Sport & Fitness

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21 Body Control Studio
The Body Control Studio is owned by Conchita del Campo, who has been teaching Pilates since 1985. Here you can discuss your general medical history, lifestyle and postural details at your first session. There’s also detailed instruction on how to breathe correctly and engage the core stabilising muscles.
Body Control Studio, 15 Belsize Rd, NW6 (020 7483 0952/ www.pilates-studios.com) Swiss Cottage tube. Classes £22-£48 or £185 for ten.

22 Danceworks
Since 1982, Danceworks has offered Europe’s largest selection of classes in six well-appointed studios. You can choose from more than 160 dance, fitness, martial arts and yoga workouts each week. New trends include a burlesque dance course, poledancing and singing classes.
Danceworks, 16 Balderton St, W1 (020 7629 6183/www.danceworks.net) Bond St tube. Membership £40 per month. Classes £4-£8 drop-in rate with £5 daily membership charge for non-members.

23 Bikram Yoga North
Michele Pernetta was the first teacher to bring Bikram ‘hot’ yoga to the UK. She now has three schools across London. All teachers have trained under the technique’s founder, Bikram Choudhury at his LA school.
Bikram Yoga North, 173 Queen’s Crescents, NW5 (020 7692 6900/ www.bikramyoga.co.uk) Chalk Farm tube/Kentish Town tube/rail. Classes £13 drop-in, 10-class card £105. Feature continues

24 Wu’s Tai Chi Academy
The London Academy of Wu’s Tai Chi Chuan is one of 13 worldwide with direct connections to the Wu family. It’s run by Gary Wragg, a founder member and former chairman of the Tai Chi Union for Great Britain, whose aim is to provide the most authentic tai chi classes anywhere. An eight-session beginners’ course offers an introduction to the basic techniques; there are seven classes per week to choose from. You can also learn self-defence applications, meditation or chi kung.
Wu Tai Chi Academy, Unit 2A, 1st Floor, 449-453 Bethnal Green Rd, E2 (020 7033 3993/www.wustyle-europe.com) Bethnal Green tube. Cost £85/eight weeks.

25 Yoga Therapy Centre
The Yoga Therapy Centre is part of the Yoga Biomedical Centre, which researches yoga as a form of complementary medicine. Classes here include one-to-one and general sessions for pregnancy, arthritis, lower back pain, cancer, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis and ME. New courses for 2008 include yoga for depression (with discussion groups) and yoga for weight loss. Discounted one-to-one consultations are offered on Fridays as part of a teachers’ training scheme.
Yoga Therapy Centre, Yoga Biomedical Trust, 90-92 Pentonville Rd, N1 (020 7689 3040/www.yogatherapy.org) Angel tube. Classes from £8.50 drop-in rate.

26 Bodymentors
Bodymentors founder Pip Jenkins and her team run courses from her small but well-equipped studio in north London as well as arranging home and office visits. Assessment focuses on stamina, nutrition, wellbeing and personal goals with programmes adapted to individual needs. One-on-one and group sessions (up to three people) are available individually or in blocks of 12 based on two sessions a week for a six-week cycle, with discounts for block bookings. A 30-minute, one-on-one kettlebells session is £30. Members of her team also operate a running clinic, sports therapy and even offer styling advice.
Bodymentors, (07830 312 106/www.bodymentors.co.uk) 476, 73 buses. Personal training £50 per hour, group sessions £70 per hour.

27 Boxing London
The bags may be well punched and the weights worn here, but the tuition with former super-middleweight contender Enzo Giordano is excellent and the atmosphere good-humoured and empowering. The classes – three each weekday and a couple at the weekend – attract both sexes and all standards.
Boxing London, 20 Hazelville Rd, N19 (07956 293 768/ www.boxinglondon.co.uk) Archway tube. Cost £8 per class plus £50 membership.

28 NY Pilates Studio
Daphne Pena-Higgs’ studio follows the teachings of Joseph Pilates as espoused by Romana Kryzanowska’s New York studio. The studio offers the full repertoire of Gratz equipment built to the specifications of the man himself.
NY Pilates Studio, 20 Lonsdale Road, NW6 (020 7372 3490/ www.nypilates.co.uk) Queens Park tube/rail. Classes £25-£55.

29 The Life Centre
This is one of London’s original yoga centres, having occupied a former church on a quiet street near Notting Hill Gate for more than 14 years. Elizabeth Stanley and Christine Letter have ensured that this smart, welcoming centre remains at the top of its game with over 60 classes a week including pregnancy yoga, mother-and-baby yoga and baby massage.
The Life Centre, 15 Edge St, W8 (020 7221 4602/www.thelifecentre.com) Notting Hill Gate tube. Classes £11 one-hour drop-in rate, £12 for 75 minutes.

30 Integra Training
As the name suggests, an integrated approach to fitness is the aim of Michael Goulden and his team, who draw on movement studies, bodywork, psychology and nutrition when working with clients in their small, bright studio. Specialities include rehabilitation, strength training and sports conditioning. It also operates at Andaz Hotel by Liverpool Street station.
Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, E1 (020 7193 0862/ www.integra-training.net) Aldgate East tube. Cost £60 per hour (£45 per hour for two people or more).