys can do it as well, Karlton said.

The slogan for Anytime Fitness is Lets make healthy happen, Kandy noted.

We all have health goals that we want to reach and we want to do it together, Kandy said.

One of the gyms faithful members, Jarrod Renfrow, said he is glad Kandy took over the gym.

I like Kandy, Renfrow said. Shes been super nice so far in accommodating me. Any time Ive ever had a question, she answers it.

Renfrow said he moved to Marion three months ago and has been enjoying the boxing room and the 24-hour gym access.

Kandy said she plans on remodeling the gym to bring it up to the franchise standard, which includes a purple turf floor and a functional space for the training program.

I think the place is going to look real nice when the renovations are over, Renfrow said. I hope to continue to keep coming here when thats all said and done.

Renovations have begun, but it will take Kandy some time to make the changes to the space.

We got a lot of work to do, Kandy said.

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