On the top floor of the mall’s parking structure, a back corner lot has been completely re-imagined from drab gray concrete into a sleek, turf-covered paradise, complete with a full selection of cardio machines, weights, dedicated class space and plenty of room for distanced free weights, TRX, yoga, stretching and more. Gannon is right: the new outdoor club is not only impressive, it’s completely unexpected. We’ve even rearranged the club four or five times as we learned member behavior.” This has been an adventure - and we put this together in about three weeks - so from an operations standpoint it was challenging. “They’re so excited to be outside with the views, and the air, and to just not be in their own apartment. “When people come up here to do their first workout, they’re like, ‘Oh my God, this is awesome!’” laughed Jack Gannon, Equinox’s Senior Vice President for the West Coast. An outdoor option is less tenable for cities like New York, Toronto or London, especially as winter approaches, but here in L.A., where indoor-outdoor living has always been part of the culture, embracing In The Wild is a no-brainer. skyline and the added bonus of working out in the sunshine, this new club is a win-win - at least for Angelenos. Officially opening its doors to the public in late September, the club was already bustling when I visited late last week.ĭubbed Equinox+ In The Wild, the 27,000-square-foot outdoor gym is equipped with the same level of hospitality and attention to detail that the indoor clubs offered in a pre-pandemic world, and it might be the solution for staying in shape and preserving community while indoor fitness remains risky. Already a hot-spot for luxury-ticket items like Next Health’s trendy Cryotherapy and Vitamin IVs, or, at the other end of the spectrum, Eataly’s multi-story Italian decadence, the shopping center has recently become home to another one-of-a-kind offering: Equinox’s first ever completely outdoor fitness club. There’s something calming about the Century City mall.
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