Santa Monica Stairs

In a nice neighborhood near Pacific Palisades, this staircase is shorter than the Culver City Stairs, so it’s a different kind of workout, with quicker intervals. The place has a bit of a cult following. You’ll see groups of women doing high-intensity workouts with pushups and leg lifts. These stairs are a little shorter, so you can do quicker intervals. Most often you'll see people doing different versions of stair sprints. To really get the legs firing, you could add 30 air squats or jumping lunges in between sets.