The Chronicle
March 11, 2021
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21/90 Hip-Hop moves from outdoor workouts to indoor classes
New studio offers classes for all ages
Last summer Louis
Lowery III set out on a
journey to provide a pan
demic-friendly fimess pro
gram that combined aero
bics and hip-hop dance
moves. From humble be
ginnings teaching classes
outside at Griffith Park, in
less than six months 21/90
Hip-Hop Step has grown
tremendously. Now Low
ery has his own studio that
offers boxing workouts, a
new toning and sculpting
class, and
for kids.
When
sat down
The Chronicle
with Lowery
last June, he said his goal
was to help the community
make lifestyle changes
and that it all begins with
working out and leading
a healthy lifestyle. That’s
how he came up with the
name, using the old say
ing: “It takes 21 days to
form a habit and 90 days to
make a lifestyle change.”
Course graduates
forging new business
culture for changing
world
BY JOHN RAILEY
Logan Lash knows the
old ways will not work
anymore in Winston-Sa
lem. “We used to live off
tobacco and banks and
Krispy Kreme, and their
headquarters aren’t locat
ed in Winston-Salem any
more,” she said recently.
Lash and three cohorts
are making their own new
way, thanks to a program
Tate Consulting of Win
ston-Salem has created
called “Maestro, the Play
book 2.0!” a follow-up
to their Playbook for En
trepreneurial Excellence
class.
Logan Lash
Lash, Dexter Perkins,
Tyler Chisolm and Dustin
Sellers graduated from
the original program last
spring. Recently,
graduated from the
program.
The Maestro
they
new
pro-
gram’s sponsor, WSSU’s
Center for the Study
of Economic Mobility
(CSEM), believes the pro
gram is suited for business
veterans like Lash looking
to up their game, as well
as newcomers like Per
kins, Chisolm and Sell
ers. The latter three are
Winston-State University
students, and their par
ticipation in the program
provided real-time data
on the benefits of entre
preneurial instruction for
students.
“Equipping students
with the knowledge and
skills associated with an
entrepreneurial mindset
or thinking improves their
motivation to succeed in
whatever pathway they
choose for their future,”
said CSEM Associate Di
rector Alvin Atkinson.
CSEM also encourag-
several classes
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Photo by Tevin Stinson
The staff of 21/90 Hip-Hop. 21/90 now offers new classes at the new studio located
at 4140 N. Patterson Ave.
Because gyms were closed
when he started, Lowery
held his hip-hop aerobic
classes outside, but when
it started to get cold, he
knew he had to find a
space to offer classes year
round. After doing a lot of
research, things just fell in
place.
21/90 officially moved “It feels good to look and
to its new home, 4140 N. see how far we’ve come
Patterson Ave., earlier this in such a short period of
year. Lowery said although
they had lofty goals when
he started 21/90, he didn’t
expect to grow so fast.
time,” Lowery said.
“From being outside to
be able to progress and of
fer more is a blessing. It’s
a blessing just to be able
to help ... that’s the main
thing, being able to give
back to the community.”
Nicole Lowery, Louis’
older sister and business
manager, said, “When
things are right, they con
nect fast and that’s been
our story.
“We’re not perfect,
we’re still learning as we
go, but we’ve had strong
support from the commu
nity and it’s just been awe
some to witness that.”
In addition to the hip-
hop step aerobics classes
led by Lowery, 21/90 now
offers boxing workouts
for kids and adults led by
Ralph Saunders, dance and
toning classes led by Tiffa
ny Jackson, and kids dance
and step aerobics led by
Ashley Stallings. Lowery
said, “We’re branching out
to offer something for the
whole family.
“Some people may not
feel comfortable stepping,
so now you can do boxing
or dance ... we wanted to
offer something for every
body.”
Following a boxing
workout last Saturday
morning, Iyo Powell, who
joined 21/90 last summer,
said when she came across
the class, she was looking
for something different
from the average work-
out routine. She said she
joined Lowery in the park
a few days later and she’s
been coming back ever
since.
“I started coming when
we were in Griffith Park
and I remember when we
first came and saw the stu
dio, everyone was really
excited ... It’s great to see
how far it’s come.”
For more information
and a detailed schedule
of classes, search “21/90
HipHop Studio” on Face-
book.
CITRUS
SEASON
Submitted photos
Dustin Sellers
es entrepreneurship in the
East Winston neighbor
hoods beyond the campus
walls as demonstrated by
research programs such
as CSEM Fellow Char
ity Griffin’s YouthRise,
which Chisolm helped
run.
The pandemic has un
derscored inequities and
the inefficiency of old ap
proaches. The four-week-
long Maestro program,
taught in Zoom until CO-
VID-19 restrictions are
lifted, teaches strategies
for leadership style, career
development for women,
and harnessing the power
in executive assessments.
It emphasizes that open-
mindedness and inclusion
are not only right; they
are also practical, needed
for businesses to resolve
interior problems and ad
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Tyler Chisolm
vance.
Dr. Antwain Goode
and Andrea Goode lead
Tate Consulting and creat
ed the classes. “Our grad
uates understand the costs
associated with conflict
management and engage
ment. This means that
they have strategies to re
move destructive thoughts
and how to reframe team
conversations,” Antwain
Goode said. “This cohort
clearly demonstrated that
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