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Woman Films Herself at the Gym, Not Knowing She’s About To Lose Her Brother
A woman’s Instagram video of herself on her fitness journey became an unintended milestone in an entirely different journey—one of profound grief. Sierra Mendez was filming her workout in 2023 not knowing her brother, someone she considered her best friend, had died just two hours earlier. Since her loss, Mendez threw herself into her fitness. […]
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I Was Doing Squats in the Gym, Then My Life Changed in an Instant
As a personal trainer with more than three decades of experience, I’ve done squats more times than I can count. It’s second nature—just part of the job. On October 21, 2020, I was back in the gym in Chattanooga, Tennessee, trying to rebuild my career after semi-retiring and living in Costa Rica for two years. […]
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