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Grip Strength After 50: Your Secret Weapon for Healthy Aging

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 Grip Strength After 50: Your Secret Weapon for Healthy Agi ng     Getting older doesn't mean getting weaker. But there's one simple measurement that can tell you a lot about your health as you age: how strong your grip is. Your grip strength isn't just about opening stubborn pickle jars (though that's nice too!). It's actually one of the best ways to predict how healthy and independent you'll stay as you get older. Why Grip Strength Matters More Than You Think Here's something that might surprise you: your grip strength is a better predictor of how long you'll live than your blood pressure. That's not a typo! Large studies following over 140,000 people found that those with stronger grips lived longer, healthier lives. Your Grip Tells Your Health Story When doctors measure your grip strength, they're not just checking your hands. They're getting a snapshot of your whole body. Here's what a strong grip really means: Your muscles are...
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Former NHL Player Gives Opinion on Peak City Gym After 1 Year

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Former NHL Player Gives His Opinion on Fitness-Over-Forty Training Gym   CONTEXT: Tim Brent has been a member of Peak City Gym since July of 2022.  This review was  written in July of 2023.   He joined before he turned  forty and for the last 3 years Tim has been a  staple in our 6am small  group training  sessions.  In July of  2023, Tim surprised my brother and I  with the following: "Hey Guys,  ...I really appreciate you both and PCG. You guys are doing a really   great job and I know some days it's probably hard to get up in the mornings to come in and train the likes of   me, but it really makes a difference in people's lives. Mine included.    I've been offered free memberships at other places,  etc in  exchange for a review and have declined because I don't tie myself to something I don't   believe in.    I do believe in what you guys are doing ...
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Shocking: Dragged and Beaten

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SHOCKING: DRAGGED AND BEATEN I was SHOCKED when I walked into his house last night. My Dad was sprawled out on his living room floor, short of breath, and pleading for help. It looked like he had been repeatedly dragged from a chair and beaten for nearly 30 minutes. It turns out that's exactly what had happened. My almost-two-year-old had been instructing -- her  68-year-old Papa  to sit in her toddler-sized chair only to immediately pull on his shirt until he fell to the floor. The thud of him hitting the floor was only muffled by the hearty and contagious belly laugh from his assailant. After a brief scrap on the floor, in which my Dad was no competition for his laughter-fueled granddaughter, he was instructed to get up and sit back in the chair. This had been on repeat for nearly 30 minutes before I arrived! Aside from being concerned that my daughter is already a bully and brute... Witnessing moments like these is particularly special and cool to me for a multitude of reas...
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PCG Member's Chance of Survival was 1 in 12

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  One   in   Twelve “I am in the hospital and they just brought my husband in this morning. I’m feeling quite a bit better.  He isn’t. My mother has it too but she isn’t as oxygen depleted as I was. I think she really is but is in denial." It was 12:55pm on December 17, 2021. Harriette. A hard worker with a quick wit, Harriette is the type of person people love to workout with and coaches love to train. She had already been cracking us up first thing in the morning, three times per week, for well over a year at this point. COVID. Peak City Gym had its Grand Opening in January of 2020.  We closed down in March and opened up 10 weeks later in June 2020 with precautionary measures. Here we were in December of 2021 and up until this point, any member or staff that had gotten COVID recovered relatively quickly with minimal to mild symptoms. Now we had a member of the PCG Family texting us from the hospital. Although the exact date eludes me now, I can still feel the...
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