Working Out

Drinking Too Much Makes You Stupid, But SoCal Researcher Has A Cure

We all know that drinking a lot makes you stupid. What we don't really know is if there's an antidote to this mental decline. Now a Southern California professor and her research partner from the University of Colorado at Boulder claim there just might be:

Grasping At The Past Through Pandora's Blackstreet Station

I sent shirtless cell phone shots of myself to, like, I'd guess 300 people in 2010. I was 29, and in the best shape I'd ever been in. In the morning, I would literally roll out of bed and onto the floor into push-up position. I could do more than 100 without stopping. I installed a pull-up bar in ... More >>

Pitbull and Lil Jon Lead a Zumba Class! (Yikes)

Pitbull and Lil Jon Convention Center 2/15/2013 Better than...the fitness DJ in your spin class. Hip-hop and fitness might not seem immediately compatible, and Pitbull and Lil Jon aren't quite LL chiseled. But that didn't stop them from performing before 3000 freaking Zumba fitness buffs at the C ... More >>

Everybody Skate Now!

The Pain and Glory of Competitive Stair-Climbing

See also: *10 Best Ways to Get in Shape in L.A. *10 Best Workouts in L.A. for People Who Hate Working Out Competitive stair-climbing, its devotees like to say, is the hardest sport that no one's ever heard of. That there is such a thing as an elite stair-climber probably comes as a surprise to an ... More >>

10 Best Ways to Get in Shape in L.A.

See also: *Our Best of L.A. issue and our Best of L.A. app *Top 10 Gyms in L.A. *Top 10 Bars With the Hottest Women in L.A. You see the flab. You want the flab gone. You want it gone now. There's no New Year's resolution. There's no wedding dress to fit into. It's just getting in shape time. Becau ... More >>

California Tax for Mentally Ill Is Going Toward Massage Chairs, Zumba Classes in SoCal

California Governor Jerry Brown is asking for another tax hike this November: He hopes the dead-broke people of this dead-broke state will have the heart to toss a few coins at our crumbling education system. But how do we know our money won't end up paying for some bedazzled charter-school megagym ... More >>

Top 10 Gyms in Los Angeles

If there's anything we are not lacking in Los Angeles, it's places to work out. But finding the perfect gym to tone, slim down or -- dare we even say it -- find a date is a highly subjective decision. Then there's that old real estate rule of location, location, location; you want something close t ... More >>

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TODD GLASS

VIDEO: Hundreds of Fitness Dorks Turn Out for Massive 'Zumba' Flash Mob at L.A. Live

What appeared to be hundreds, if not thousands, of Zumba® fans in their finest Latin-flavored workout getups crowded the Nokia Plaza yesterday afternoon, forming the most chaotic mob at L.A. Live since the Lakers riots. If you haven't heard of Zumba yet, here's what you're missing: It describes it ... More >>

Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #5-1

See also: *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #10-6 5. Animal Collective I really wanted to like Merriweather Post Pavilion, even going far out of my way to appreciate the record as it was surely intended: super-stoned, mi ... More >>

BAYTL: V-Nasty's 20 Funniest, Most Inexplicable Lines From The Mixtape

​See also: As Nasty As She Wants to Be: Kreayshawn's Controversial Associate Finally Tells Her Side of the Story As one blogger pointed out, V-Nasty raps "like your typical dude from the hood." It's true. "I'm a bitch but I rock like a male," she says on "Sick Swag," a song from her new mix ... More >>

Dark Chocolate May Improve Athletic Endurance

Flickr/oskay​A new study shows that consuming dark chocolate may help athletic endurance, the New York Times' Well blog reported August 3. Scientists at UC San Diego and other institutions gave middle-aged, sedentary male mice a purified form of cacao's primary nutritional ingredient, epicat ... More >>

L.A. Food Bloggers Workout: How They Can Eat Without Guilt

Matthew KangFood bloggers H.C. So (green shirt) and Cathy Chaplin (red shorts) combining their two passions -- food and running -- during a "food marathon."​ When you're as passionate about food as food bloggers are, dieting and counting calories just don't make sense in your world. And thanks ... More >>

Jock Out With Your Abs Out

Lobster Fellatio: Hot New Europop Music Video Trend

Europop videos are insane, trashy, absurd, absurdist and, once again, insane. But even by those standard, this video from Nikita, is a doozy. Rabbits, lizards, rubber-clad vixens on stationary bikes (that seems like it might chafe), women in sexy masks, food porn and porn porn. (Probably NSFW but ... More >>

What Kind of Homeland Security Is That?

Amazing Rants Overheard in LA: "What kind of homeland security is that?"

​Ranter: Thirtyish man in running shoes and green suit Location: Bank of America ATM machines, Jefferson & McClintock Time: 6 p.m. on a Thursday Topics Covered: Suspicious security guards, the fact that ranter doesn't drink at lunch; the presumption of innocence; why ranter might be moved t ... More >>

SKATE YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS

Hey Steve Cooley: Time To Take A Closer Look At Former Bell Police Randy Adams And His Shady Pension

Oh, my back! That's Adams on the right, with D.A. Steve Cooley, looking like a small town Rotarian, on the left. ​The L.A. Times reports that former Bell police chief Randy Adams, who quit in July when it was revealed he was making nearly $500,000 per year, is quite the physical fitness buff, ... More >>

RV Dealer Wants To Settle Lawsuit with 'Twilight' Star Taylor Lautner With Push-Up Contest

​"Twilight" star Taylor Lautner could once again flex his muscles, though not in a movie, but, rather, in a push-up contest. Brian McMahon, owner of an RV dealership, has challenged actor Taylor Lautner to a push-up challenge in an attempt to settle a lawsuit by the action star, the Los Angel ... More >>

Church Near Koreatown Pulses With Dance Music Beats

Steve La​ Every Tuesday and Thursday night intense trance-like music pulsates from the auditorium at First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles near Koreatown. The space that is usually reserved for quiet prayer and reflection turns into an aerobics class bursting with dance beats. In an economy ... More >>

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Kid's Festival

Personal Trainer To The Stars Investigated For Sexual Assault

gregisaacsfitness.com​Los Angeles police this week were investigating whether a personal trainer to the stars who has been charged with sexually assaulting a 27-year-old possibly has other victims in the region. Greg Isaacs' website contains testimonials in support of his gym skills from the ... More >>

FREAK OF THE WEEK

THERE’S A SKIPPER BORN EVERY MINUTE

Questionable Idea #341: Shwayze and Cisco Adler Team Up for Cheesy Workout Recording, Get Paid

Some things speak for themselves. My only question, are you supposed to do the gravity bongs before or after this Malibu Schwayze/Cisco Beach Body Workout? News is out that Shwayze, Cisco Adler and DJ Skeet Skeet have a 24-minute workout routine available, sponsored by Nike. Was everyone involved in ... More >>

Dodgers Win Big in Chicago

Before the Lakers took over the minds and hearts of sports fans in Los Angeles, there were the Dodgers. Players such as Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax, Maury Wills, Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, Tommy John, and Fernando Valenzuela, among many others, were gods, and then things didn't go so well for the team in ... More >>

Best Red Rubber Balls: Dodge Ball at Crunch

Serena Brooke's Surf Stronger Fitness Video Gets to the Core

The surfer's workout

Happy Reels

Shit List

Grammy week... Fashion week (in NYC)...the writers strike... Britney... There so much to do and watch and bitch, uh write, about.... Our new year's resolution was to blog more and go to the gym more, but February's already half way through and we haven't jumped on the treadmill yet. Sigh... We may ... More >>

Heart Less

Community health advocates fight closure of cardiac programs at Daniel Freeman