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HARDCORE DO IT: Get your flabby butt into ultra high gear at Evolve Fitness (52 New Street, Cambridge, 617.354.1000), featuring 21,000 square feet of fat-busting glory. This übergym is run by bodybuilding champion Lucio Paolini, so your body is in great hands (his other parts are great, too). Or check out the new badass roster of classes at Equinox (131 Dartmouth Street, Boston, 617.247.4835), like the Hong Kong-inspired Rogue HK — which fuses Western boxing, martial arts, and fight choreography straight off the silver screen — or FlabULess.
JUST DO IT: If epic, power-through-the-pain workouts ain’t your thing, try toning it up without tearing it up at the Movement Center of Boston (38 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.723.8090), Boston’s go-to spot for gyrotonics, which incorporates the basic principles of yoga, dance, tai chi, swimming, and gymnastics. Designed to stretch and strengthen your muscles, this workout method is more gentle than full-on cardio, but the results are breathtaking.
SCREW IT: Suck down the most succulent treats in Boston. A few guaranteed diet-crushers? Gooey sticky buns ($2.75), dripping with caramel, at Flour Bakery + Cafe (1595 Washington Street, Boston, 617.267.4300; 12 Farnsworth Street, Boston, 617.338.4333). Cream-stuffed deep-fried vanilla cupcakes ($4) at Kickass Cupcakes (378 Highland Avenue, Somerville, 617.628.2877). And the Grand Poobah of decadence, the Ultimate Fat Mac ($34) at the Fat Cat (24 Chestnut Street, Quincy, 617.471.4363), featuring macaroni and manchego, parmesan, cheddar, and blue cheeses, plus lobster, steak, crab, shrimp, chicken, and hot dogs.
