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6 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2 One of the ways this objective is being approached is through top-notch partnerships with companies such as TechnoGym, Impact Cryotherapy, and Sunlighten Infrared Saunas, who are each industry leaders and pillars in the fitness and wellness world. “Access to state-of-the-art technology is a big part of what we’re looking for in entering into these partnerships,” Thackerson insists. “That includes anything from different items of fitness equipment and wearable personal training systems to ‘how do I get a full-body workout in less than 30 minutes?’. TechnoGym has a brand new technology called the Biocircuit, which is an adaptive circuit training workout that uses artificial intelligence to adjust all of the machines for you. You scan in with a key fob or a code and it remembers every workout you’ve ever done. It presents you with a workout for the day based on your results from your prior workout. These breakthroughs in precision training are definitely something we’re interested in adding in and staying at the forefront of.” Another aspect of the Athletic Center’s mission involves striving to be more wellness-minded. With this comes the promise of introducing more programs and amenities that aid in expanding its members’ health span to meet their life span. “The average life span is about 78 years old in America, but our health span – the number of years that we live healthy, feeling good – is only about 66 years,” notes Director of Wellness Ashli Davenport. “And so one of our main goals is to provide those specialty services and partnerships for our members, to stretch their health span and give them ten more quality years of life where they’re feeling good, able to move well, and are free of major chronic disease.” Davenport acknowledges that it’s an added convenience for members to have everything under one roof, from nutrition and whole-body cryotherapy to detoxification and use of infrared THE FORT WORTH CLUB