After age 40 muscles tend to lose their mass as part of aging. So a strong grip at an older age appears to be an indicator of longevity. In a 2015 study reported in The Lancet, researchers collected 142,000 grip strength measurements in 17 countries to test ongoing disease and discovered significant results. The study suggests that, for
I found it very interesting to read that a powerful grip has been seen to correlate to longevity of life. A study by the UK Biobank found ‘.. that lower grip strength was strongly associated with a wide range of adverse health outcomes. ‘ Basically, if your body is strong it is likely that your hand
Bank holiday Monday 31st May 2021 Open 10am to 1pm and 4pm to 8pm Classes : Healthy Hearts 11am, Spin 12:15pm and Spin and Stretch 5:30pm Please pre-book. Tuesday 1st June 2021 No morning yoga class – please don’t miss out though – choose a previous one from the Racquets classes facebook group. Classes in gyms
Racquets Fitness Centre, behind the Cattle Market in Thame, is looking for enthusiastic, energetic and self motivated new staff to join our team as soon as possible. Racquets is a busy Fitness Centre offering gym, classes, squash, racketball, table tennis, sunbeds, social, functions, personal training, coaching, tournaments, competitions, food and drink. Racquets Fitness Centre is
May Half Term Kids holiday squash camps
Camps : 11am – 4pm on the 31st May, 1st June & 3rd June
One hour technical session : 21st May from 2.30pm – 3.30pm followed by junior free play session at 3.40pm
At Racquets we offer classes specifically for seniors. Our popular Healthy Hearts circuit class is a fun and sociable way to exercise with a tea and coffee and a chat after! It runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11am-11:45am A class where it is essential to chat and workout to get back that mobility
The Junior Academy of squash is back and so many of the juniors have returned already. If your child would like to join in it’s just £20 per month and they can join in with upto 3 junior coaching sessions every single week included. It was great to see some of our juniors booking courts
We’d love to welcome you into our gym. We have plenty of space in 4 different areas with lots of equipment and instructors on hand to help you create a programme to achieve your goals. To join please contact info@racquets-fitness-centre.com and we can book you in for a free trial with a gym instructor. You
We are looking forward to having all of our juniors back playing squash during our academy sessions which started again on Saturday 17th April. Our session times are the same as we did before the last shutdown apart from the Wednesday and Friday sessions. To view the timetable see https://racquets-fitness-centre.com/junior-squash-academy/. The Wednesday sessions were very
What a fantastic atmosphere, our members enjoyed meeting up (socially distanced of course) for a bootcamp class outside. Kat Coles did an amazing class which warmed everyone up quickly and everyone enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Kat’s daughter Sophie is showing that she is getting ready in a few years to take on the mantle of
Wild Lemongrass is open from 4.30pm (closed on Tuesdays) – please pre-order before 3pm.
