Janet Fitzgerald

Because I knew I had the goods, but nobody else, do you know what I mean? I was like, I know I can deliver, but I got to have the people there and I got to have the hype.

Because I knew I had the goods, but nobody else, do you know what I mean? I was like, I know I can deliver, but I got to have the people there and I got to have the hype.

Now there's press being written about me. Now there's people in the parking lot trying to pay people to give them their bike. There's people that are fighting for front row bikes. There's like articles about like class and like. The guru this and the guru that, like it just blows up. And then all of a sudden you couldn't get in Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Now there's press being written about me. Now there's people in the parking lot trying to pay people to give them their bike. There's people that are fighting for front row bikes. There's like articles about like class and like. The guru this and the guru that, like it just blows up. And then all of a sudden you couldn't get in Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

Then you couldn't get in Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. All of a sudden you can't get in Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. You can't get in my class.

Then you couldn't get in Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. All of a sudden you can't get in Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. You can't get in my class.

The locker room bathroom was carpeted. The nastiest carpet you've ever seen in the world with stains all over it that looked like perhaps the toilet had overrun several times. The studio itself was also carpeted at the time. And that was, as you can imagine, very smelly and nasty. We had a mic stand and the sound system was like floor to ceiling. It was this giant thing with these crazy speakers.

The locker room bathroom was carpeted. The nastiest carpet you've ever seen in the world with stains all over it that looked like perhaps the toilet had overrun several times. The studio itself was also carpeted at the time. And that was, as you can imagine, very smelly and nasty. We had a mic stand and the sound system was like floor to ceiling. It was this giant thing with these crazy speakers.

I mean, it was so loud. It's amazing any of us can hear at all. The bikes were pretty rickety and the place was pretty nasty. I mean, it was a freestanding building with all of these celebrities. Every celebrity you can imagine in Los Angeles spun in that building. Nicole Kidman, Jodie Foster, Alanis Morissette. I mean, just the list could go on and on and on.

I mean, it was so loud. It's amazing any of us can hear at all. The bikes were pretty rickety and the place was pretty nasty. I mean, it was a freestanding building with all of these celebrities. Every celebrity you can imagine in Los Angeles spun in that building. Nicole Kidman, Jodie Foster, Alanis Morissette. I mean, just the list could go on and on and on.

Again, I just want to reiterate the nastiest, smelliest, broken down piece of shit building. It's very unattractive. They did continue adding more and more and more and more bikes because we were like bursting at the seams, you know, and all of us were living the high life thinking we were the hot shit. When I left, it was a big deal. It was a big, big deal.

Again, I just want to reiterate the nastiest, smelliest, broken down piece of shit building. It's very unattractive. They did continue adding more and more and more and more bikes because we were like bursting at the seams, you know, and all of us were living the high life thinking we were the hot shit. When I left, it was a big deal. It was a big, big deal.

It was about soul searching. It was about spirituality. It was about going deeper. It was about the next level. You have to understand what year it was, right? Because we opened in May of 99. So looking like a sushi restaurant was everything. Every hotel looked like a sushi restaurant. Every restaurant, even if they didn't serve sushi, looked like a sushi restaurant.

It was about soul searching. It was about spirituality. It was about going deeper. It was about the next level. You have to understand what year it was, right? Because we opened in May of 99. So looking like a sushi restaurant was everything. Every hotel looked like a sushi restaurant. Every restaurant, even if they didn't serve sushi, looked like a sushi restaurant.

So we kind of looked like a sushi restaurant. I'm not going to lie to you. We had like fountains in the hallway and bamboo on the ceiling and backlit mirrors in the spin room, cucumber water in the training room. Because we had been in such like a scum teaching for so long, I was like, I want this to be special, okay? I had orchids at the front desk and candles. It was honestly stunning.

So we kind of looked like a sushi restaurant. I'm not going to lie to you. We had like fountains in the hallway and bamboo on the ceiling and backlit mirrors in the spin room, cucumber water in the training room. Because we had been in such like a scum teaching for so long, I was like, I want this to be special, okay? I had orchids at the front desk and candles. It was honestly stunning.

No one had ever seen Studio Fitness like this. So it put us on the map in that way.

No one had ever seen Studio Fitness like this. So it put us on the map in that way.

Julie Rice, which at the time was named Julie Taylor, was taking my class. She always rode in about the third or fourth row by the windows. She probably rode with me for a long time without me even knowing her name. And we never really had too much of a conversation either. She was just kind of quiet and like did her ride and left.

Julie Rice, which at the time was named Julie Taylor, was taking my class. She always rode in about the third or fourth row by the windows. She probably rode with me for a long time without me even knowing her name. And we never really had too much of a conversation either. She was just kind of quiet and like did her ride and left.