Melanie

A lot of the way that we were taught how to maintain control over the room was to be really specific with what we were saying, how we were speaking, the language that we were using. There's this idea that it's just like going up on a bike, being cute, like doing the workout and like spouting off mantras. Yeah. And that's not what it is.

A lot of the way that we were taught how to maintain control over the room was to be really specific with what we were saying, how we were speaking, the language that we were using. There's this idea that it's just like going up on a bike, being cute, like doing the workout and like spouting off mantras. Yeah. And that's not what it is.

And it's not just about cueing in and out of choreography. It's also about the tone that you're setting. It's about helping them create a purpose and an intention for themselves in the room. So I think when we're taught to kind of be that discerning about the way that we're leading, that's what fosters that ability to be able to have control over the room.

And it's not just about cueing in and out of choreography. It's also about the tone that you're setting. It's about helping them create a purpose and an intention for themselves in the room. So I think when we're taught to kind of be that discerning about the way that we're leading, that's what fosters that ability to be able to have control over the room.

And then we would have other different kinds of workshops, like we had to do a CPR class, like branding and hospitality, which was like super cool to be enmeshed in the culture of it, like how it all started. Some of the other top instructors would come in to give us workshops, like Lori Cole.

And then we would have other different kinds of workshops, like we had to do a CPR class, like branding and hospitality, which was like super cool to be enmeshed in the culture of it, like how it all started. Some of the other top instructors would come in to give us workshops, like Lori Cole.

I remember we did like mic training, but then it also like turned into her taking pictures of like all the supplements that she was taking.

I remember we did like mic training, but then it also like turned into her taking pictures of like all the supplements that she was taking.

Yeah, so the riders are either going to want to be you or fuck you was essentially the message that we got in training. What we do on the bikes is very sexual.

Yeah, so the riders are either going to want to be you or fuck you was essentially the message that we got in training. What we do on the bikes is very sexual.

What we now know as a parasocial relationship that we're having with all of these people on the internet, it wasn't like, make sure you're seducing your riders. It wasn't coming across that way. It was more about understand your position in this room.

What we now know as a parasocial relationship that we're having with all of these people on the internet, it wasn't like, make sure you're seducing your riders. It wasn't coming across that way. It was more about understand your position in this room.

And there was really this expectation that we were, you know, turning ourselves into these like athletes who could do this job. And it was a very, it's a very demanding job. I think that, you know, the breaking down just kind of happened as a result of the schedule that we were keeping. I never really found that they were in our faces trying to like... break us?

And there was really this expectation that we were, you know, turning ourselves into these like athletes who could do this job. And it was a very, it's a very demanding job. I think that, you know, the breaking down just kind of happened as a result of the schedule that we were keeping. I never really found that they were in our faces trying to like... break us?

They wanted us to like kind of cut the bullshit. Like they would call it like dipped in soul. Like someone who had just been like such a fanatic and like had found their person and like was sort of like a carbon copy of the person that they aspired to be. And so I think there is a level that like we needed to be broken of habit. We needed to be broken of life.

They wanted us to like kind of cut the bullshit. Like they would call it like dipped in soul. Like someone who had just been like such a fanatic and like had found their person and like was sort of like a carbon copy of the person that they aspired to be. And so I think there is a level that like we needed to be broken of habit. We needed to be broken of life.

our idea of what we thought this thing was so that we could actually do what it really is. And it's not this frivolous thing that we're doing that we can just like look cute on the bike.

our idea of what we thought this thing was so that we could actually do what it really is. And it's not this frivolous thing that we're doing that we can just like look cute on the bike.

There wasn't a lot of talk about how to deal with that kind of attention. There was a professionalism that was pushed on us about our role in the room and how to be in control of the room and command the room.

There wasn't a lot of talk about how to deal with that kind of attention. There was a professionalism that was pushed on us about our role in the room and how to be in control of the room and command the room.