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Haven’t gotten around to making a 2018 resolution yet? We’ve got an idea for you: explore something new in your city. Start with our day-by-day weekly weekend guide to the city’s events and happenings. Here’s our round-up for the first weekend of the new year:   THURSDAY First Thursday Downtown Matthews Crawl Matthews Library, 230 Matthews […]

What becomes of a CA born and raised girl when her husband lands a job in the South right as their youngest leaves for college? She goes! She’s all in! This is where I found myself just over a year ago. Almost 50, my whole family within about a 20 mile radius my entire life […]

If you have 30 minutes, you have time for fitness. 9Round Dilworth works so well for so many Charlotteans because it includes everything you need in just 30 minutes: a full-body workout that’s fast, effective and fun. Walk in, work out, walk out. No class schedules to remember. 9Round offers a kickboxing themed fitness program that […]

Admit it. You’re always tucking your cell somewhere when you go for your run or when you’re working out. While we love our running tights with the side pocket, that’s not always an option. If you stick your phone into your bra, you are not alone. This doesn’t work for me, because, Sweat = Fog. […]

Charlotte is obsessed with the ORANGE EFFECT. Orangetheory Fitness combines both strength training and cardio for high-intensity 60-minute workouts, split into intervals of cardiovascular and strength training. Participants wear heart rate monitors to track intensity and maximize metabolic burn. The OTF mission is to maximize excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, otherwise know as the afterburn effect = […]

OK, Scoop Families, it’s going to be another cold one this week, so we’ve picked some indoor spots to help you stay warm (and keep your sanity). First Footin’ at Rural Hill Rural Hill, Huntersville January 1, 11:00 a.m., free But, we are opening with an ‘outside activity’…  celebrate the New Year – Scottish style, […]

Looking for something new but still want your weekly yoga? Check out the relatively new fitness studio in Morrison shops, VIBE5 (pronounced “Vibes”). While the studio offers lots of yoga (7 class types including what has to be CLT’s first hot hip hop yoga class), there are also several strength classes, plus a boot camp […]

Certainly the QC’s most innovative and full-on fun workouts, AIR® Fit Charlotte is recognized as the nation’s leading aerial fitness training method. Designed for all levels, it strengthens the core and tones your physique in record-breaking time. What’s the AIR® difference? The aerial hammocks of course. AIR® is an intense aerial fitness training program fusing […]

 It’s time to make that New Year’s resolution. Here are a few of our favorite healthy meals that will help you keep your 2018 fitness goals.  B. Good: A great spot with three locations in Charlotte (Uptown, Stonecrest & Ballantyne). They offer a variety of seasonal and customizable salads, sandwiches, smoothies and grain bowls; this […]

In a compact studio in the Design Center on Camden Road, First Wind offers all sorts of fitness classes ~ state-of-the-art cycling, barre, strength & cardio circuit, Beat Yoga and Ride to the Circuit and Ride to the Barre fusion classes. Everything is very well-priced too, including some amazing first-timer deals. You can read our recent […]

If you are a scoop reader, you’ve no doubt read about Liz Hilliard and her daughter Clary Hilliard Gray, and their incredibly popular studio and online workout program, Hilliard Studio Method. Unique and powerful, HSM is a core-centric, Pilates-based workout that uses the latest techniques to get your heart-rate pumping and the sweat dripping. This high […]

And just when you thought you were done shopping for the year…. These after Christmas sales are HUGE and it’s the best time of year to stock up on cold weather outfits. Save big on Fall and Winter clothing, holiday decor and more in these Charlotte shops. Hurry because the best items won’t last long.  […]