Best New Fitness Studios In LA

With a plethora of places to get a sweat on throughout the city, Los Angeles is one of the best cities to be for high caliber fitness. Here are a few of our new favorite places to workout.

SHIFT by DP
14374 Ventura Blvd
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
(818) 465-3677
www.shiftbydp.com

As the only gym in Los Angeles that performs circuit training classes on a certified Olympic Spring Floor, SHIFT is an innovation in that it helps shock the system, resulting in a high energy, lower impact workout. In each choreographed class, resistance bands, light-weights, and weighted medicine balls are used to keep clients on their toes. Clients love the supportive community they continue to foster and attract, making this an inviting place to reach new heights in fitness of the body, mind, and soul. You also won't want to miss any classes taught by instructor Kelly Weston who is a true professional in motivating and getting clients in shape both in mind and spirit!

Wanderlust Hollywood
1357 Highland Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 967-8855
www.wanderlusthollywood.com

Wanderlust, producer of the largest yoga lifestyle events in the world, has erected a permanent hub in Hollywood. This multi-level community center aims to be the ultimate gathering place, a space where individuals can find their true north. Yoga classes will include varied styles/levels and mediation offerings will balance physical fitness with mindfulness. Signature classes like Soulscape will feature musically scored yoga classes that synchronize asana postures with music and breath with beat in a studio that features state-of-the-art staging, sound and lighting. Yogis can punctuate a great practice with a bite at the on-site organic café.

The Studio (MDR) Playa
6500 Seabluff Dr.
Playa Vista, CA 90094
www.thestudiomdr.com

The Studio (MDR) is renowned for its unrivaled ultra-intense 50-minute total body workout that utilizes the Megaformer™, a transformative machine that combines elements of Pilates, cardio training, and weight bearing sequences that train every single area of fitness. No doubt, it's a workout requires mental grit, but the results are worth every sweat-dripping minute; just ask its ever growing roster of over 6,000 devoted clients. The Studio (MDR) Playa will be the third studio location opened by fitness entrepreneur and founder Lisa Hirsch, slated to open in September at the Runway Playa Vista.

Rise Nation
613 N La Cienega Blvd
West Hollywood, CA 90069
(424) 343-0082
www.rise-nation.com

For those pressed for time, Rise Nation is quickly becoming the place to be for an effective cardio alternative that is a short but sweaty 30 minutes in length. The studio feels like stepping into a mini-nightclub, complete with a ceiling installation lined with color changing LED lights and a bass bumping sound system to get climbers amped for what's to come. The layout is similar to a spin class but with VersaClimbers, vertical machines that simulate climbing. The outcome is a functional full body experience with zero impact push and pull actions. Pop out into the patio after class for a cool breeze, fresh juice, and a sense of accomplishment as you check off yet another item on your endless to-do list.

Pure Barre North Hollywood
4929 Lankershim Blvd, Unit D.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
(818) 942-7098
www.purebarre.com

The NoHo Arts District, which is widely known as one of the great dance epicenters of the world is where Pure Barre North Hollywood is situated. Exercise is offered here is a great companion to enhance the performance of the dance community it serves. The workout is low-impact and a fantastic option for anyone looking to fine-tune their fitness repertoire, targeting hard-to-tone areas of the body. The method at Pure Barre utilizes the ballet barre, light weights, resistance tubing, and rubber balls to perform a series of tiny, precise isometric movements that tone and lean out the entire physique.

Orangetheory Fitness
1431 2nd St
Santa Monica, CA 90401
(310) 730-1399
www.orangetheoryfitness.com

Orangetheory Fitness is a dream come true for the fitness tracker obsessed. Sessions are split into intervals of cardio and strength training that incorporates treadmills, rowing machines, TRX® bands and free weights. Participants wear a heart-rate monitor that displays real-time training zones and heart rates on screens in the studio; it's a tool helps you to fine tune your exertion based on the levels of base (baseline), push (increased intensity), and all out (breathlessness). This training style is based on the science of EPOC (post-exercise oxygen consumption) and designed to keep heart rates in a target zone for metabolic effects that continue to burn for up to 36 hours after leaving the studio. Regular clients can keep track of their results to monitor progress from one session to the next.

Motivate Glendale
410 E Broadway
Glendale, CA 91205
(213) 925-7164
www.motivateglendale.com

Motivate Glendale's urban chic studio offers the Lagree Fitness method to guests. Owner and instructor Cereza Richeson was a client of this method for eight years and a certified instructor for five years before opening Motivate. If that's not a testament to the workout, we don't know what is. In just 45 minutes on the M3 machine, clients are lead through an effective routine that lengthens and strengthens the entire body, effectively creating visible results that will keep you coming back for more.

Joy Bitonio has the phrase "Joie de Vivre" tattooed on her shoulder, a reminder to enjoy life every single day. She has a voracious appetite for fun, adventure, food, good cocktails and works out like a madwoman to keep it all together. Check out what else she recommends around Los Angeles in the links below.

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