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Kimpton Wants You to Go Outside to Work Out

Memorial Day means that summer is here and two Kimpton Chicago hotels are celebrating by taking its fitness classes outside. But it won't be your run-of-the-mill alfresco yoga. You'll get schooled in some ballet basics, maneuver a Segway and get paid to walk in these new outdoor classes.

Work on your flexibility and toning at Hotel Palomar Chicago with its free hourlong Barre Bee Fit class, a blend of Pilates, dance, yoga and light weight work. Early risers can head to the hotel sundeck at 6:30 a.m. Wednesdays starting June 8 for the workout, which revolves around the ballet barre.

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5 Fun Alternatives to the Hotel Treadmill

We're always looking to find a treadmill alternative when we hit the hotel gym so we that's why we often gravitate to group fitness classes. Now ordinarily, amenities like the new yoga classes at the Hudson Hotel and the Mondrian SoHo would have us prepping our mat.

But we're tired of the same old offerings on the schedule—spinning is so '90s and even worse, step classes are so '80s. So we looked around to find some classes that not only would help us torch calories but have some fun doing it.

Check out our top five list of fun hotel fitness classes.

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Would You Power Walk, Pedal or Pilates Your Way Through San Diego?

Where: 435 Sixth Ave. [map], San Diego, CA, United States, 92101

If you are the type who hates the monotony of the same old workout and needs a little variety in your exercise routine, the Hotel Solamar in San Diego has options for you. The Gaslamp Quarter hotel just launched a wellness program called Mind Your P's: Pilates, Power Walks and Pedal Pushers. It's a new initiative for the hotel to encourage guests to get active and live like a local.

You can do your downward dog at poolside Pilates classes. You'll get to breathe in that fresh SoCal air on its fourth-floor rooftop deck while a local instructor helps you work on your core during the mat sessions. Classes cost $10 a person and are held Saturdays from 10 to 11 a.m.

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Push Up to Push Down Your Room Rate At Affinia Dumont

Where: 150 East 34th Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10016

Just the kind of place we fancy doing some push ups

There are two types of travelers: the ones who stick to routine while they’re away, hitting up the gym and eating the way they would at home, and the ones who let good intentions slide, fill up on burgers and hail a cab as exercise, because they’re on a jolly. Both, however, can benefit from a new deal that the fitness-freaky Affinia Dumont in New York is offering.

With the Push Up, Push Down Your Rate deal, you can save up to $40 on your stay by performing push ups at check in. Yes, push ups at check in. Remember to check out your modesty at the door.

The idea is simple: you book a room as normal, and, as you check in, staff will give you 30 seconds to perform as many push ups as you can (we’re not sure if there’ll be whistles and shouting, bootcamp style, but we’re crossing our fingers that there will). Each is worth a dollar, and they’ll accept a maximum of 40. The amount will then be deducted from your first night’s stay. Ta da! If you’re a lazy hotel guest, you can go and eat something greasy while feeling virtuous. If you’re an exerciser, it’ll act as a nice warm up.

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Rancho La Puerta Will Give You a Dancer Workout with Bar Method Classes

Where: Carretera A Tijuana Km 5, Tecate, Mexico, 92046-3057

We've all heard of hotel yoga and Pilates classes, but Rancho La Puerta is stretching its usual exercise offerings. The Mexican health and fitness spa, located 45 minutes south of San Diego, is now offering bar method classes.

The workout-of-the-moment bar method revolves around a barre, the same one that ballerinas and dancers use for their warm-ups, for a series of exercises. It's supposed to help sculpt lean, firm muscles in your chest, upper arms and upper legs. That sure as heck beats the tedious treadmill.

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ExerciseTV To Make Us Feel More Guilty About That Room Service Cheeseburger

The fitness center at Element Las Vegas...which is apparently not enough fitness for the hotel experience.

What is this obsession with hotels wanting us to workout all the time? First, they started building fitness centers in their hotels. If there wasn't enough space for a full-fledged fitness center, then they partnered up with a nearby gym to extend day passes to hotel guests.

Then someone decided that hotels should bring the workout to the guests, creating specialty rooms and suites with fitness gear already inside, like treadmills, light weights and exercise bands. Oh and don't even get us started on the yoga craze where hotels not-so-subtly equip your room with yoga DVDs and mats.

Now hotels have completely crossed the line into what we once considered refuge within our hotel room--the TV.

Michelle Higgins at the NY Times reports today that The Hotel Networks, a programming company that delivers on-demand channels to hotels has struck a partnership with a ExerciseTV to put free workout videos in more than a million hotel rooms across the U.S.

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HotelChatter News Briefs :: Man of God Trashes Hotel Rooms

There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.

· Protester Paints Up Beijing Hotel Rooms: An American pastor checked into the Novotel in Beijing and vandalized two rooms protesting the Beijing Olympics. Then he walked out without paying. WWJD? [AP]

· Kimpton Encourages Mass Transit Use by Giving Out Room Discounts: If you stay at a Kimpton in San Fran and use the BART, Amtrak or Caltrain you will get 20 percent off the best available rate. The deal is valid until Dec. 31st. Use package code RTR when booking. [Inside Bay Area]

· Lovers of Old Hotel Furniture Rejoice: Chairs from the original Madison Hotel in DC are for sale. Don't worry, they aren't tooo old. Just from 1963. [Apartment Therapy]

· Working Out in Hotels: Here's a quickie workout from a trainer. But it's totally for dudes. Except the walking bit. [Belly Off]