Mix it up | suite, ave, beach - The Orange County Register

Who doesn't think a massage isn't a great alternative to sweating for an hour to change up your workout? And while you're thinking outside the gym, spin, stretch, row and Barishnikov for a change of pace.

J.D. Walters of Costa Mesa plows through a high-energy workout at Orangetheory Fitness in Newport Beach. Participants burn through calories tracked by a heart rate monitors and TV monitors overhead.

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Massage schools

Two Orange County massage schools offer inexpensive appointments by students, starting at $20 for 50 minutes.

National Holistic Institute

nhi.edu

201 E. Sandpointe Ave., Suite 100, Santa Ana, 714-668-9263

Lincoln Institute of Body Therapy

lincolnmassage.com

202 W. Lincoln Ave., Suite A, Orange, 714-998-4943

Defy Gravity

The Corona del Mar studio offers hourlong classes that divide between spinning and Pilates, Pilates only with the reformer and chair, and a spinning class that includes a 10-minute core and arm workout with resistance bands mounted above the bikes.

defygravitystudio.com

3100 East Pacific Coast Highway, Corona del Mar, 949-719-2900

Orangetheory Fitness

The Newport Beach studio offers an hourlong interval class that uses heart- rate monitoring transmitted onto screens in the gym.

Orangetheoryfitness.com

1040 Irvine Ave. (Westcliff Plaza), Newport Beach, 949-630-0555

Barre workouts

Various Orange County studios offer hourlong strength and flexibility classes that use a ballet barre. Small, controlled movements are drawn from ballet, Pilates and weight lifting.

Here are a couple ofoptions:

The Bar Method

newportbeach.barmethod.com

7772 E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach, 949-715-2199

Pure Barre

purebarre.com

6791 Quail Hill Parkway, Irvine, 949-500-5924

28321 Marguerite Parkway Suite 201, Mission Viejo, 949-861-1565

234 E. 17th St., Suite 116, Costa Mesa, 949-230-9131

5655 E. La Palma Ave., Suite 145, Anaheim Hills, 714-693-7873

7101 Yorktown Ave., Suite 101, Huntington Beach, 714-330-9001

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