Women's careers launched at gyms: franchise opportunities inspire health--and wealth.

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Women's careers launched at gyms: franchise opportunities inspire health--and wealth.

When bad stuff happens, sometimes a little light goes on, and you say, "Now, I know what I'm supposed to be doing with my life!"

That's how it was for Dona Wilson, who now owns the successful Fitness Together Rancho Bernardo franchise, catering to well-heeled business people who don't mind spending big bucks for a better bod.

The Eureka moment came while Wilson spent two years recovering from a 1985 car accident that caused an assortment of broken bones and compound fractures.

"I was very much into fitness and staying well, but this was the final thing," she recalled. "I said, 'I am going to help other people.' I was laid up and, when I was well enough to...

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