Founded in 1880, when the main mode of transportation was the stagecoach, the Los Angeles Athletic Club, celebrating its 130th anniversary, remains a downtown oasis for fine-tuning your body, inside and out. Relocating in 1912 to a stunning Beaux Arts building, the first private club in L.A. no longer has members with handlebar mustaches flying on trapezes in the gym, and it admits women. You can play squash, handball and racquetball or take classes in tai chi, yoga or Pilates. Improve your mind by attending a lecture about wine or business leadership. If you don’t give a rip about self-improvement, try “Move With a Movie,” themed events inspired by films, starting Oct. 21 with Wall Street Ball Street, which combines squash lessons with scotch tasting, stogie smoking and a screening of the Oliver Stone film. Also on the agenda: a pool-party screening of Jaws and exotic dancing lessons set to the Demi Moore turkey Striptease, followed by “an intimate dinner for two” (plus an hour in a boutique hotel room for an extra $129). The LAAC, which has welcomed William Randolph Hearst, Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino, isn’t cheap, but it’s accessible, with monthly fees of $99 for those under 34 and over 64, and $162 for everyone else; $15 for one-time entry with a member. 431 W. Seventh St., dwntwn. (213) 625-2211, laac.com. —Patrick Range McDonald &
Karina Longworth

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