Meet Peggy: Everyone knows Peggy. If you have met her, you won’t forget her and she will not forget you. She wants to know about you, your family and what you’re doing in the gym. At 89 years old, Peggy still drives to class and participates in our Solid Gold class once a week. She grew up in Baltimore, honeymooned back in 1947 in Havana, Cuba and celebrated 65 years with her husband, Russell.

While they lived in Florida and raised two daughters, Peggy worked as a Kindergarten teacher, a secretary and volunteered one day a week at Hialeah Hospital after retiring. For years she has been a member of the YMCA and attended Silver Sneakers classes.  For the past year, she has participated Blue Wave Fit as a way to challenge herself with a new exercise program.
 
What brought you to Blue Wave?
Priscilla Jones was my instructor in years past and I decided to follow her  to see what this program would offer.    One of the best decisions I have made.  I was pleased to find out that Blue Wave Solid Gold was just what I was looking for…  a CHALLENGE….exercise program.
 
What has surprised you?
I was so pleased to find out that I could actually do the dead lift. (Her most recent record is 65 lbs for 1 repetition.)
 
How would you encourage others to exercise as they age?
 My comment would be it’s never too late and challenge yourself before you say “NO”.   ‘KEEP MOVING’   This has been my motivation for the past few years and it pays off in many ways.
 
So, what do you want to do next?
My next goal is to increase my weight in both the dead lift and bench press. (She bench pressed for the first time ever in August 2015 and despite an inoperable shoulder injury, she benched 20 lbs. She is continuing to build strength and endurance and a desire to surpass her current deadlift (65#) and bench press (20#).)

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