Regulating fitness boot camps
Angela Parker, center, who runs Body Inspired Fitness, instructs her class during a workout in Santa Monica’s Palisades Park. “I want everyone to face the ocean,” she said. “And I want you to kick to where the ocean meets the sky.” (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Samantha Terrio, left, a student in Angela Parker’s fitness class in Santa Monica’s Palisades Park, climbs the stairs that connect the park to the beach below. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Angela Parker instructs her class during a workout in Palisades Park. The Santa Monica City Council is considering whether to impose limits on fitness trainers who use the city’s parks. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Trainer Angela Parker, left, demonstrates an exercise with student Samantha Terrio during a workout at Palisades Park in Santa Monica. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Students stretch at the conclusion of a workout in Angela Parker’s Body Inspired Fitness class at Palisades Park. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Ruben Lawrence conducts a boxing class called Hype Performance at Crescent Bay Park in Santa Monica. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Ruben Lawrence, right, trains Ali Janes during a boxing class at Crescent Bay Park in Santa Monica. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Brian C. Janes tapes his hands before a workout with Ruben Lawrence during a boxing class at Crescent Bay Park. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Students stretch at the conclusion of a workout in Angela Parker’s Body Inspired Fitness class in Santa Monica’s Palisades Park. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)