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- The BUTIK (1514 17th St): Unleash your inner Amazonian warrior at celebrity trainer Bizzie Gold's Santa Monica fitness
- YOGAqua (4101 Admiralty Way & 3300 Via Lido): What do you get when you cross a surfboard and a beach-loving yogi? Ninety minutes of stand-up paddle boarding and plenty of asanas for the ultimate core workoutR
- Hoopnotica (1700 Ocean Ave): Not even Wham-O's trademarked hip twister is immune to a fitness fad. A hybrid of hula hooping, dance and gymnastics, the workout promises "a simpler way of sweating" via non-stop
- AuraYoga (8608 #A West Sunset Blvd): For those who enjoy rave-like exercise experiences but prefer not to fork out major cash for a trippy dance party at some secluded NorCal ranch, West Holly
- Iobella (507 Wilshire Blvd): No tinfoil hats are required at Santa Monica's new body sha
- Cirque School LA (5640 1/2 Hollywood Blvd) Your childhood dream of running away of the circus just got real, sans the creepy carnies. The same folks behind Reese Witherspoon's and Christoph Waltz' amazin
- Eagle Rock Yacht Club (Various locations): This has nothing to do with skimming the coast and everything to do with the playground pastime of dodgeball, except with grown adults. This non profit org does much
- Slimmons Studio (9306 Civic Center Dr): Two words: Richard Simmons. When he's in town, the patron sight of sequin-filled sweat seshes leads his explosively energetic classes ($12