A U.S. Army veteran in Pennsylvania revived her life with fitness, and now, she's sharing her strength with others.

Erica Liermann joined the Army after 9/11 and eventually came home with post-traumatic stress disorder , which she now manages with working out and empowering others.

That includes leading classes at Dub Fitness , her gym in King of Prussia.

Fitness is Liermann's salvation. She says it helps her cope with PTSD from her time in the Army as a military police officer.

"I was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba," Liermann said. "I was in Korea, I was in Baghdad, Iraq; Al-Asad, Iraq."

The Montgomery County mom says her time in the military left her with invisible mental health wounds and a long struggle with anxiety.

"A lot of us just suppress it, which then makes it wor

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