Drop it like it’s…. A turkey?

Yep, you read that right.. Drop it like it’s a turkey. Our 2nd Annual Turkey Drop is almost here.  Get your sweat on so you don’t feel guilty about stuffing yourself full of turkey, homemade stuffing, and pie. Wobble, wobble, and then gobble, gobble. The details: What: 90 minutes of pure Thanksgiving exercise madness with […]

The Great Pumpkin Workout at A2 and Ageless

A workout for the entire family Brand new this year! What is better than a bootcamp? A bootcamp that makes you carry a pumpkin for the entire workout. Yes, you heard that right. Bring a pumpkin to the workout, and that will be the weight for your entire workout. You’ll lunge, squat, press, run, and […]

Lil’ Muscles Program and Dodgeball

Dodgeball is canceled It was a valiant effort. Unfortunately, we drastically underestimated the complexity of an 8 year-old’s schedule. It’s shocking how busy those little guys are.  Although we had plenty of kids sign up for our Lil’ Muscles program, we couldn’t get everyone on the same schedule.  So we decided to cancel the 9 […]

Haunted 6k and 1 Mile GloRun set for Oct. 18th

Get ready to run with the ghouls, goblins, and ghosts. Want to set a personal record in the 6k? Easy. Just have a monster chase you. Nothing gets the heart racing, blood pumping, and muscles churning like Frankenstein running on your heels. Stop by the vendor show from 4pm-7pm, change into your costume, perform a […]

Updated 3500 Standings – 9/24

And we’re off…  So far everyone is killing it. Great job! Overall, this might be the biggest contest we’ve ever had. The Standings: The Perfect Equation – 18 Garage Chicks – 13 Obertino’s Waist Removal – 24 Gym Class Heroes – 18 Blood, Sweat and Tears – 10 Motivation – 12 Still Tickin’ – 27 […]

Change… It’s a good thing.

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss At Ageless, our decisions are heavily influenced by the 4 F’s – Faith, Family, Friends, and Fitness. 4 months ago when I started poking my nose around Edwardsville looking for a building to open a new gym, I knew that once the lease […]

Parents, dodgeball starts October 2nd

Our second month of our Lil’ Muscles Kids Program starts October 2nd, and it’s dodgeball! Ask your child what is his or her favorite P.E. game, and the answer is almost always DODGEBALL! Kids absolutely love it. They dive. They duck. They dodge. And most importantly, they laugh (and burn off any excess energy so […]

The leaves are changing… So are our classes

Changes, changes, changes.. Now that school has started and everyone is back to their normal routines, evening spin is back. And best of all, it’s FREE for all members. Last week we held our monthly session of Meeting of the Minds, and we decided on a few changes: Ageless Because we’re adding 3 evening spin […]

And the question is…. Why?

This question comes up a lot. In fact, whenever I see an old pharmacy classmate, the conversation ultimately leads back to it… “Why a gym? Wouldn’t a pharmacy make more sense?” It’s the very same question that Simon Sinek dissects in his TED talk. It IS the root of why a business does what it […]

Dieting Disaster: Why you hit that wall

As I was doing a little research for an upcoming article on the negative effects of poor eating patterns of female athletes, I had 3 papers in a row come to the same surprising conclusion that applies to athletes, non-athletes, males, females, dogs, cats, and anything else that severely reduces their daily caloric intake to […]