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The Need to Hire

I wrote an article similar to this a few years ago, but I was recently inspired or rather, frustrated, to write something similar again. I was recently at the gym for a few hours to do some work, (yes, I was actually there), and during those…

Abby Bolton

This month our member of the month is one of our own team members! Abby has been working with G&M at the front desk for 1 year now. Many of you know her already but what you may not know about her is how much she has accomplished…

kate ostryhon-lumsden

Kate has been self employed for 32 years and has always had a hectic schedule with a busy real estate business going from appointment to appointment. This caused her to put what she knew was important, her own health, on the back…

Getting Out of His Wheelchair After 35 Years

Some of you have heard this story before, but I think it is worth repeating. Here it is: Once upon a time, there was a man who entered our club via his dirty old well used scratched up wheelchair, wearing his tattered clothing, torn old…

STRENGTH TRAINING AND WEIGHT LOSS

Do you want to dramatically increase your chances of weight loss success? Of course you do! Who wouldn’t? And while you are at it become stronger to do activities of daily living with more ease then ever? Yep! The answer to this…

8 Biggest Strength Training Mistakes

I wanna help! A while ago, I presented a free seminar for our members titled “The Eight Biggest Mistakes in Strength Training, Body Building and Power Lifting”. I put this presentation together simply because pretty much…

Thinking of Taking the Summer Off? Think Again!

At this time of year, we hear this from a lot of members: “see you in the fall, I will be working outside all summer”. Then in the fall we hear this from the same members: “why does it feel like I am starting all over again?” It’s…

Your Membership Dollars At Work

Your membership dollars gets you more than just a membership, it empowers us. Yup, you walk in, sign up at the front desk, pay us and you are on your way. Easy breezy. Well, not quite. Here’s what those membership dollars do…

A Sneaky Reason We Gain Weight Over Time

Whether you realize it or not, there are things that happen in our bodies without us knowing about it constantly. Some of it is good, some of it not so good. Today I wanted to touch on one of those things that is not so good, BUT we do have…

MARIE HOCKLEY

Marie was always active as a child and competed in synchronized swimming. During her training as a competitive swimmer she began weight lifting at 14 years old. After competitive synchronized swimming, Marie began cycling and continued…