KEMPNER — Years ago, when longtime Copperas Cove school teacher Trish Stoddard lived in California, she was not too happy about her health.

Today, the mother of five and grandmother of five is not only a picture of physical fitness, she is a personal trainer, group instructor, and owner of Sweat at Cove Fitness in Copperas Cove, a family-owned facility with around 1,000 members that includes treadmills, free weights, ellipticals, state-of-the-art machines, two group fitness studios, an indoor cycling studio, tanning beds, saunas, jacuzzis and a juice bar.