NATURAL FIT
SISTERS
Bonded in blood and iron, Hilary and Hanna
show the power of a strong partner.
By Mike Carlson
Photography by Binais Begovic
F
or Hilary Grant and Hanna McCabe,
fitness runs in the family. Figure and
Bikini pros and full-blooded siblings,
the two form the social media phe-
nomenon they call the Natural Fit Sisters.
Hilary Grant is the older sister and
tends to be a calming influence on her
fiery sister. Five-foot-four, blonde, and
voluptuous, she made a return to the
stage after taking years off to raise chil-
dren. When she and her husband started
the supplement company Gains in Bulk,
it reintroduced her to competitive fitness
shows, and the bug to compete bit her
once again.
“I always worked out, but I kind of let
the athlete in me go by the wayside,”
Grant says. “I lost some weight, but it
was more about regaining that muscle
that I once had. It was a journey. It was
probably a year between deciding to
compete and getting onstage. It was a
year of getting things straight again.”
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With bright red hair and a statuesque
6’1” height, Hanna McCabe stands out
in a crowd. The younger sister and the
youngest of the six siblings, she followed
her sister to the stage.
“Hilary was an influence in fitness
for me,” McCabe says. “She started
competing when I was in high school. I
always looked up to her for that. When
she re-entered after having a family, it
inspired me to get going. I thought if I
committed to a show, it would help me
lose weight. I lost 55 pounds in nine
months.”
Don’t let their unique off-the-charts
sex appeal fool you. The Natural Fit
Sisters ooze value and integrity in every-
thing they do. They compete in drug-test-
ed shows, are all about family, and their
favorite demographic to inspire are
moms who can’t find the time to train.
Even their villainous alter egos tend to be
on the heroic side.