Category: Read & Watch

Jul 08
How To Develop A Self-Care Plan

Self-care is defined as what you do to protect your overall holistic well-being so…

Jul 06
Ambassador Highlight: Get To Know Sarah Wachtel

Where do you teach? Northlake BootCamp Powered at CrossFit Northlake What’s your…

Jul 05
Are Mushrooms the New Kale?

‘Shrooms. These babies are no joke. Some medical experts in the wellness arena have…

Jul 05
The 9 Most Important Leadership Attributes

Supporter, leader, or both is a choice many are faced with when deciding upon a career…

Jul 03
Athlete Highlights – Beer & Burpees Supporting Dream On 3

On September 22, hundreds of local athletes will come together at Beers and Burpees to…

Jul 03
What a Real Pure Barre Class is Like

We recently visited our friends at Pure Barre in SouthPark for an Empower class.…

Jul 03
Life After Sport

When you’ve achieved your childhood dreams and still a teenager, moved to…

Jul 02
“But Is It a Good Workout?”

The conversation went something like this: Her: “I need to work on my core. What…

Jul 02
Competing in CrossFit at 62: What’s Your Excuse?

Five days a week, you can find Lee Monk at Kaiser CrossFit.  But that’s not the…

Jun 29
Cant Sleep? This Could Be the Reason Why

Nobody blinks or breathes anymore. After months of my sweet boyfriend making fun of my…

Jun 28
If Not Us, Then Who? If Not Now, Then When?

It’s time to Amplify and Activate, Charlotte! In the current climate of inappropriate…

Jun 27
Has Charlotte Mastered the Asana?

I think Charlotte’s ready, I think we’re ready, ya’ll. We are ready to elevate this…

Jun 27
5 Things To Do While You Recover From Injury

This is something I hear almost weekly as a trainer. It happens to the best of us. We…

Jun 27
Five Fitness Lessons from Beyoncé

Five instructors, 150 dancers, costumes, a Beyoncé video wall, a life-size cutout of…

Jun 20
I Want to Know how Your Heart is Doing

Connection “How are you doing today?” Often times when someone inquires about my…

Jun 19
Yoga: How to Balance Poses and Motherhood

Some ancient yogic texts refer to the yogi’s ability to levitate and walk through…

Jun 19
3 Benefits of Speedwork

One very dark, cool Wednesday morning in September, I walked onto the Alexander Graham…

Jun 19
This Studio in SouthPark Has Something for Everyone

VIBE5 Fitness (pronounced VIBES) is a relatively new studio in SouthPark (located…

Jun 18
5 Traveling Health Hacks

It is no surprise that my gym routine here in Charlotte is, well, a little scattered.…

Jun 17
9Round

When I think of Kickboxing I think of punches to the face, blood, and pain. At 9Round…