Photos:: Los Angeles residential developments are pumping up gym amenities

The Seychelle in Santa Monica is equipped with a rooftop pool, as well as a fitness center/gym and yoga studio. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Sept. 5, 2014 4:45 PM PT

Apartment dwellers are no longer content with a StairMaster and some hand weights in a basement room. A new and upcoming crop of condos offers enticements such as Spin classes, Pilates, juice bars and concierges ready to arrange personal training sessions.

The Seychelle’s fitness center. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Decks and gardens surround the third-floor fitness center/gym and yoga studio at the Seychelle in Santa Monica. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

The pool area at 8th+Hope in downtown Los Angeles. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

8th+Hope in downtown Los Angeles features a cardio room with Technogym equipment. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

The gym at the Vermont, west of downtown Los Angeles, contains cardio and strength-training equipment, a separate Spin room, right, and a yoga/meditation room. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)