Andrea Lewent
Appearances
Cult of Body & Soul
1. "Made in LA"
And it's one of those fairy tale, weird ass Hollywood stories. I have no money. And I'm walking down the street and this one pulls over and she says to me, I want a platinum membership. And I'm like, we're not going to be open for a minute. She's like, I don't care. Who did I make the check to? It was New Year's Eve and I was walking down to Hollywood Boulevard.
Cult of Body & Soul
1. "Made in LA"
I'm like, I've never written a check for $10,490. That was the rent at that time. And there you have it. She was all because she was a client of mine and She was going to follow me wherever I went. So therefore, she was like, I'm going to write a check right now. And I just looked up and went, OK, guess we're going to do this.
Cult of Body & Soul
1. "Made in LA"
It's a funny story because they offered me a job a couple of times. It was like hats off props to these women because they loved what they did and they branded the hell out of it, which started to take down a lot of boutique fitness. It's funny. If you ask people, they'll say, it's your class. They just talk like you talk. I'm like, I wouldn't go that far, but it is.
Cult of Body & Soul
1. "Made in LA"
It's the groundwork we laid for it not being about riding. But I didn't like SoulCycle for myself.
Cult of Body & Soul
1. "Made in LA"
They flew me to New York, first of all, and threw out the red carpet. Driver, like, I was like, oh, I like this. I'll come back again. And I sat down and they cut right to the chase. She didn't. Janet and I go way back. I mean, a lot of their lead teachers were my students for many years. And this may have been stupid, but I taught that class for 23 years of my life. People followed me everywhere.
Cult of Body & Soul
1. "Made in LA"
People supported me. They were my family. And when I just start crunching numbers and I became a good business woman, which is awesome. I said, when I'm done, I'm done. You know what I mean? Like I'm going to be done and then I'll be done. And then I was done.
Cult of Body & Soul
1. "Made in LA"
So when spinning started, it was Johnny G, and there were 15 bikes, the first bikes that he made in his backyard.
Cult of Body & Soul
1. "Made in LA"
I fell in love with it and no one would let me teach it. They were like, no, because Johnny G was doing his thing.
Cult of Body & Soul
1. "Made in LA"
So some of the people in my class that just started showing up, Seal, Rod Stewart, God bless Ashley Hamilton. I love him. I stood up in his wedding. A lot of supermodels, Angie Everhart, Scott Weiland. The guys from Bad Religion, Joey Castillo, who's an amazing drummer. He drummed with everybody. A lot of tattoos in that room.