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"  In St. Barths, where the bikinis are teeny-tiny and the drinks extra large, one wonders about how frequent visitors to the island manage to stay in such amazing shape (The roads are barely wide enough for two car lanes, let alone joggers). But there is a relatively low-impact way to burn a few calories, start your beach day early, and work on your tan: Velaqua, a workout done entirely in the ocean on floating quasi-bikes of the same name. The bikes are actually more like U-shaped frames with handlebars. They are not secured anywhere, so you use your feet as the pedals, and the water as resistance, moving from the shoreline to the boats docked just beyond the hotels and shops in St. Jean. On a recent trip, our instructor Valerie Torres, an intensely-bronzed and toned French woman who looked like she hadn&amp;#039;t left the island in years, took us through toning exercises in the middle of the water, and mostly tried to get us to take the moves seriously (this seemed to be something she was used to). It wasn&amp;#039;t terribly strenuous, but we all felt mildly virtuous at the end, and even a little sore the next day. From 50 euros (around $68) per person per class, booked through the concierge at sibarth.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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