After visiting SoulCycle Chestnut Hill during its opening weekend, I left unsatisfied. I wanted the NYC SC intensity and got a “meh” mediocre workout. I wrote about it and SC insisted I give the studio another try. I think everyone deserves second and even third chance so I took them up on their offer for a Saturday morning class with Erin T.
I showed up ten minutes late! I never do this and felt so embarrassed. I did not check the schedule and just went going off memory which is a bad idea when you’ve flown across country 4 times in the past month. I hopped on my reserved bike, front and center, and jumped right in. I quickly realized I was in for a sweat filled workout in the best way possible.
Erin called me out at the start of my second song to turn up my resistance for being late. I did and it made me like her immediately for some reason. Her music was kick ass and her choreography was difficult, yet fun. I was constantly chasing the beat, barely keeping up. I did not realize it prior to class but this was SC’s “survivor” hour long workout so really I got in a 50 minute workout, 5 more minutes than my usual spin class and I could tell. It was probably one of my favorite spin classes.
Things I liked:
Disliked:
I really didn’t have any dislikes regarding the class. I did realize that SoulCycle must instruct their teachers to do the “hair whip” on the saddle that I found distracting in my first CNHL class. Luckily, Erin T has short hair so it wasn’t distracting.
Erin T however is heading back to NYC. This makes me sad but another veteran instructor is coming in to replace her spot from LA named Molly who has awesome RateYourBurn reviews. I was also told to try Todd’s class for a good ass kicking.
Erin is also a great example of how cycling DOES NOT MAKE YOUR LEGS BULK UP (see picture above which does not do her body justice). Did you see I wrote that in caps, Traci Anderson? Seriously. It’s all about body type. Erin has an amazing body because she has a certain body type thanks to genetics but she obviously works for it, teaching two hard classes a day. She taught ours in just a sports bra so I could see her enviable abs and lack of any body fat. Her attitude was uplifting, warm and welcoming all while pushing me to my limit.
Wegman’s opens up April 27th which will make a weekend class worth the drive to the suburbs for this city gal once in a while, depending on the instructor
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