Walk through the brass doors of a landmark building in the West Village and you don’t step into a gym—you step into a thesis about human performance. Continuum calls itself a precision wellness club, and the pitch is audacious: unify training, recovery, and biological data into one adaptive system, then wrap it in velvet-rope exclusivity. Membership is capped at roughly 250 people, it sits inside the historic Federal Archive building on Greenwich Street, and multiple reports peg the price around $10,000 per month (with a reported initiation fee)—putting it in the running for the most expensive gym membership on earth. From the minute you’re onboarded, the vibe is less “pick a locker, hit the tread” and more “check into a lab.” New members go through deep testing: aerobic thresholds, sleep and recovery metrics, body composition, and other biomarkers that feed a software layer Continuum says uses AI to build a living profile of how you should train and recover each day. (Staff eve...
Creatine has long been one of the most popular and well-researched supplements in the fitness world. It’s widely used to improve strength, muscle growth, and overall athletic performance. But over the past decade, one persistent rumour has followed it wherever it goes — that creatine causes balding . It’s a theory that’s often repeated in gym locker rooms and online fitness forums, usually based on something someone “heard from a friend.” The concern stems from a single idea: that creatine might raise levels of a hormone linked to hair loss. But is there any truth to that? Before we can understand whether creatine could have an impact on your hairline, we first need to understand how it works inside your body. What Creatine Actually Does Creatine is a compound naturally produced by your liver, kidneys, and pancreas. You also get it through foods like red meat and fish. It’s stored mainly in your muscles as phosphocreatine , a molecule that helps regenerate ATP — the body’s main source ...