Jessica Koslow

On any given Saturday at 9 a.m. on the outdoor basketball court at Hollywood Park, a group of 40 to 140 people of every shape, age and fitness level are gathering for squats, lunges and laps. 

The 45-minute weekly class is organized by Claudine Cooper, an Inglewood group fitness instructor who’s made it her mission over the last 15 years to get movement to her community — for free. 

“Claudine’s class is one of my favorite things I do all week,” said Leslie Wrona, 47, of Inglewood, who has been showing up every week since September with her 9-year-old daughter.

Cooper has been hosting free outdoor workout classes since around 2010. The idea manifested from a Facebook message from a woman who had been taking her classes at 24 Hour Fitness on Slauson. The woman could not afford her gym membership anymore and was asking whether Cooper knew of any free classes in the area. . . .

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In the family practice in which board-certified physician assistant Kristina Cadwell worked, she spent about eight minutes with each patient. This was not enough time for her to discuss and deliver long-term wellness results, and it was one of the reasons she decided to open Vibrant Skin Bar in Arcadia six years ago.

Her MedSpa journey would be slightly delayed because about six months after launching, COVID happened. Vibrant Skin Bar had to close and juggle the challenges of when and how to safely see patients and when to order medical supplies from the hospitals.

Today, Cadwell feels right at home in the community, and her doors are open for next-level wellness. . . .

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About three and a half years ago, Ken Silver and Dr. Adam Sands began taking trips to the grocery store to buy 200 pounds of ice to fill up a big plastic garden tub in the parking lot of Sands’ office. When friends they invited to try the tub raved about the experience and wanted to do it all the time, the idea for RVIVL was born.

“This was a clean, natural way to help people feel great, look great, and to meet like-minded individuals,” said Silver, an avid hiker, runner, skier, weightlifter, tennis player and co-founder of RVIVL, a fitness recovery studio in Playa Vista that opened in November 2022. …

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