5 Ways to Remix Your Same Old Workout
To change up your sweat routine, give your yoga mat a break and try one of these new classes.

Illustration: Marcos Chin
SoulCycle
Fans of this thigh-quaking class lift hand weights, do modified push-ups, and work their core with crunches—all while furiously peddling spinning bikes.
Soul-Cycle.com

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Physique 57
Favored by celebrities like Kelly Ripa and Emmy Rossum, Physique 57 shifts between isometric exercises, like leg scissors and pulse squats, and deep stretches.
Physique57.com

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Piloxing
Created by a Swedish trainer and dancer, this unlikely hybrid of Pilates and boxing marries flexibility with fancy footwork and punching drills.
Piloxing.com

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Aerial Yoga
Remember Pink's midair performance in a silk hammock at the 2010 Grammy Awards? AntiGravity has created a yoga-infused class full of similar aerial moves.
AntiGravityYoga.com

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Forza
The Italian word for strength, Forza turns samurai sword training (using a wooden sword called a bokken) into a powerful workout for your arms, core and legs.
PowerStrike.com
From the September 2011 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine