#Voices: Let your fit flag fly.

Summer is almost over and we’re gearing up for fall. That means working out for that bathing suit bod is becoming harder with PSLs taking over Instagram and layered looks taking over our closets.

Enter: motivation. Think [and work] outside of the Crossfit box. Let’s be honest, for most people it’s an easy decision to make when choosing between the gym and happy hour, especially when we take the same fitness classes on repeat. To help y’all out, I’ve put together a list of eight unique, funky fitness trends you can try out right here in Soda City. 💪

LunaTrix Arts AcroNow | All Star Gymnastics Center

photo by @heather_kobus

Thursdays, 6:30-8:00 p.m. | $5-$10 | 🤸🏻‍ Lift, twist, turn, and balance with your boo or someone new | all skill levels

FUSE Heels Class | Columbia Music Festival Association

photo by FUSE Artist Alliance LLC

Monthly | 8:30-10:00 p.m. | free | 👠 Packed with sass, throw on your pumps for this sexy hip-hop class | experienced dancers, 17+ only

Aerial Yoga with Baby Goats | Fit Columbia

photo by @beardedspoooon

Monthly | 1:00-2:00 p.m. | $25 | 🐐 You do downward dog while they do upward goat. This class is the G.O.A.T. | all skill levels

Poleooza Discovery | Poleooza

photo by @legallybrunette18

Fridays, 5:00-6:30 p.m. | $25 | 💈 Get your feet wet with this introductory pole party where you’ll flip and dip through 8-10 pole dancing moves | beginners

LunaTrix Arts Hula Hoop Dance | S.C. State House

photo by L. Scott Johnson of Columbia Hoops

photo by L. Scott Johnson of Columbia Hoops

Tuesdays, Mar.-Nov. 2018, 6:30 p.m. | free | ⭕ Channel your inner child by brushing up on your hula hoop skills | all skill levels

Rebounding | Brickhouse Gym

photo by Ginger Lowrey Blencowe of Rebounding in Columbia, SC

Tuesdays + Thursdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. + Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. | $8 | 🆙 Jump up, jump up and get down on a mini-trampoline | all fitness levels

Aerial Yoga with Puppies | Fit Columbia

photo by @allenwallace72

Monthly | times vary | $20 | 🐶 BYOdog and literally hang with him [or her] as you move from pose to pose (translation: from photo-op to photo-op) entangled in aerial silks | all skill levels

Primal Move Fitness | K.O.R.E. Wellness

photo by Karen Wilson

Saturdays, 8:30-9:30 a.m. | $78/month | 🌋 Go back to the basics for this purposeful, playful, movement improvement class | all fitness levels

See a seasonal alternative or a #fitfam you could stick with? You decide. In the meantime, you can find me falling in mutual weirdness with the Soda Citizens at Fit Columbia.

Trust, you’ll want to give the treadmill and elliptical a rest for these bizarre sweat sessions… and you won’t regret it like the fifth drink you had.

Stay strong, stay fit + stay fabulous,

–Heather Cooper

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