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Life after Lulu: Cool Workout Wear in Charlotte Right Now

Jan 19, 2016 | scoop team

There’s no time like the New Year to spruce up your workout wardrobe. Let’s face it: it’s easier to keep that resolution to work out five times a week if you get to wear a cute outfit every time. Here are what the fiercest fitness buffs are wearing to get their sweat on in Charlotte and […]


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Exploring Integrative Healthcare in Charlotte with The Center for Healing Arts

Jan 19, 2016 | scoop team

I round my shoulders forward to protect my heart. That’s what I told Dr. Babak Mokari, DO at the CENTER FOR THE HEALING ARTS when he asked me about my neck and shoulder pain. Dr Mokari is an osteopathic physician specializing in Integrative Medicine. Osteopathic medicine is a philosophy that emphasizes the interrelationship between structure and function […]


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Why is it so hard to lose weight over 40?

Jan 17, 2016 | Susu

Remember the “Freshman 15”? Snort. #forgeddaboutit. Your real problem is the “Fifty 15” or heaven forbid, the “Fifty 50.” How many times have you heard something like this….. I used to live on a diet of pizza and ice cream, and could still lose 5 pounds between Monday and Friday for the weekend. Glory days, girls. […]


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Tracy Anderson vs. Kayla Itsines — Battle of the Fitness Gurus

Jan 16, 2016 | scoop team

If you love (or even just tolerate) exercise, the two names you need to know right now are Tracy Anderson and Kayla Itsines. Both these ladies are the THING on the fitness scene, boasting an impressive list of celebrity clients between them. Here’s our tale of the tape, if you will, on the differences between the […]


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What are the signs and symptoms of menopause and perimenopause?

Jan 16, 2016 | Susu

In her ob-gyn practice at Mintview OB-GYN, Dr. Alyse Kelly-Jones is particularly interested in women’s sexual health and in their health & wellness issues in the menopause decade. This period begins when your hormones begin to drop (in your late 30s!!), and continues through to your post-menopausal 50s. According to Dr. Kelly-Jones, women usually begin to […]


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scoopTheLake Works Out At Orangetheory Fitness Lake Norman

Jan 12, 2016 | scoop team

  Hey ya’ll, it’s Bonnie from scoopTheLake. I recently had the pleasure of sweating all over the newest location of Orangetheory Fitness, located in Cornelius. I was really excited to try this workout because it’s a group setting with a trainer guiding you through it. I’ve been known to wander before when working out alone. #daydreamsbythewaterfountain. […]


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Crazy ways to lose weight: fact or fiction?

Jan 8, 2016 | scoop team

You made your New Year’s resolution a week ago but despite fighting for a treadmill on three consecutive mornings and politely declining a coworker’s birthday cupcake one afternoon, that needle on the scale is just not budging. Sound familiar? Who’s ready for a shortcut? We’ve scoured the four corners of the web to figure out if some […]


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Meet Charlotte Meditation with an EXCLUSIVE Discount

Jan 7, 2016 | scoop team

At some point in 2015 my mind turned on me. I had no clarity. I became forgetful. I lost my keys. Yet, I continued to spin my plates on sticks:  work, kids, exercise, laundry, grocery shopping, book writing, do-gooding….did I mention grocery shopping? Heading into the holidays with the task of magic-making positioned squarely on […]


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Start 2016 Off Skinnier & $2,500 Richer With OrangeTheory Fitness Lake Norman

Jan 7, 2016 | scoop team

What would you do for $2500 bucks? Could you do it for a week? What about 6? If that sounds like a no brainer to you, like it does to us, then visit the new Orangetheory Fitness Studio in Lake Norman. It’s located in the Fresh Market shopping center in Cornelius. This band of trainers, […]


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SHARE THE HEALTH 2016 – Deals from Hilliard Studio Method and HSM | Core

Jan 4, 2016 | Susu

It’s pretty much accepted fitness wisdom these days that you can not stay in top shape with cardio alone. Strength training and weight bearing work really do need to be combined with cardio for fat loss and the metabolic boost your body needs to effeciently burn calories throughout the day. Not to mention the toning […]


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Lose weight sensibly in 2016 – FACT vs FICTION

Jan 4, 2016 | scoop team

We’re a few days into the new year … how are those weight-loss resolutions going? If you’re eating your third donut of the day while reading this, don’t panic! It’s not too late to turn things around. For some professional advice, we chatted with Wellness Director Catlin Rankin from PartnerMD, a concierge health practice in the Arboretum. Catlin […]


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Grand Opening Deal from the new CycleSouth Studio Uptown.

Jan 4, 2016 | Susu

Uptown’s First boutique indoor cycling studio is officially opening this Monday, January 11th.  Meet CycleSouth! CycleSouth’s Grand Opening Special is a rocking’ good deal, with 5 classes for $75 ~ available when you set up your account here. . CycleSouth is located in the Transamerica building, next to Rock Bottom Brewery, facing the courtyard. CycleSouth is a 5 […]


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