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Healthy Freebies
January-
CROSS TRAIN.
All month: Strengthen your core, burn fat and transform your body through a combo of Pilates, TRX training and power yoga. Three group classes are yours for the taking at Hollywood's new Cross Train LA fitness studio. RSVP here.
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FIND YOUR CENTER.
Ongoing: Stop in for a three-day guest pass to Naam Yoga LA, Santa Monica's yoga, meditation, healing and research center. Treat yourself to classes such as Yoga for Stress Management, Body Sculpt, Pilates and Stretch & Align. For first-time clients only.
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SAY, "IT'S FUN TO STAY AT THE..."
Ongoing: Grab a seven-day guest pass at any LA-area YMCA and enjoy swimming, state-of-the-art equipment, and classes such as Pilates, cycling, yoga, Tone & Sculpt, dance, boxing and 30-minute abs.
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GET FIT 24/7.
Ongoing: Get a weeklong pass to one of LA's multiple 24 Hour Fitness locations. Take classes, use the pool and gain access to equipment, a sauna and more. Download your pass here.
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HAVE A BALL.
January 8, 11AM-3PM: Join the fun at the Oshogatsu Festival in Little Tokyo. Learn how to make onigiri (a rice ball dish), and enter the Common Grains-sponsored onigiri contest. Enjoy arts & crafts, food and cultural activities celebrating the Year of the Dragon.
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MEET AN IDOL.
January 12, 7PM: Meet Grammy and Oscar award winner Jennifer Hudson at Barnes and Noble at The Grove. She'll sign copies of I Got This, her inspirational memoir about embracing a healthy lifestyle and losing more than 80 pounds. Note: This is a wristbanded event.
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TAKE A HIKE.
January 14, 9AM: Trek to the highest peak in Topanga State Park with the Sierra Club as you enjoy spectacular views and learn about safe mountain travel. Get your heart pumping on this eight-mile round trip with a 1,100-foot gain. Meet at Trailer Canyon Trailhead in Pacific Palisades.
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GET UP AND DANCE.
January 22, 2-6PM: Shake it at Your Neighborhood Studio's annual open house in Culver City and enjoy more than twenty sample dance classes throughout the afternoon. From 6-7PM, bring the kids by to try classes from the new Youth Dance Program (ages 7-17).
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GET FAB(IO).
January 23, 2-5:30PM: Reps from natural health and beauty brands will be on hand for consultations at Whole Foods Beverly Hills' Health and Beauty Day. Best of all, you'll have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to taste a shake with model/romance novelist/former I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! spokesperson Fabio, whose protein powder will be featured.
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GIVE YOURSELF THE BOOT.
January 30, 6-7AM, 7:30-8:30AM or 10-11AM: Train with Body Inspired Fitness' Angela Parker, a featured trainer on MTV, at her popular Santa Monica boot camp. RSVP here to reserve a spot in one of the three sessions.


