Health+Wellness

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 […]

Flywheel’s F* Resolutions Challenge This year, Charlotte’s most popular cycle & barre studio is offering us two ways to Never Coast until we hit our New Year’s Goals.  Flywheel & Flybarre kick off a 4-week and an 8-week F*Resolutions Challenge on January 8th. Head over to the Cotswold studio for their launch party on Friday, January 5th from […]

“Healthy balance is not about better time management but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices.” I’ve begun to realize that yes, the holidays are a time to create memories and uphold traditions, but to do so, we have to create some boundaries, prioritizing and making space for our health. The […]

Hitting the gym or heading to a studio for a class are ideal ways to workout for some. But if you need more one-on-one help, if you are an athlete (or non-athlete) recouping from an injury, or if you need a general workout plan catered to your post-operative or aging body, the new OrthoCarolina Wellness […]

Charlotte native Karen Hill picked the name FIRST WIND for her Cycling & Fitness studio because after personally over-coming a heart condition that hindered her athletic ability most of her life, she strives to offer clients of all fitness levels a unique, welcoming, and exhilarating workout atmosphere. Not where you get your “second wind” but […]

With the holidays coming up, we all know we’re going to indulge. The key to surviving the over-abundance and over-serving is to keep your exercise schedule going from Halloween straight through New Year’s Day. It’s so easy to give in to that sluggish, overfed feeling, plus it’s cold and dark outside, with long lists of […]

Looking at the calendar, we realized that we’ve got months ahead covered up with long pants, boots and maxi dresses. Seems like now would be the perfect time to get those unsightly veins treated. We checked with our clients, the local experts at CHARLOTTE RADIOLOGY VEIN CENTERS for some useful facts on getting rid of […]

Celebrate the Bar Method opening in Waverly with a discount for their South Park location! THE BAR METHOD is opening a second Charlotte location soon at the new Waverly development. This is the second location for Bar Method SouthPark owner Autumn Frk. The new studio expects to open early 2018 and will offer amenities such […]

Preserving and strengthening our hips becomes drastically more important than what is “hip” this season. We’re not talking about love handle tightening or the beautiful curves, we’re talking about what’s underneath – the ball and socket joint that has to endure for decades. What should we keep an eye on and is there a self […]

Staying Fit at Fifty-plus has its own set of challenges but the rewards are worth every sweaty minute. The main things to remember ~ what worked at 35 or 40 won’t work as well over 50, so adapt and respond. And most important of all ~ you need to cherish and take care of the castle […]

Guuurl. Staying Fit at Fifty-plus has its own set of challenges, with more to address and overcome, but the rewards are worth every sweaty minute. The main things to remember ~ what worked at 35 or 40 won’t work as well over 50, so adapt and respond. And most important of all ~ you need […]

It’s true, it’s not just your imagination. Your body is not responding to exercise like it did when you were younger. What used to work just fine, even great, probably won’t achieve the same result, producing a little less as time goes by. And you may have noticed, fatigue, muscle and joint aches, and injuries […]