Chillum, MD Health and Fitness

Evolutions Body Clinic's staff promotes healthy lifestyles and holistic well-being with an array of services, including a full schedule of yoga classes. Vinyasa accommodates beginners, practiced yogis, and nimble hula-hoop champions, helping pupils to strengthen limbs with a dynamic sequence of cascading poses that concludes with introspective deep relaxation. To ensure that seasoned yogis can find a more physically demanding experience, the Vinyasa Hot class bombards ligaments with equatorial heat in order to facilitate deeper stretching and detoxifying perspiration. Yin yoga focuses thoughts inward with sustained, floor-held poses intended to shake down the ne’er-do-well connective tissues that shoot dice in the back alleys of the hips and lower back, unleashing torrents of flowing energy throughout the body and eroding away unsightly peninsulas of mental stress.

Dr. William L. Gonzalez and his son Dr. Mark Gonzalez helm Capital Eye Physicians & Surgeons, an ophthalmology practice where they correct vision, clear cataracts, and tame a variety of eye diseases. The elder Dr. Gonzalez brings decades of medical experience to his practice, has lectured around the world, and has trained gaggles of other doctors in eye-surgery techniques. To join his father's professional ranks, Dr. Mark Gonzalez completed his residency at the prestigious Georgetown University Hospital and Washington Hospital Center, and he brings skills he learned there to his refractive surgeries. Both clinic locations also boast a full-service eyeglasses boutique, where patients can choose from basic and designer frames, order contact lenses, or play frisbee with the latest monocles.:m]]

Body Motions’ pole-dance fitness classes work bodies hard enough to sculpt lithe, tight muscles that boost health and can open any jar. The same could be said of the studio’s other classes, which include Zumba, yoga, yogalates, and Total Body Toning. No matter which class students select, they get an intense, custom workout thanks to encouraging and accommodating instructors.

Since its 1965 founding in Venice Beach, California, Gold's Gym has dotted the globe with more than 600 locations where professional athletes and exercise newbies gather under the umbrella of personal strength. Nearly 3.5 million Gold's members chart and aim for their fitness peaks, perspiring beneath the gaze of certified personal trainers or pedaling beside peers at cycling sessions. In a diverse lineup of group classes, patrons strengthen cores with Pilates, finger-paint pictures of ninjas in martial arts, and amp up heart rates along to the pulsating soundtracks of Les Mills routines. Many Gold's Gym locations stockpile futuristic amenities, such as cardio machines with individual iPod docks and televisions that help keep patrons motivated.

Centennial Medical Group is made up of internists, physicians, and certified and registered nurse-practitioners. In addition to welcoming patients for clinical care, they also offer laser services designed to reduce the appearance of unwanted hair, skin spots, or spider veins. They also provide weight-loss management programs and immunizations for travel.

On its perch high atop Prospect Hill, the resplendent manor house stands overlooking the 18 holes of Glenn Dale Golf Club as they unfurl outward among rolling hills and dense foliage. Though the house has been there since 1742, it wasn't until 1956 that the course was carved around the base of the mount. Terrell Brazelton oversaw the building of the course using a design by George Cobb, who later became the resident architect at Augusta National Golf Club and the author of many of its architectural renovations.

Today, golfers find their short games put to the test by dramatically sloped greens, a difficulty encountered by many top players when the course hosted a U.S. Open Qualifier in 1994 and just one player broke par. As players herd their golf balls throughout the course, they tread over land steeped in American history. The fairways and greens reside on a tract that once served as a meeting place for Native Americans.

Course at a Glance:

• 18-hole, par 70 course
• Total length of 6,282 yards from the back tees
• Course rating of 70 from the back tees
• Course slope of 115 from the back tees