Should You Stretch Before or After a Workout? What You Need to Know
Should You Stretch Before or After a Workout?It's one of the most common questions on the gym floor: do I stretch before I lift, or after? The honest answer is…
Water Safety Tips for Families: What Every Parent Should Know
Water Safety Tips for FamiliesSummer may be winding down, but Charlotte families spend time in and around water year-round — from the YWCA's heated indoor pool to backyard pools, lakes,…
What Are the Benefits of Yoga? Strength, Mobility, Balance & Stress Relief
The Benefits of YogaYoga has moved well beyond its reputation as “just stretching.” Today, it's one of the most researched mind-body practices in the country — and the evidence points…
The Benefits of Water Aerobics for Joint Health
What Is Water Aerobics? If getting on the floor for a bootcamp class sounds more painful than productive, water aerobics might be exactly what your joints have been asking for.…
How to Prepare Your Kid for Their First Swim Team Season
Why Join a Youth Swim Team Swimming builds cardiovascular fitness, coordination, and full-body strength, but the benefits go well beyond physical fitness. Being part of a swim team teaches goal-setting,…
Zumba vs. HIIT: Which Class Is Right for You?
Choosing between Zumba and HIIT is a good problem to have, both are excellent workouts, just built around very different experiences. Here is how to figure out which one actually…
Have you seen YWCA in the news?
YWCA Central Carolinas has been hard at work in the Charlotte community. for more than 118 years, we have provided housing to women and families, literacy support for children and…
YWCA’s Fitness Reopening Date
YWCA Central Carolinas' co-ed fitness center will be reopening on Monday, September 14 at 7am. Be in the know about our policies and procedures.
HIITing Your Fitness Goals
Mental and physical health go hand in hand, so YWCA is committed to helping you stay active while our co-ed gym is temporarily closed. Join YWCA’s Director of Fitness, Starr…
Get (HI)IT Done
Mental and physical health go hand in hand, so YWCA is committed to helping you stay active while our co-ed gym is temporarily closed. Join YWCA’s Director of Fitness, Starr…