<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b41bae66-13a9-49e7-9c83-4f7f92d13ec6/86FD4866-E71F-4CF6-B3C9-98513B3FFAD2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-miniprofiles7jan07,1,4793716.story?ctrack=1&cset=true" href="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-miniprofiles7jan07,1,4793716.story?ctrack=1&cset=true" style="font-size: 11px;">www.latimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-miniprofiles7jan07,1,4793716.story?ctrack=1&cset=true"><H1>Innovators redefine exercise class</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-miniprofiles7jan07,1,4793716.story?ctrack=1&cset=true"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.latimes.com/img/4C9AE90B-82D9-49FA-8518-9D5CB6076727" alt="Phunky kids" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-miniprofiles7jan07,1,4793716.story?ctrack=1&cset=true"><DIV> EVEN as L.A.'s fitness superstars take center stage, there are legions of trainers and instructors toiling alongside them who provide much of the innovation and fresh ideas that drive the city's fitness community. It's these creative risk-takers who have made L.A. one of the most engaging, stimulating and welcoming places in the world to work that body.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-miniprofiles7jan07,1,4793716.story?ctrack=1&cset=true"><B>Riley McAlpine</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-miniprofiles7jan07,1,4793716.story?ctrack=1&cset=true"> Pedaling mile after mile in inky darkness in the 508-mile Furnace Creek in Death Valley 10 years ago, McAlpine found her mind wandering. 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