Calera, AL Health and Fitness

Under the watchful eye of board-certified Doctor of Internal Medicine Greg Flippo, Prescription 2 Fitness’s personal trainers and medical aestheticians improve appearances with cosmetic procedures and weight-loss programs. Botox and Juvéderm injections can rewrite the oft-drawn-out stories that aging faces tell, and lasers show off their many talents by stunting hair growth, fading tattoos, or improving the appearance of damaged and wrinkled skin. Dynamic personal-training sessions and nutrition counseling fill noggins with healthy meal ideas and debunk the myth that steaks are vegetables. Clients can feast upon prepared meal plans brimming with organic and local ingredients, which can be tweaked to feed all manner of nutrimental needs, from bulking up bodybuilders to streamlining silhouettes with the help of HCG.

At Blissful Wellness Medical Weight Loss Centers, Dr. Elyssa Blissenbach and her team of licensed medical professionals and counselors devote their medical expertise to combating obesity. They take a three-pronged approach to slimming clients: customized programs, top-shelf supplements, and constant support. Like snowflakes’ DNA strands, no two patients are alike—and so staff members carefully calibrate diet and supplement plans to suit each client's metabolism, condition, and body type. The program also provides a support system for clients, offering everything from individual therapy to group outings to help ensure long-term weight loss.

Elite Wellness and Weight Loss Center's clinical director, Jeff L. Drake, D.C., and his welcoming staff are dedicated to helping patrons achieve weight loss through its personalized programs. During one-on-one evaluations, staffers analyze exercise, sleep, and eating habits and use their findings to develop realistic waist-whittling plans and timelines. The center's body wraps and infrared-sauna treatments work to reduce inches and cellulite, which appears as a result of edema and lack of circulation. The staff flushes excess toxins from the body by encasing it in a warm herbal wrap, helping increase circulation, lymphatic function, and empathy for leftovers.

Before founding The Altschuler Center for Weight Loss & Wellness, Dr. Gail Altschuler had her own struggles with the bathroom scale. Not only was she able to lose 50 pounds but she kept the weight off and wanted to share her newfound confidence and insight with others.

Today, Dr. Altschuler addresses the root of chronic illness by helping patients lead healthier lives. She helps people decrease their BMIs and fight obesity with physician-supervised diet plans, appetite suppressants, and Lap-Band maintenance. Those who are looking to trim a stubborn area can opt for Lipotron, which sculpts bodies with radio frequencies rather than invasive surgery or sticky clay.

When Jamme Morginn arrived in Birmingham and couldn’t find a dance workout class, she started her own gospel hip-hop aerobics classes in her church’s basement. As more and more students spread the word about the calorie-burning sessions, Jamme began teaching them in local clubs and dance schools. Now she classes at her studio and hosts a line of exercise DVDs that allows students to work out in the comfort of their living rooms or TV-equipped minivans. As pulsating beats and lights fill the room, Jamme’s swag-infused moves merge with aerobic motions to tone bodies and burn calories. Her funky cardio style has scored her several mentions in newspapers, magazines and television shows including a feature on Fox 6 news and continues to spread to several states as students engage in her fun workouts.

Amid the buzz of whirring cardio machines, Next Total Fitness's three facilities bustle with fitness classes and personal training sessions. The weight room brims with equipment such TV-equipped elliptical machines, bikes, and stair-climbers from brands such as Hammer Strength, Life Fitness, and Star Trac. The facility also boasts an indoor track, indoor and outdoor pools, basketball courts, and studios where certified instructors helm group fitness and yoga classes.

Otherwise, expert coaches lead group boxing and weight training sessions, and personal trainers build custom workout regimens to accommodate each individual's own unique physical health and fitness abilities. Trainers also advise clients on nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices. Meanwhile, childcare professionals keep a careful watch over offspring as parents spend their time exercising or secretly flexing in the changing room mirrors.