Deborah Vankin https://www.latimes.com/people/deborah-vankin Content published by Deborah Vankin. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:00:06 GMT Don't call it Pilates. Inside the exercise trend that's like 'if Pilates and bodybuilding had a baby' https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-04-16/lagree-fitness-trend-megaformer-pilates About 50 SoCal studios currently license rights to use Lagree equipment, many of which are in Los Angeles. You might think it's harder that Pilates. But its creator, Sebastien Lagree, would say you're wrong. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:00:06 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-04-16/lagree-fitness-trend-megaformer-pilates I worked out with an AI trainer at L.A.’s 'first full-scale AI-powered gym.' Here's how it went https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-03-31/los-angeles-ai-powered-gym-artificial-intelligence-workout-fred-fitness At Fred Fitness in Santa Monica, software is integrated into every piece of cardio and strength equipment to make your workout harder as you improve. Mon, 31 Mar 2025 10:00:09 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-03-31/los-angeles-ai-powered-gym-artificial-intelligence-workout-fred-fitness The Ozempic workout? How gyms and trainers are catering to a new group of exercisers https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-03-13/ozempic-workout-glp-1-exercise-los-angeles-personal-trainer-gym With GLP-1 weight loss comes muscle loss. Gyms and personal trainers are rising to the challenge to help people build it back. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:00:53 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-03-13/ozempic-workout-glp-1-exercise-los-angeles-personal-trainer-gym Thanks for hiking with us! https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-03-10/los-angeles-times-subscriber-hike-elysian-park Our winter 2025 Los Angeles Times subscriber hike explored Elysian Fields West Loop. Thanks to all the readers who attended! Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:09:31 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-03-10/los-angeles-times-subscriber-hike-elysian-park Join the L.A. Times on a winter hike in Elysian Park https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-25/los-angeles-times-winter-hike-subscriber-event We're inviting 30 L.A. Times subscribers to join us on a reader hike on Saturday, March 8 at 9 a.m. This time, we’ll be hiking the urban-adjacent trail Elysian Park West Loop. Tue, 25 Feb 2025 11:00:25 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-25/los-angeles-times-winter-hike-subscriber-event Sitting all day is worse for your body than we thought https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-02-22/sitting-all-day-is-bad-for-your-body-essential-california Three or four continuous hours of sedentary behavior can lead to weakened, tight muscles, joint stiffness, inflammation in muscles and tendons and tight fascia. Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:30:56 GMT https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2025-02-22/sitting-all-day-is-bad-for-your-body-essential-california 5 easy exercises for your feet and ankles to relieve desk job aches and pains https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-18/exercises-feet-ankles-toes-sitting-pain In this six-part series, we'll give you quick exercises for different body parts every week to help you stay limber. Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:00:21 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-18/exercises-feet-ankles-toes-sitting-pain $99 for an orgasm? Inside an L.A. self-love workshop for women https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-14/self-love-workshop-sex-magik Mia Magik's sex magik ritual experience, in a Topanga home, promises to help you manifest your wildest dreams. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:35 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-14/self-love-workshop-sex-magik 5 easy exercises for your hips and hamstrings to alleviate desk job aches and pains https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-11/exercises-hips-hamstrings-desk-job-sitting-pain In this six-part series, we'll demonstrate quick exercises for different areas of your body every week to help you stay limber. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 11:00:58 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-11/exercises-hips-hamstrings-desk-job-sitting-pain 5 easy exercises for your lower back to alleviate desk job aches and pains https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-04/exercises-lower-back-desk-job-sitting-pain In this six-part series, we'll give you quick exercises for different body parts every week to help you stay limber at your desk. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:00:16 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-02-04/exercises-lower-back-desk-job-sitting-pain 5 easy exercises for your hands, wrists, forearms and elbows to alleviate desk job aches and pains https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-28/exercises-fingers-wrists-forearms-elbows-desk-job-sitting In this six-part series, we'll give you quick exercises for different body parts to help you stay limber and alleviate pain at your desk. Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:00:18 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-28/exercises-fingers-wrists-forearms-elbows-desk-job-sitting Evacuated? Hosting someone who is? Try these 9 tips for harmonious communal living https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-23/los-angeles-fire-evacuees-hosts-living-together-during-disaster-tips Thousands have been displaced by the Los Angeles wildfires. Communal living is stressful, even in the best of times. Here's how to cohabitate harmoniously. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:59:48 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-23/los-angeles-fire-evacuees-hosts-living-together-during-disaster-tips Sitting hurts. Do these quick exercise routines at your desk to help https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-21/easy-exercises-help-desk-jobs-aches-pains Sitting for long periods can cause pain and injuries. Try these stretches to alleviate problem areas like your neck, lower back, wrists and shoulders. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:00:59 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-21/easy-exercises-help-desk-jobs-aches-pains 5 easy exercises for your shoulders and chest to alleviate desk job aches and pains https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-21/exercises-shoulders-chest-desk-job-sitting-pain In this six-part series, we'll give you quick exercises for different body parts every week to help you stay limber. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:00:33 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-21/exercises-shoulders-chest-desk-job-sitting-pain Paralyzed by heaps of post-fire paperwork? Here are 8 tips to get started https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-20/paralyzed-by-heaps-of-insurance-paperwork-heres-how-to-get-started Wildfire victims may face stacks of bureaucratic paperwork, including insurance claims, requests for FEMA assistance and loan applications. Here's the best way to get through it. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 11:00:41 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-20/paralyzed-by-heaps-of-insurance-paperwork-heres-how-to-get-started L.A.'s wellness community is healing a fire-torn city with free massages, meditations, sound baths https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-15/los-angeles-fires-healing-wellness-community-free-therapy-massages-yoga L.A.'s wellness community is assembling to support wildfire victims and firefighters in a sprawling citywide effort. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:02:28 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-15/los-angeles-fires-healing-wellness-community-free-therapy-massages-yoga 5 easy exercises for your head and neck to alleviate desk job aches and pains https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-07/exercises-neck-shoulders-desk-job-sitting In this six-part series, we'll give you quick exercises for different body parts every week to help you stay limber. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:00:53 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-07/exercises-neck-shoulders-desk-job-sitting The 2025 joy calendar of activities and events perfect for Californians https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-02/monthly-guides-to-fun-in-california-your-joy-calendar-for-the-new-year We're at the start of a new year. Take time to plan your next adventures using our expert guides that offer opportunities for fun, road trips, self-care and more for every month of 2025. Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:00:55 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-02/monthly-guides-to-fun-in-california-your-joy-calendar-for-the-new-year 12 healthy, joyful and restorative wellness activities for 2025 https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-01/fun-and-healthy-things-to-do-in-los-angeles-for-every-month-of-the-year Want to improve your self-care and wellness routines in 2025? Embrace these fun and healthy practices to stay centered throughout the new year. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 11:00:40 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-01-01/fun-and-healthy-things-to-do-in-los-angeles-for-every-month-of-the-year Tell us: What's your favorite yoga studio in L.A.? https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-12-17/favorite-yoga-studio-los-angeles-reader-survey Have a go-to spot in the city to stretch and flow? We want to know where you practice yoga in Los Angeles and why. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:00:09 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-12-17/favorite-yoga-studio-los-angeles-reader-survey I got a butt massage by an AI robot in L.A. Here’s how it went https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-12-03/ai-massage-robot-aescape-los-angeles-debut The AI-powered massage robot will open to the public in L.A. on Friday. It scans your body to deliver a precise, if impersonal, spa service. Tue, 03 Dec 2024 23:06:10 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-12-03/ai-massage-robot-aescape-los-angeles-debut A 'yoga pill' to end anxiety? Neuroscientists discover a brain circuit that instantly deflates stress https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-11-27/brain-circuit-breathing-discovery-yoga-pill-salk-institute A new study from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has identified a brain circuit that slows the breath to calm the mind. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:00:09 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-11-27/brain-circuit-breathing-discovery-yoga-pill-salk-institute Is this 'slow' strength training method the fountain of youth? L.A.'s 90-year-olds say yes https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-11-12/slow-motion-strength-training-studios-los-angeles Strength training has many benefits for health and longevity. Now many older Angelenos are seeking out a method called slow-motion strength training to protect their joints and heal injuries. Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:00:44 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-11-12/slow-motion-strength-training-studios-los-angeles L.A. isn't a walking city? The man behind Great Los Angeles Walk would like a word https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-11-08/great-los-angeles-walk-michael-schneider Michael Schneider founded the Great Los Angeles Walk in 2006. Now in its 19th year, it's still going strong. Fri, 08 Nov 2024 11:00:12 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-11-08/great-los-angeles-walk-michael-schneider I've done this L.A. walk 400 times. Here's how it saved me https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-11-07/solo-walking-los-angeles-health-benefits-awe This solo hike has helped me process life's hardest moments and become a staple of my life in L.A. After walking it over and over again, I feel more connected to nature — and myself. Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:00:16 GMT https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2024-11-07/solo-walking-los-angeles-health-benefits-awe