Boot camp and basketball: a great way to spend the day

No plans for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday? There’s still room to participate in "Freedom on the Center Court," a three-part event at Staples Center that includes fitness, self-improvement and basketball. For $25 participants can take a one-hour boot camp class on the center court, where they'll work up a sweat doing push-ups, lunges, squats and run stairs. But don't worry if you just segued from the sofa a couple of weeks ago — beginners are welcome, too, and instructors will demonstrate how to modify the exercises for various fitness levels. Then a life coach will help people examine their bad habits and lend advice on how to conquer them — think unresolved New Year's resolutions. After that two-hour workshop, there's a basketball game with the Clippers playing the Minnesota Timberwolves. To sign up, call (818) 437-5523. "We wanted to do something fun and different," says Elaine Miller, a trainer and co-founder (with Narina Tatoussian) of All About You! ... (link)