Best Free At Home Workouts

These days, it seems like everywhere you turn, there is a new live workout or fitness streaming service happening, and if you’re like me, you’re feeling a little overwhelmed about which workouts you should commit to and how many subscriptions you should try and remember to cancel later. Just like I loved having the variety…

Dance Cardio @ ModelFIT LA

Class: Dance Cardio Location: Weho Work-out: Dance cardio Difficulty: 3.5 Next day soreness: 2 Duration: 60 Sweat Level: Sweaty Parking: Metered street parking, valet or paid lot Amenities: Towels, showers, filtered water fountain, lockers, swag for purchase Requirements for class: sneakers I’ve been reading about ModelFIT for years and I was BEYOND excited when they finally opened up an LA location…

Reformer Core Burn @ Love for Pilates

Class: Reformer Core Burn Location: Santa Monica Work-out: Reformer Pilates Difficulty: 3.5 Next day soreness: 4 Duration: 50 Sweat Level: A little dewy Parking: Metered Street Parking Amenities: Grip socks for purchase Requirements for class: Must have grippy socks! I’ve been meaning to try out Love for Pilates for a while now, and finally deviated from my normal pilates…

Hot Pilates Cardio Dance @ Hot Pilates

Class: Hot Pilates Cardio Dance Location: WeHo Work-out: Dance Cardio, Pilates Difficulty: 4 Next day soreness: 3.5 Duration: 60 min Sweat Level:  Drenched Parking: Free lot at Sunset Plaza Amenities: Shower, towels and mats provided, water and swag for purchase Requirements for class: grippy socks and lots of water Hi All! First I apologize for the stall in reviews lately. Life has been…

Reformer/Barre Burn @ Speir Pilates

Class: Reformer/Barre Burn Location: Santa Monica Work-out: Reformer pilates and barre combo Difficulty: 3.5 Next day soreness: 2.5 Duration: 60 min Sweat Level:  Moderately Sweaty Parking: Free street parking on side of studio, metered parking on opposite side Amenities: Lockers, showers, swag for purchase, filtered water, free coffee and tea bar Requirements for class: grippy socks It’s tough competition for pilates studios in LA because…

Supraformer Class @ Lagree Fitness Studio

Class: Supraformer Location: Weho Work-out: Reformer Pilates Difficulty: 5 Next day soreness: 4 Duration: 25 min Sweat Level:  Moderately Sweaty Parking: Metered street parking Amenities: Bathroom, water fountain Requirements for class: pilates socks (though I’ve seen a few people do barefoot) I had heard about Lagree Fitness prior to taking the class, so I was mentally prepared for the Supraformer. I was…

Semi-Private Training @ Ballet Bodies

Class: Semi-Private Training Location: Weho Work-out: pilates Difficulty: 3.5 Next day soreness: 4 Duration: 60 min Sweat Level:  Moderately Sweaty Parking: metered street parking, small tandem lot behind studio (fits 4 cars) Amenities: Towels provided, water fountain with cups, shower Requirements for class: socks or barefoot I won a semi-private training session at Ballet Bodies through their Instagram contest a couple of months ago and I…

Abs & A$$ @ Carrie’s Pilates Plus

Class: Abs & A$$ Location: West Hollywood Work-out: Megaformer Pilates Difficulty: Level 4 Next day soreness: 4 Duration: 50 min Sweat Level:  Sweaty Parking: Underground lot for $2 with validation (enter on La Cienega) or metered parking Amenities: Water fountain with cups, grippy socks for purchase Requirements for class: Grippy socks or barefoot. I finally made it to Carrie’s Pilates Plus for the last…

Reform & Ride @ Studio Elevate LA

Class: Reform & Ride Location: Culver City Work-out: Hybrid Pilates + Spin Difficulty: Level 3.5 Next day soreness: 3 Duration: 50 min Sweat Level:  Sweaty Parking: Free lot behind studio and metered parking out front Amenities: Water fountain, bicycle pedal cages so you don’t need spin shoes Requirements for class: Grippy socks recommended but not required, and sneakers for spin if you don’t…

Pilates @ Xtend Barre

Class: Pilates Location: West Hollywood – UPDATE: Xtend Barre Weho is now closed as of 2016. Work-out: Mat Pilates Difficulty: Level 3.5 Next day soreness: 3 Duration: 60 min Sweat Level: 💦Moderately Sweaty Parking: Street Parking, or you can pay $5 to valet with Crossroads and that money can be credited towards your next class…