ERICA HAS THEIR STORY.
>> IT'S 5:15 A.M. IN WORCESTER.
COLD.
DARK.
AND QUIET OUTSIDE.
BUT INSIDE, 333 SHREWSBURY STREET, HEART RATES ARE RISING.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE ME TODAY.
REPORTER: THE WARM-UP UNDER WAY, FITNESS COACH KELLY TYAN HAS QUITE THE WORKOUT SET.
>> YOU KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED.
REGULAR BOOT CAMP CLASS CHANGE ALL THE TIME WITH ONLY ONE CONSTANT, THE CHALLENGE.
>> ONE ROUND.
NARROW SQUATS THE SECOND.
MONDAYS YOU'RE DOING LEGS.
WEDNESDAYS IT'S UPPER BODY.
AND THEN FRIDAY, IT IS A FULL WORKOUT.
IT'S ALL WOMEN.
AND A COMMUNITY.
REPORTER: PART OF THAT COMMUNITY, MASSACHUSETTS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR KAREN POLITO, MAKING IT LOOK EASY.
KETTLE BELLS, DEAD LIFTS, BURPEES AND TYAN KEY SHE SAYS TO STARTING HER DAY RIGHT.
>> IF YOU CAN BE STRONG, AND FIT, AND HEALTHY, THEN YOU CAN -- YOU CAN CONQUER ANYTHING.
A LOT OF THE WRK THAT I DO, I REALLY FEEL I NEED TO BE READY TO GO.
SHE DOES THAT FOR US.
>> AS YOU PUSH IT UP: REPORTER: BEING A FITNESS INSTRUCTOR AND A HEALTH COACH WIFE AND MOTHER OF TWO SHE WAS ALWAYS AN EXERCISE ENTHUSIAST BUT WORKED AS A FIFTH GRADE
TEACHER AND WENT INTO NETWORK MARKETING WITH MARY KAY AND FOUND SHE LOVED MOTIVATING A TEAM OF WOMEN.
>> I HAD A FRIEND THAT WAS OPENING THE GYM.
AND I SAID, MAYBE I'LL TRY AND -- EMPOWERING WOMEN IN THE FITNESS AREA BECAUSE I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
AND MY FRIEND SAID YOU CAN START A CLASS.
AND I SAID, PERFECT.
I'M GOING TO CALL KELLY'S BOOT CAMP.
REPORTER: BUT RIGHT THEN CAME A AT 34 SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
>> LIFE STOPS FOR A QUICK MINUTE.
BUT I KNEW I ALREADY COMMITTED THROUGH.
NOTHING WAS GOING TO STOP ME.
I'M ALL ABOUT PERSEVERANCE.
REPORTER: THAT INNER STRENGTH IS A TRAIT TYAN SHARES WITH ONE OF HER BEST FRIENDS.
HEATHER MONAHAN.
>> I'VE BEEN DIVORCED.
I'VE HAD SO MANY CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY.
HOWEVER, THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES ALLOWED ME TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES.
REPORTER: MONAHAN AND TYAN GREW UP IN WORCESTER TOGETHER AND FIND THEMSELVES ON A SHARED MONAHAN RECENTLY SELF-PUBLISHED HER FIRST BOOK.
"CONFIDENCE CREATOR." >> I WAS IN CORPORATE AMERICA FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
AND HAD ASCENDED TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
AND I DECIDED I WANTED TO COMPLETELY TROY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND SHARE MY STORY WITH THE WORLD.
REPORTER: PART OF THAT STORY, THE TOOLS SHE SAID WORKED FOR HERSELF.
SPEAKING CIRCUIT AND IN THE 43 CHAPTERS IN HER BOOK.
>> I REALLY TOOK THOSE 43 CHAPTERS TO SAY, HERE'S 43 DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN RESPOND TO THIS ADVERSITY AND CHALLENGES AND BUILD YOURSELF BACK UP.
REPORTER: HER BOOK WAS A NUMBER ONE RELEASE ON AN ZON IN MOTIVATION AND IMPROVEMENT AND ALREADY WORKING ON BOOK TWO.
>> YOUR UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS AND MADE YOU SUCCESSFUL HERE AND BE JUST AS SUCCESSFUL IF NOT MORE.
REPORTER: WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM THE INSIDE OUT, COMPLEMENTING TYAN'S EFFORTS WORKING FROM THE OUTSIDE IN.
>> WE REALLY HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING WOMEN UP.
THESE WOMEN ARE JUST WALKING AWAY FROM THE CONVERSATION FEELING BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES.
REPORTER: DALE LEWIS JEAN STEWART HAS BEEN WORKING WITH TYAN FOR AT YEARS.
>> KELLY IS ACTION.
NOT JUST WORDS.
SHE MODIFIES, EXERCISES FOR YOU.
AND CALLS YOU AT HOME.
SHE TEXTS YOU AFTER THE WORKOUT.
>> GIVE ME SOME.
GIVE ME SOME.
THANKFUL.
>> EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE A STRONG WOMAN, RIGHT?
BUT THE TIMES WHERE YOU ACTUALLY BREAK DOWN AND YOU -- YOU TELL YOURSELF YOU CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
SHE JUST HAD SO MANY CHALLENGES AN INSPIRATION FOR HER TO BE SO HEALTHY AND SO FIT.
AND SO KIND.
REPORTER: KINDNESS AND THE CAMARADERIE SUMMONING WOMEN.
>> COME ON, GIRLS.
PUSH EACH OTHER.
REPORTER: IS PROVING TO BE A POWERFUL COMBINATION.
>> YOU HAVE A FEELING OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.
BUT ALSO WE DID IT TOGETHER.
>> THEY DID GREAT.
REPORTER: NOW, KELLY TYAN AND HEATHER MONAHAN HOST EVENTS TOGETHER AND HOW SHE DOES IT AND TOMORROW AT RAILER'S TAVERN IN WORCESTER.
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