Patti Hornstra had tried all kinds of exercises classes and regimens. She did step, she checked out floor aerobics, she tried running. “I tried for years to find my groove,” said the real estate ...

Jiya Williams, owner and instructor at Trophy Wife Fitness, has used several marketing strategies to get the word out about her Charlotte, N.C., studio where students take classes like Chickboxing and ...

Then she discovered “chickboxing.” That isn’t the real name of the martial arts fitness class at Team United Martial Arts. But that’s what the participants — mostly moms who have just gotten children ...