Chris

Like, how the hell am I supposed to teach these classes? And she gave me the single best piece of advice I've ever gotten, which is, teach it the way you want to take it. Don't cater something to them. Do the thing that you really want. Play the music that you really believe in, because if you love it, they love it.

Like, how the hell am I supposed to teach these classes? And she gave me the single best piece of advice I've ever gotten, which is, teach it the way you want to take it. Don't cater something to them. Do the thing that you really want. Play the music that you really believe in, because if you love it, they love it.

I also had in my head, I'm good. I've got a great career. I have a house. I didn't want for anything. But in the back of my head, I'm like, God, this is so good. I don't know if I could do that. Like, I really didn't know if I could do that. Because that is a hell of a lot of physicality, six days a week, and to knock it out of the park every single time. And it scared me the right way.

I also had in my head, I'm good. I've got a great career. I have a house. I didn't want for anything. But in the back of my head, I'm like, God, this is so good. I don't know if I could do that. Like, I really didn't know if I could do that. Because that is a hell of a lot of physicality, six days a week, and to knock it out of the park every single time. And it scared me the right way.

I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I can. And then they started to say this stuff that really perked my ears up. SoulCycle is a really great place to work. You'll be insured. You'll have a 401k. You'll be taken care of. You're being hired for your talent. And I was like, you know what? After being an indie contractor for this many years, it is tiring.

I don't know if I can do it. I don't know if I can. And then they started to say this stuff that really perked my ears up. SoulCycle is a really great place to work. You'll be insured. You'll have a 401k. You'll be taken care of. You're being hired for your talent. And I was like, you know what? After being an indie contractor for this many years, it is tiring.

And I have no intention to purchase my own studio and have a triple net lease and deal with insurance and deal with employees. None of it. I don't want that overhead responsibility, but I definitely want to do what I want to do, how I want to do it. So I auditioned along with a bunch of other people. It was nerve wracking because my favorite instructors from L.A.

And I have no intention to purchase my own studio and have a triple net lease and deal with insurance and deal with employees. None of it. I don't want that overhead responsibility, but I definitely want to do what I want to do, how I want to do it. So I auditioned along with a bunch of other people. It was nerve wracking because my favorite instructors from L.A.

were there along with Janet, which is always a terrifying prospect if you're a new instructor.

were there along with Janet, which is always a terrifying prospect if you're a new instructor.

All of us sat on our hands until the 4th of July. Nobody, not one instructor, not one leaked out any information as to whether we got it or not. And now at the time, that was the top of the bar to work at SoulCycle. It was the top of the fitness bar for numerous reasons, and we can get into that later. But to get a nod, it was like getting a nod from the academy.

All of us sat on our hands until the 4th of July. Nobody, not one instructor, not one leaked out any information as to whether we got it or not. And now at the time, that was the top of the bar to work at SoulCycle. It was the top of the fitness bar for numerous reasons, and we can get into that later. But to get a nod, it was like getting a nod from the academy.

And for the first time in a long time, I was nervous. I'm like, oh my God, what if I don't get it? I was like, I'll be okay. But I was like, I really wanted this. And so on the 4th of July, through a letter and an email, congratulations, I still have the letter at home. You've been welcomed into the program and pretty much you leave in a month.

And for the first time in a long time, I was nervous. I'm like, oh my God, what if I don't get it? I was like, I'll be okay. But I was like, I really wanted this. And so on the 4th of July, through a letter and an email, congratulations, I still have the letter at home. You've been welcomed into the program and pretty much you leave in a month.

We had to really work to go to training. We had to work to stay in training, practice choreography, practice riding on the beat, practice riding on your opposite leg, which is we try to ride on the left, not the right. We were encouraged to make it personal. but not have a yard sale of emotion.

We had to really work to go to training. We had to work to stay in training, practice choreography, practice riding on the beat, practice riding on your opposite leg, which is we try to ride on the left, not the right. We were encouraged to make it personal. but not have a yard sale of emotion.

We had to practice saying things as we were riding to be able to ride fast and hard and do all that and be able to articulate something is difficult. So we practice that. We practice what if there's somebody in row, whatever, who's doing their own thing, how do you reel that in? And Janet's great at that. When to leave you guys alone. You know, when to leave you guys alone.

We had to practice saying things as we were riding to be able to ride fast and hard and do all that and be able to articulate something is difficult. So we practice that. We practice what if there's somebody in row, whatever, who's doing their own thing, how do you reel that in? And Janet's great at that. When to leave you guys alone. You know, when to leave you guys alone.

And there's a point where you ride, you ride, you do all these different textured movements, but when to not talk. Wait, why am I talking? Wait, why am I talking? Because you want to give people room to arrive at themselves. I make sure you have the quiet time.

And there's a point where you ride, you ride, you do all these different textured movements, but when to not talk. Wait, why am I talking? Wait, why am I talking? Because you want to give people room to arrive at themselves. I make sure you have the quiet time.