I’m ready to pronounce Collierville the Fittest Community in Shelby County. I’ve never seen a place so well-served by health clubs, including two for-profit giants — Life Time Fitness and Prairie Life — that have entered this competitive suburban market.
Restaurants, homebuilders, multiplex theaters, and big-box retailers previously beat a path to the ‘burbs. Now we have big-box fitness. At this rate, it shouldn’t be long before there’s a workout machine for every man, woman, and child in town.
I checked out the action this week with Collierville resident John Shepherd. John is as old school as they come. Back in the Fifties, he played football, track, and boxed in Golden Gloves, plus a little extracurricular roughhouse. His knowledge and memory of all things Memphis is encyclopedic. If there’s a trend, he’s usually among the first to spot it. And he can start a conversation with a stranger faster than you can say “what was your name again?”
