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Jenny and Casey Lakey

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perks include ine soap in the private show-
ers and free razors, Q-tips and tampons.
There’s also a little community library:
Leave a book; take a book.
Health bars and jerky are for sale. The
original art that hangs on the walls rotates
out each month, lending club members
something lovely to look at.
Casey Lakey said the service-oriented, pleasant atmosphere fulills the club’s goal.
“If people use the club, they’re obtaining
their itness goal, and we have fulilled our
mission,” said Casey Lakey, who earned a
bachelor’s at Whitman College and an Ex- ecutive Master of Business Administration
Jenny and Casey on a ski day at Mt Hood Meadows.
at the University of Washington.
Photography by Brian Lakey.
Athletic amenities
The treadmills at the Trainer’s Club staff, who go out of their way to accommo-
have TV screens mounted on them with date guests’ needs, Jenny Lakey said.
Club manager Sean Massey said the
complimentary headsets guests can use, Lakeys make him feel comfortable and
choosing the show they want to watch. Non-TV watchers can listen to the radio. welcome.
There’s a Jacobs Ladder, a ladder that “They’re like family,” said Massey, who,
moves while you’re on it, which many in four years, rose to his position from a job doing maintenance. “It’s wonderful. .
public safety personnel such as ireighters Some people have mistaken me for their Trainer’s Club members Tara Shepersky and Mark Rubin paddle alongside Casey on the Columbia River, Sept 2013. Photography by Jenny Lakey.
take a turn at, Jenny Lakey said.
People who may not feel motivated to son.”
hop on a treadmill or pump iron on the The Lakeys’ three kids
many machines at the club may enjoy The Lakeys have two human kids: a
sampling the 45 group classes available son, Brian, 26; and a daughter, Katie, 24.
each week, usually with eight to 12 people, such as Tai chi and yoga. Instructors are There are no grandkids so far, but the Lakeys’ son recently got engaged.
experts and personal trainers.
The other kid in the family is a 16-year-
Functional training is the watchword at old orange tabby, Huckleberry. The Lakeys
the Trainer’s Club. The form of itness fo- keep Huckleberry close, taking him up to
cuses on activity that ires up several mus- cle groups at the same time such as using the family cabin on Mount Hood.
About two years ago, the Lakeys got
the shoulders, back and legs while water snowed in at their cabin, which they
skiing, Casey Lakey said.
bought in 1993, and just like that, they had From left, Caitlin Massey gets in
Part of the community
another adventure. Their Subaru just spun some spinning
The Lakeys share their good fortune its wheels in the snow; it was stuck.
“We had to get a Sno-Cat to pull us out,” along with Phil Fischer and Sean
with the Oregon Food Bank, Lake Oswego Rotary, Lakeridge High School, Lake Os- Casey Lakey said.
Massey.
wego Festival of the Arts as well as with
several Portland groups and events.
For more information on the club, vis- it trainersclub.com, call 503-636-3900
The club also has a welcoming, commu- or stop by the Trainer’s Club at 333 S.
nity atmosphere, which comes from the
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