{"id":1322,"date":"2025-10-14T04:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/1322\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T04:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T04:09:13","slug":"fort-lauderdales-blu-by-thrivewell-is-an-elite-wellness-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/1322\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale’s Blu by Thrivewell Is an Elite Wellness Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blu by Thrivewell photo<\/p>\n

South Florida has no shortage of wellness destinations these days, but a new 20,000-square-foot complex in Fort Lauderdale could significantly change the game. Blu by Thrivewell<\/a>, which offers locals much more than your run-of-the-mill cold plunge or spin studio, officially marked its opening with a ribbon-cutting this week, on Wednesday, October 8.<\/p>\n

Located at 1709 E. Commercial Blvd., Blu blends physician-led medical care, high-tech fitness, spa-like recovery, nutrition coaching, and even three pickleball courts under one roof. \u201cWe realized there are 10 to 20 additional healthy years at stake if people start [getting healthy] in their thirties, forties, or fifties instead of waiting until they\u2019re older,\u201d says co-founder Dr. Gordon Chen. \u201cThat became our calling \u2014 to help people gain those years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"indoorThe wellness center is also home to three indoor pickleball courts.<\/p>\n

Chen knows the terrain. With his wife Jessica, he spent two decades running ChenMed<\/a>, a national healthcare company focused on older adults. There, he pinpointed that adding five to seven healthy years was possible even for patients in their seventies. Blu is the next phase of that mission, targeted at a wider age range and designed as a community rather than a clinic.<\/p>\n

The facility has been operating quietly for a couple of months, but members are already reporting results. Chen points to clients who\u2019ve boosted their VO2 max (a measurement of how much oxygen your body consumes while exercising) by 10 points \u2014 linked to a 50 percent drop in all-cause mortality risk \u2014 and others who have cut visceral fat in half. Those improvements aren\u2019t coming from fad diets or quick fixes. Blu says it leans on advanced diagnostics, data-driven nutrition plans, and coaching to encourage lasting behavioral changes. \u201cThere are plenty of places that deliver services,\u201d Chen says. \u201cBut there aren\u2019t many that take accountability with you for outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"aVitality Studio 2 hosts yoga, mat Pilates, breathing practices, and guided meditation.<\/p>\n

That said, membership isn\u2019t a casual drop-in here. Blu requires a 12-month commitment, with facility tiers ranging from $329 to $649 per month. Medical memberships start at $6,000 per year, while executive and elite integrated packages range up to $24,000. It is a serious investment, but one that comes with access to hyperbaric chambers, cryotherapy, IV therapy, advanced fitness testing, mindfulness programming, and a sleek LunariDXA scanner \u2014 one of only three in South Florida \u2014 that measures body composition with uncanny precision.<\/p>\n

Chen and his team envision Blu as the first of many such facilities. Miami and Palm Beach are logical future markets, but for now, the focus is on Fort Lauderdale. \u201cThis is our home,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat better place to build a longevity community than here, with our family, our friends, and our neighbors?\u201d<\/p>\n

Blu by Thrivewell. 1709 E. Commercial Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; 754-300-4021; blubythrivewell.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members can practice Pilates inside Blu’s Vitality Studio 1. Blu by Thrivewell photo South Florida has no shortage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250,290,572],"class_list":["post-1322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-openings-closings","tag-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}