Innovators redefine exercise class
EVEN as L.A.'s fitness superstars take center stage, there are legions of trainers and instructors toiling alongside them who provide much of the innovation and fresh ideas that drive the city's fitness community. It's these creative risk-takers who have made L.A. one of the most engaging, stimulating and welcoming places in the world to work that body.
Pedaling mile after mile in inky darkness in the 508-mile Furnace Creek in Death Valley 10 years ago, McAlpine found her mind wandering. She shifted her focus and began to meditate.
She has since spun the experience into a class called Meditation Spin at Revolution Fitness in Santa Monica. The class, held in a darkened room, with a single tea candle placed in front of each cycle, started with six students a year ago and has ballooned to as many as 50 in a session.
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