Six Freethinking Trainers Redefine Exercise

Think working out is boring? Geezer agrees. And so did most of the people who now take classes with these six exercise innovators, recently profiled in the L.A. Times:
Riley McAlpine combines spinning with meditation, placing a single lit tea candle in front of each cycle in a darkened room.
Milo Levell guides classes through heart-thumping hip hop routines.
Yoga instructor Walker incorporates music, poetry, live drumming, ecstaticdance.
Karen Smidt may be world's most (only) nurturing triathlon coach.
Dan Christensen persuades people to push themselves with non-competitive games and fun, fun, fun.
Enrique Lugo puts classes through the salsa and merengue paces. 
Read about them in the L.A. Times.