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Some Workouts Wackier Than Others

Aired January 17, 2002 - 05:23   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: If you're up early this morning, there's a good chance you're watching us from the treadmill, or maybe you're getting ready to head to the gym right now. But if you are battling the boredom of that same old workout, you will appreciate this next story.

CNN's Eric Horng shows us some wacky workouts from, where else, L.A.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They may want you but they can't have you.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's really sensual.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One, two, three, four, five.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's innovative, it's hard to do.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, yes baby.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's like going to a disco.

ERIC HORNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Los Angeles, a city known for its hard bodies, getting in shape has become an adventure.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lift, lift.

HORNG: At Bodies In Motion in Santa Monica, what they call the goddess workout fuses aerobics and belly dancing.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The hardest thing about working out is getting there, starting it. So what it is is it provides that incentive for why people want to come and work out.

HORNG: Tired of Tae Bo? How about capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art that has participants kicking and spinning?

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Great abs, great butt, great legs, great arms, balance and it's fun.

HORNG (on camera): But for many, it's not just about exercising the body. It's also an opportunity to give the imagination a workout. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stretch, bend one knee, arch over.

HORNG (voice-over): At Crunch Fitness in L.A., the circus sports class takes exercising to new heights. Participants hang from a trapeeze, swing on the rings and tumble on mats.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lift left.

HORNG: Retro is also in. When was the last time you did the hula hoop?

JEFF COSTA, CARDIO-STRIPTEASE INSTRUCTOR: Push, push.

HORNG: But for something more risque, there's cardio-striptease? The class attracts adults of all ages and is guaranteed to make participants sweat and blush.

COSTA: It's an adult club. It's an adult environment, and it's what I say adult games. This is play with an edge.

HORNG: Workouts for the new year, sure to bring fitness buffs back for more.

Eric Horng, CNN, Los Angeles.

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