Clockwise from far left:


Stationary bikes are popular with boomers looking to keep


trim; East Shore Athletic Club’s downtown location; Pivotal Fitness is a big favorite with


Summerville residents; women enjoy water aerobics in the indoor pool at East Shore Athletic Club; state-of-art


equipment is available at Pivotal Fitness; many people opt for strength training at Pivotal


Fitness; the exterior of East Shore Athletic Club in Mount Pleasant.


Photos provided by East Shore Athletic Club and Pivotal Fitness.


Cooper area, at least 20 health clubs offer a wide range of programs and activities, while historic Summerville claims an even dozen fitness facilities. Dominating the workout scene throughout greater Charleston


“... the club’s more mature members favor swimming and water aerobics ...”


is the East Shore Athletic Club – actually eight separate clubs, six East of the Cooper and another on Daniel Island. ESAC offers a broad spectrum of programs, including cardiovascular


conditioning, total body strength, flexibility, functional exercise train- ing and relaxation/meditation. According to Maggie O’Rourke,


ESAC’s director of marketing and commu- nity relations, a quarter of the club’s members have passed the age of 55 and boomer mem- bership is, well, boom- ing. She notes that the club’s more mature members favor swim- ming and water aero- bics – at the Johnnie Dodds Boulevard location – low impact exercise and spin classes, where participants ride at varying speeds on sophisticated stationary bicycles. “Older populations


are realizing that age is not a crutch and that they can ac- complish more now than at any other time,” O’Rourke says, referring to the club’s boomer members as “the heart of East Shore.”


Among other popular and well-


attended health facilities in East Cooper are Eco Fitness and Blue Turtle Yoga, Ladies Workout Express,


True Form Pilates and Mount Pleasant Aerobics and Fitness. In Summerville, workout choices


range from Beyond Fitness to Armorplate Gym to a pair of Ladies Choice Fitness clubs to Positively Yoga and martial arts specialists Masters Studio. A major facility in Summerville


is Pivotal Fitness, which also has a club in Charleston. The full-ser- vice fitness center has a profession- ally certified staff, a wide variety of equipment, group exercise pro- grams and a women-only area. Its


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