POWERFUL AND I DON’T THINK MOST WOMEN EVER KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE AND IT’S A SHAME.
>> KIRSTIN O’CONNER, GETTING
RESULTS, NEWS 6.
>> SPEAKING A POWERHOUSE
SHELLEY CANNON JOINS US LIVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> WHAT A STORY AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU’RE AN INSPIRATION.
>> I DON’T REALIZE IT UNTIL I
SEE IT ALL PUT TOGETHER LIKE
THAT IS A LOT.
>> YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.
SO HOW HAS IT BEEN GETTING BACK
INTO THE GYM NOW THAT YOU FEEL
BETTER AND YOU WANT TO HIT THE
GROUND RUNNING.
>> I HAVE A WHOLE NEW
MOTIVATION NOW BECAUSE UP UNTIL
JUST LAST WEEK I WANTED TO GET
TO WHERE I USED TO BE.
I WANT TO GET CLOSE TO WHAT I
USED TO DO AND I FINALLY GOT MY
BENCH PR OF 200 POUNDS LAST
WEEK WHICH HAD BEEN WORKING ON
FOR SIX YEARS.
SO NOW I CAN ACTUALLY START TO
GET PAST BOARD WAS AND THAT IS
SUPER EXCITING.
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT THE LINK
BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL STAMINA
AND THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL
AND THAT WHOLE LINK AND HOW YOU
CAME THROUGH YOUR BATTLE?
>> I REALLY THINK MENTAL
FORTITUDE AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH
GO HAND-IN-HAND MORE THAN
PEOPLE REALIZE.
EVERY TIME THAT YOU PUT THIS
CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF YOU AND
YOU BEAT IT AND YOU LIKE I DID
THAT.
IT KEEPS BUILDING.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU DON’T
HAVE THINGS HAPPEN TO ME OR A
VICTIM MENTALITY IT’S MOLECULAR
THE HERO IN YOUR STORY.
AND WHEN YOU TALK YOU CAN HEAR
IT COME OUT THAT I AM IN
CONTROL AND I CAN DO ANYTHING.
I FEEL LIKE THAT IS TRUE
STRENGTH AND IT’S NOT LIMITED
TO PHYSICAL.
IT IS SNOWING NO MATTER WHAT
COMES AT YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT
ONLY COME OUT OKAY BUT YOU ARE
ACTUALLY GOING TO THRIVE.
EVERYONE OF THESE HAVE COME UP
BETTER THAN I WAS BEFORE.
IT IS LIKE A STEPPINGSTONE
INSTEAD OF STUMBLING BLOCK.
TRUE STRENGTH.
>> DO YOU FEEL LIKE GETTING
BACK INTO THE GYM.
THE GOAL HAS ALSO COULD HAVE
HELPED YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE
PROCESS OF YOUR SURGERIES.
WE HAD A GUEST, I THINK A
COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT HE DID A
TRIATHLON AFTER PROSTATE
CANCER.
AND HE WAS SAYING WAS THAT
MOTIVATION, THE END GOAL THAT
HELPED HIM THROUGH.
DO YOU FEEL THAT WAY TOO?
>> DEFINITELY, YES.
IT IS FUNNY TWO WEEKS AFTER MY
SURGERY.
I HAD MISSED MASTECTOMY ON THE
LEFT AND I WAS DOING ALL THIS
RESEARCH AND HOW TO MAINTAIN MY
MUSCLE IN MY STRENGTH.
I WAS IN THERE WITH DUMBBELLS
DOING THE RIGHT THERE,
SURPRISINGLY EVEN IF YOU ONLY
WORK THE OTHER SIDE, THE OTHER
ONE MAINTAINS ARE SOMETIMES
GROSS MUSCLES.
SO TWO WEEKS OUT I WAS LIKE HOW
CAN I MAKE THIS WORK AND HOW
CAN I GET AHEAD.
IT IS VERY MOTIVATING FOR ME TO
HAVE SOMETHING ON THE COUNTER
TO WORK TOWARDS.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON’T
REALLY HAVE THAT AND IT KEEPS
YOU MOVING FORWARD AND FOCUSED
ON SOMETHING.
>> THIS IS CREATED A PASSION
FOR YOU WITH BOLDNESS AND AS A
WHOLE LOOKING AND EVEN FROM THE
US ABOUT THAT.
>> I ENDED UP GOING TO A
RETREAT, A CANCER TREATMENT
CENTER N SOUTH FLORIDA.
A NATURAL ONE BECAUSE I WAS NOT
DOING CHEMO OR RADIATION.
I DID A TWO WEEK VERY INTENSIVE
PROGRAM FOCUSING ON HEALTH AND
HEALING YOURSELF WITH YOUR MIND
AND LEARNED SO MUCH.
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SHARE
WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE I THINK
PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA THAT
CERTAIN THINGS CAN BE CAUSING
CANCER AND THEY ARE JUST
THINKING IT’S TOTALLY OKAY.
LIKE WEARING REGULAR DEODORANT
IS A CANCER-CAUSING AGENT AND
NO ONE KNOWS THAT.
PART OF WHAT I WANT TO DO IS
HELP TO EDUCATE AND INSPIRE
PEOPLE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO
TURN THE TRAINING EVEN IF IT
SEEMS SCARY BECAUSE IT WILL
ACTUALLY END UP THE THING THAT
SAVES YOU.
AT LEAST IT HAS BEEN A CASE.
>> IF THERE IS SOMEONE AT HOME.
MALE OR FEMALE DEALING WITH
BREAST CANCER AND SAYS MAYBE
THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN WORK
TOWARDS.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO START FROM
SCRATCH.
>> DEFINITELY.
THAT IS THE COOL THING ABOUT
POWERLIFTING IS THERE ARE
REALLY NO BARRIERS.
THERE ARE 70-YEAR-OLD WOMEN
DOING IT.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO TRY OUT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO START WORKING
TOWARDS IT AND THEN EACH
COMPETITION YOU MAY NOT WIN AT
THE BEGINNING BUT THE GOAL IS
TO BE WHAT YOU DID BEFORE WHICH
IS HUGE.
WHAT SPORT DOES THAT?
>> YOU’RE IN COMPETITION WITH
WELCOMES EVERYONE.
IT IS A VERY COOL SET OF.
>> YOU ARE INSPIRED TO START
YOUR OWN COMPANY AS WELL.
WHAT IS THAT BEEN LIKE YOU,
>> IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND.
JUST FOR A COUPLE WEEKS IT’S
ALL COMING TOGETHER SO FAST.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO DO FITNESS
RETREATS WHERE PEOPLE WHO DO
WANT TO GET STARTED OR EVEN
PEOPLE WHO ARE ESTABLISHED BUT
WHEN A TRAIN WAS SOMEONE
SPECIAL I WOULD LIKE US ALL TO
GO AS A GROUP TO MAYBE COSTA
RICA AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND
TRAIN TOGETHER AND SPEND A GOOD
IMMERSION IN THIS LIFESTYLE AND
SEE WHAT IT’S REALLY LIKE.
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY WILL
FALL IN LOVE WITH IT AND WILL
TAKE OFF FROM THERE.
>> WORKING IN MIND, BODY AND
SOUL.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EVERYTHING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US AND GOOD LUCK ON YOUR
CONTINUED JOURNEY.
>> I APPRECIATE IT.
>> GOOD LOOK AT THE NEXT