Just when we were wondering what would be the the next exercise craze to come out of Southern California, we found this answer in, of all places, the Times of London. Spy School, it seems is a 30-hour-long course spread over eight weeks that costs $820 and promises to provide women a "Bond-girl body and butt-kicking attitude." Times writer Lucy Broadbent, who infiltrates the class, tell us that each week there is a different class: ice-climbing, abseiling, aerial arts (taught by an instructor from Cirque du Soleil), surfing, gymnastics, weapons training, belly dancing, but that the most crucial component is the assailant-defence class. Broadbent quotes Sascha Ferguson, a Pilates instructor and entrepreneur who set up Spy School at the Absolution gym in West Hollywood, advising: “Once you’ve fought off five guys, it allows you to go into the office the next morning and ask your boss for a raise without even thinking." Probably true. Read more here.
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