Ypsilanti, MI Health and Fitness

Within the walls of the One on One Athletic Club's 35,000-square-foot facility, the sounds of bouncing basketballs and whirring exercise machines reverberate in tandem with the echoing voices of motivating instructors to create a round-the-clock symphony of hustle-and-bustle. Its staff of fitness experts packs the facility, assisting clients with the professional cardio and weight-training equipment or conducting personal-training sessions. The trainers also lead a variety of group classes, from high-intensity boot camps to revitalizing yoga sessions.

The club's expansive sports courts are also home to drop-in games of recreational sports like basketball, squash, and volleyball. Outside of the workout rooms, club facilities include a smoothie bar, steam rooms, and dry sauna. Additionally, onsite childcare keeps children happily at play and distracted from plans to steal their uncle's toupee.

Dr. Jaffer and his team of trained tooth techs improve mouths' health and appearances through a long list of services that includes cleanings, implants, braces, root canals, dentures, extractions, and whitening treatments. A flickering fireplace and complimentary coffee and tea offer homey warmth to clients as they wait to have their teeth liberated from poppy seeds affixed with hot glue, and each treatment room features a TV, DVD player, CD player, and headphones to stretch relaxation across entire visits. Patients can select a film from the practice’s library or bring one from home.

Creative Lifeflow guides mind, body, and spirit with a holistic approach developed by Nancy Gurney, a certified colonic hydrotherapist and enzyme therapist, registered yoga instructor, and raw-food chef. The center's colonic-care services address the body's ramshackle tenements, hosing down internal alleyways and repaving circulatory highways. Nancy removes toxins with a full slate of detoxifying programs that includes ear coning to remove wax and enzyme therapy to dispose of cellular waste. A nonmedically trained physician, she draws on first-hand knowledge and experience to equip clients with the information necessary to slay their internal demons with safe alternative methods.

Since 2001, Stroller Strides’ fitness professionals and buggy-bandying workouts have helped new mothers to overcome the struggles of staying in shape while caring for a wee one. Specially trained instructors helm a series of 60-minute classes, which consist of a warm-up, a power walk, and interval stations where limbs stretch resistance tubes in body-toning drills. Energizing jaunts often utilize hills, benches, and other environmental facets to augment maneuvers. Throughout the routine, engaging songs and activities keep children from growing overly fussy or pranking classmates by tossing banana peels in front of their buggies.