Worcester Health and Fitness

Auburn Yoga & Pilates Center owner Jennifer Fleury-Lawson fulfills her passion for teaching while creating a community of yogis so dedicated to improving their physical and mental health they earned the studio the Auburn Chamber of Commerce's awards for Best Fitness Facility and Best Teaching Facility in 2011. Along with a skilled staff of instructors, Jennifer oversees a schedule of low-impact workout regimens that includes a mélange of dynamic and restorative yoga styles, Pilates mat sessions, and spinning classes capable of leaving students of all skill and fitness levels as breathless as an easily startled blowfish.

At Peak Fitness, trainers use workouts devised by physical therapists to help groups and individuals get in shape fast, improve their agility for sports, or build functional strength. In one-hour personal-training sessions, trainers lead clients through acceleration drills, core exercises, and functional strengthening exercises that work to reshape bodies. The 3,500 square-foot center features rugged turf, comfortable air conditioning, and full showers, ensuring that busy professionals can return to work fresh and energized.

The Cardio Corner's nine certified instructors propel exercisers toward fitness goals during classes teeming with kickboxing moves, Latin-inspired dance steps, and other dynamic methods of sculpting the physique. During cycling classes, they help up to 12 stationary riders envision the towering hills, freeing descents, and detours through enemies' flower gardens that are fundamental to an outdoor bicycle ride. Filled with deep breaths and slow, graceful poses, all-levels yoga classes provide a calming alternative to cardio classes' vigorous tempos.

The crack of a bat signals another powerful hit inside Extra Innings' spacious, 70-foot-long batting tunnels. Each cage's Iron Mike pitching machine emulates the power and speed of a cantaloupe tossed by Popeye, sending a feast of fastballs screeching toward homerun-hungry hitters. Extra Innings' 12,000-square-foot facility also divvies its plethora of space for private pitching, fielding, and batting lessons hosted by seasoned instructors, as well as a circuit training area furnished with soft-toss machines, tees, and stride boards that further perfect techniques. The onsite pro shop also equips players with all of the baseball essentials.:m]]

Informed by their careers in healthcare fields such as physical therapy and sports medicine, the three directors at All-Access Fitness Academy champion an educational approach to exercise. In an effort to steer clear of the impersonal atmosphere of larger gyms, the academy's staff goes out of their way to interact with guests and readily demonstrates proper technique on a range of equipment and cardio machines. Every one of the center's personal trainers has earned his or her certification as a strength and conditioning specialist, enabling them to dispense both customized fitness plans and clinical explanations of the results. Through programs such as group classes that adapt their routines every six weeks, the gym centers its results-oriented programs on the aims of individual members, not just those of the township's local supervillian.

At Advanced Dental Group, Dr. David Moheban and Dr. Mansour Moheban call upon more than 55 years of combined dental experience to service all manner of mandible needs. The docs demonstrate their expertise by performing and overseeing services ranging from advanced periodontal procedures to teeth-whitening treatments. Taking pride in their work, the doctors pledge a one-year guarantee on all services in addition to offering interest-free financing for one year. During that period, the bookkeepers allow budgeting patients to either make payments or spend the year as the office mascot, Teethy the Toothpaste Tube.