L.A. Trainer Offers "Fifty Shades"-Themed Workout Classes

Los Angeles-based fetish model, dominatrix, and trainer Snow Mercy now offers BDSM-style group workouts, People magazine reports, inspired by the runaway success of the Fifty Shades of Grey books/movie. Willing participants do not need to sign a contract per se a la Anastasia, but must indicate they're all in good health before taking part — exercises include "sit-ups, push-ups and running with collars, floggers, and whips," as well as a spin on Fifty Shades' sensory deprivation sex scene, somehow. Says Mercy:

"There are the people that want to exercise while wearing a leather G-string and maybe have clothespins on their nipples, and then there are people who just want to be motivated to do push-ups or sit-ups [where] when they get down to the floor, they kiss my boots."

There are also one-on-one sessions available either in her "playroom," or out and about — Mercy mentions taking someone hiking in a dog collar, for example — and dom/sub yoga classes are apparently also in the works. Personally the thought of setting foot in an exercise class period makes my inner goddess quiver (and not in a sexy way), let alone one involving NIPPLE CLOTHESPINS — but hey, different folks, different strokes!