Mom, Thanks for the Gift of Fitness

Buddy Up to Tone Up

If you're driving by the Charles River in Boston at 6 a.m. on a weekday, you'll probably see Nicole and Darlene doing push-ups and pull-ups as the sun rises. For three years, they've been attending the army-tough FitBoot fitness program that's held there. "I don't think I would've lasted this long without my mom -- going with her is what gets me out of bed every time," says Nicole, who is a marketing manager at Harvard Business School Publishing. Says Darlene, a preschool teacher who has dropped from a size 10 to a size 6 thanks to FitBoot, "Sometimes I'll say I'm too tired and Nicole will tell me, 'You can do it, Mom, let's go,' and then we're off."

"Being the best exercise buddy I could ask for. There's no one else I'd rather get up at 5:30 a.m. for!"
Love, Nicole