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Check out 4 state-of-the-art fitness centers newly opened in Dallas

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As summer approaches and the weather gets too hot to workout outdoors, Dallas is seeing an influx of new gyms vying for your attention — and membership fees. Whether you’re looking to get your "summer body" ready (insert eye roll) or just wanting to feel stronger and healthier in whatever body you exist in, these four new state-of-the-art fitness centers have recently opened or are about to open in the Dallas area.

Alive and Well
Wellness center from Austin will open an 8,500-square-foot integrative wellness center in early May at The Terminal at Katy Trail at 4205 Buena Vista St., taking up the majority of the condominium complex’s second floor. The center will offer a range of integrative wellness and functional medicine services, such as cold plunges, intramuscular shots, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and a meditation dome.

Membership fees run from $150 to $400 per month, depending on how many services you use.

Alive and Well has two other locations in Austin and Boulder, Colorado. The company was founded by Michael and Liz Swail; Michael is a former Wall Street investment banker, and Liz has a history of chronic pain and fatigue that inspired her to pursue a path in holistic healthcare.

02 Dallas
Wellness, yoga, and pilates studio from Aspen is opening a location this spring, also at The Terminal at Katy Trail. The Dallas studio will offer a variety of fitness classes, including power yoga, vinyasa, hot mat pilates, yoga sculpting, stretch and meditation, sound healing, and power pilates. O2 Dallas will partner with beauty brand Knockout Beauty to provide skincare and holistic wellness services, and it will also offer spa treatments such as massages, waxing, and spray tans.

Class prices start at $38 for a single yoga class to $55 for a pilates class, to monthly memberships starting at $225.

O2 Life was founded by Brittany Van Domelen, who wanted to create a “transformative” brand that caters to all aspects of holistic well-being, including the mind, body, and spirit.

Life Time
Health club chain will open a new 109,000-square-foot facility in late April in Las Colinas at 7320 N. State Hwy. 161. It will feature state-of-the-art amenities, including an expansive workout floor, indoor and outdoor pools with a water slide, a kids academy, pickleball courts, a cafe restaurant, and spa.

Life Time was founded in Minnesota in 1992 by Bahram Akradi, who wanted to redefine the fitness industry by improving the customer experience. Membership fees run about $200 a month, although they differ slightly from location to location. The Las Colinas club is the company’s 33rd location in Texas and 14th in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Solidcore
Pilates-inspired chain opened a new studio April 20 in Addison at 5455 Belt Line Rd. #120. Solidcore is a high-intensity, low-impact, full-body workout on a pilates-inspired reformer that uses slow and controlled movements designed to break down muscles so they build back stronger. Class sizes are small so each participant gets individualized attention; the Addison studio will allow a maximum of 19 clients per class.

The company was founded in 2013 in Washington, D.C. and has locations across several states. Fees run about $15 to $30 per class, with various package deals that help lower the price. The Addison studio is their third in the Dallas area, in addition to locations in Knox Heights and Preston Hollow.

Weed News

Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Dallas over decriminalization of marijuana

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The City of Dallas has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for its efforts to decriminalize marijuana.

According to a release, Paxton has sued the city for adopting a city charter amendment that would decriminalize marijuana-related offenses and prohibit police from enforcing Texas law.

That amendment was Proposition R, or Dallas Freedom Act, which decriminalizes possession of four ounces of marijuana or less. Voters passed the amendment in the November 5 election, with 67 percent voting in favor.

The lawsuit, filed against the Dallas City Council, alleges that Proposition R is unconstitutional and violates Texas drug laws criminalizing any amount of marijuana.

Paxton says that cities can't "pick and choose which state laws to follow." He's proposing a permanent injunction to stop Proposition R from going into effect.

"The City of Dallas has no authority to override Texas drug laws or prohibit the police from enforcing them," says Paxton in a statement. "This is a backdoor attempt to violate the Texas Constitution, and any city that tries to constrain police in this fashion will be met swiftly with a lawsuit by my office.”

Before the recent election, possession of two to four ounces of marijuana could result in a punishment of 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Ground Game Texas, the activist nonprofit that has also helped get marijuana decriminalization on the ballot in elections across Texas, first got the issue on the ballot in July with the necessary 50,000 signatures.

Dallas is not the only city to be sued; Paxton also filed lawsuits against five other cities in Austin, Denton, Elgin, Killeen, and San Marcos in January for their ballots and policies decriminalizing marijuana.

Both Austin and San Marcos had a judge overturn their cases, according to a FOX 4 report.

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