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5 Plush private gyms

These exclusive athletic clubs promise to slim down your waistline, and your wallet.

The Sports Club/LA
Los Angeles
The Sports Club/LA
$2,500 initiation fee for the executive membership, plus $235 monthly dues

If you don't ever want to do the same workout twice, then LA's 100,000-square foot Sports Club is the place for you. The facility offers an impressive roster of options, including a junior Olympic swimming pool, basketball, volleyball, racquet and squash courts, a rooftop driving range and even ping pong.

Classes range from martial arts to boxing, gyrotonics and yoga. If you want to watch sports, rather than play them, there's a 120-inch flat screen TV in the sports bar, not to mention the hair salon and spa, restaurant, café, and a sundeck. The club also offers physical therapy services and has a crew of nutritionists on staff. Executive members enjoy daily laundry service, shoe shining, valet parking and complimentary car washing on request. The club hosts different activities each month, ranging from ski trips, art excursions and movie screenings, to biking weekends, ballroom dance classes, and black tie events where you can flaunt your hard-earned physique.

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