FITNESS & HEALTH
What’s the Deal with Red Light Therapy?
Maybe you've heard about red light therapy, or maybe...
It’s More Than Just a Mood: Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Â
Feeling blue lately? It could be seasonal affective disorder...
Gut Check: Popular Misconceptions about Prebiotics and Probiotics
With Reena Mehta, PA-C, Tryon Medical PartnersÂ
With all the...
Healthspan vs Lifespan: Expand Your Prime, Not Just Your Time
With Caroline Lee Wilds, MD, Tryon Medical Partners
The question...
Here’s The Best Way to Get Free Classes at Hilliard this Month.
Girl, I know you love some free Hilliard. In case you missed it, there is one and only one surefire way to get your HSM groove on at no charge right now, at that is their REFER-A-FRIEND program.
You can...
Enter to Win! Clean Juice $50 Gift Card + Yoga on Davidson ~ Double Giveaway
It's been hot and if you're feeling tired, drained and like the humidity will never end - you're not alone. Luckily,  your friends at scoopTheLake have the perfect pick-me-up for you:
 Clean Juice and the newly opened Yoga on Davidson are offering free juices and...
Here’s My Summer 2016 Running Playlist
Saturday, June 25th, 6:55 am: Wake up, drag my tired bones to the bathroom- this is not a normal weekend wakeup time for me. Brush my teeth, don't even bother with makeup (it will just melt off in the NC...
Vacation Video Shorts from our Charlotte Fitness Pros
Hitting the beach or the road for fun in the summer sun? If your plan is to take a break from everything but wine-ing and dining, that's my kind of vacay. I try not to break up the flow...
24 hours in the life of fitness guru Denise Duffy
Charlotte's own exercise guru Denise Duffy accomplishes more before the sun comes up than most people accomplish in an entire week. She trains everyone from fitness newbies to experienced athletes in her small classes at SmartCore Fitness (she founded the gym...
Hip Pain: What Can Go Wrong and How to Avoid It
Most of us don't give much thought to our hips unless they're having trouble squeezing into last year's dress or causing us physical pain. Dr. Keith Fehring from OrthoCarolina's Hip and Knee Center can't help you much with the first issue,...
MYTHBUSTING on Some Popular Diets
It seems like our friends are trying a new "miracle diet" every week (especially leading up to swimsuit season) and it got us thinking... which of these fad diets will actually get the job done? We talked to a...
June is Men’s Health Month. Here are some Dad’s Day deals from our fave fitness studios.
According to our resources (aka the web) June is also:
Aquarium Month
Candy Month
Dairy Month
Fight the Filthy Fly Month
Gay Pride Month
National Accordion Awareness Month
National Adopt a Cat Month
National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month
Rose Month
Turkey Lovers Month
And includes such noteworthy special days...
Increasing your speed as you train for a race.
If the phrase "it's not a competition" is a tough pill for you to swallow, or family and friends won't answer your "Game night at my place?" texts, and coworkers fear you in your office fantasy football league, this...
Summer Fitness Deals right now ~ Friendly Folk Win
Newbies + Scoop = 20% off at Flywheel in June
Special just for Scoop readers ~ FLY 3 or more times (for the first time) in June and get 20% OFF a 10- or 20-class pack or 20% OFF the...
Charlotte Greenway Etiquette
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Did you know there are more than 38 miles of greenways and trails in our beautiful city? Charlotte is fortunate enough to have greenways located across the city to enjoy for biking, hiking, running and general leisure. The city's greenways...
Do you need a cleanse, a detox or both? Advice from the pros on what’s right for you.
Feeling bloated, sluggish or just downright yucky? The answer might be a cleanse or a detox. Or both. Wait, what? Are they not the same thing?
You might be using these terms interchangeably but the truth is there's a big...