Thigh High
MARCH 30TH, 2009
Thigh High
We like our workouts like we like our mini skirts—short and sweet. And new gym in town PowerVibe is letting us skimp on fabric, but not results.
The cleanly-designed space under the Granville bridge centres around a piece of equipment called the Power Plate, a vibrating machine that stimulates reflexive muscle actions and boasts the likes of Sting and Hilary Swank as fans.
But instead of leaving you to fumble with the strange apparatus, the gym gives seven-person, 25-minute classes, led by a very attentive and motivating trainer. A fitness fad? Our skepticism quelled when for days after our session we felt quad muscles we never knew we had.
Follow the class up with a 30-minute session in one of their personal-sized infrared saunas to prolong the calorie burn, oust toxins and reduce post-workout stiffness, and you really will be putting your best leg forward.
PowerVibe, 638 Kinghorne Mews, Vancouver, 604-687-8423, www.powervibe.ca for rates.