North Peak Performance

History

I'm Cora, the owner of North Peak Performance, and I made the decision to be a business owner to cultivate the healthy life I truly wanted for myself and my community. I knew I wanted to spend my days serving others, building them up, helping them change their lives, and create an environment I want my children and their children to live in and be surrounded by. 

After spending my college days loving CrossFit as a carefree college kid and then transitioning my focus into my professional career as a first-grade teacher, I finally found myself as a stay-at-home mom struggling with my mental health as a result of inactivity. As I got older and the responsibilities changed, I took care of myself less and less as most of us do. And although these stages of life came with their own challenges, I am proud to say I have survived (and thrived) through them all, allowing me to be the successful businesswoman I am today. 

My 24-hour fitness facility is in Mannington, West Virginia. West Virginia, as many know, is the unhealthiest state in the United States. Per an article from Union Leader, West Virginia residents have the worst habits and health outlook compared to any other state. Reading this information is startling and hard to read when it comes to the beautiful people of West Virginia. It does not measure their love, worth, their compassion, or drive to be better and that is what has fueled the dream for North Peak Performance. Mannington is a town of less than 2,000 people. We serve roughly 350 active members in the doors of North Peak. In our facility, we offer 24-hour access to the gym and equipment, health coaching, personal training, a variety of instructed fitness classes, and access to tanning services. We offer the Silver Sneakers and Renew Active programs to keep our elderly active and social at no cost to them. For our youth, we offer ballet classes and gymnastics/tumbling sessions that are growing with popularity each week. Our facility wasn’t just a ‘want’ for Mannington; it was a ‘need’. There isn’t another fitness facility within a 30-45-minute car ride of ours.

During my struggle, I realized it wasn't just me.  Our community lacked physical activity, lacked a love for health and wellness, and most importantly lacked a place for people to come together to do those things and that is the spark that lit the fire that is now North Peak Performance.