You can go your own way in Pony Sweat’s retro aerobics class

CJ Miller, left, helps Richeson with the aerobics dance class at Live Arts Los Angeles in Highland Park. Pony Sweat is held at various fitness spaces around Los Angeles.

Emilia Richeson has been teaching her classes since 2014. They became so popular she had to bring on another teacher, musician and artist CJ Miller.

“This is a true place to come and move in your body the way you want to move — and there’s a ton of power in that,” says Pony Sweat co-pilot CJ Miller.

“Get wild, take care of yourself, take care of your neighbors,” says Pony Sweat’s Emilia Richeson at a class in Highland Park.

CJ Miller leads the cardio dance class Pony Sweat at Live Arts Los Angeles, where the most raucous sessions take place.

Pony Sweat’s Emilia Richeson has a carefully curated playlist, one that includes Light Asylum, Sinéad O’Connor, Michael Jackson and Depeche Mode.

Emilia Richeson keeps the Pony Sweat classes fun and “fiercely noncompetitive.” Her advice to people: “You don’t have to go at your neighbors’ level, you don’t have to go at my level, go at your level.”