BeautCamp pilates is the latest workout creating a storm in LA and has already hooked the likes of Liz Hurley, Nicole Kidman and Denise Richards.

It combines the gentle stretches of pilates with a hardcore hit of circuit training, giving devotees fat-burning aerobic exercise and long, lithe muscles. The workout goes one step further than traditional mat-based pilates classes by using Reformer, an exercise machine of strings, ropes and pulleys that gets you to work deep on your core muscles (www.beautcamppilates.co.uk).