Class Review: The Ride @ Crunch Gym {instructor Carl Hall}
Class: The Ride
Class Location: Crunch Gym NYC
Instructor: Carl Hall
Class Description: “A fantastic heart-pumping workout. Taught on a stationary bike you will climb, sprint, and train to incredible music and extraordinary instruction” (From the Crunch website).
Reviewer: Melissa
Favorite things about the class:
- The challenge – you will always get a workout in a Carl Hall “Ride” class.
- The motivation – great music and instructor that not only spins with you but also gets off the bike and will come up to your bike and motivate you personally!
- The consistency – classes are always hard work but it almost feels like you’re at a club having a night out.
Least favorite things about the class:
- Popularity – Crunch allows you to sign up for a class 75 minutes before its start time; I’ve gone to a gym and not been able to get into Carl’s class.
- No early mornings – the earliest class Carl teaches is 10am.
- Travel – I live 2 blocks from the Park Slope Crunch location and Carl doesn’t teach there. I travel because he’s that good!
Overall class rating: 5 0ut of 5 stars
Additional Comments: Carl Hall is like the ring master for cycling classes. Your only equipment is your body and your bike and you will sweat like you never have before.
The music usually dance/club mixes and the energy is ridiculous!
Carl Hall was the first cycling instructor I had when I started in the mid-90′s at another chain of gyms and I was thrilled many years later to find him at Crunch (where he teaches exclusively). I have taken cycling classes at other high-end studios in Manhattan and Brooklyn and few instructors compare to Carl.
If you’ve taken a class at one of the specialty cycling classes around NYC, get yourself a Guest Pass to Crunch and check out “The Ride” with Carl Hall and you won’t be sorry. It’s the ONLY reason I keep a gym membership.
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I was never able to try Carl’s classes while I was a Crunch member. People used to wait in line an hour ahead of the signup time just to sign up an hour before the class! Crazy! Friends who were able to brave that were rewarded with an amazing spin experience!
That IS crazy!
First, Thanks Jessica. I feel a little bit famous for you posting my review. I read blogs but don’t blog myself.
Second, Sam@Momatthebarre: If you feel like trekking to Fort Greene Bklyn on a Friday morning, there’s an 11am class that is usually not ridiculously crowded. I’d be happy to take you as my guest (then you can give me the low down on Physique 57 which I’ve been dying to try).
Thx again!
This was the first spin class I tried. I left in tears. He knew it was my first class and didn’t help at all and screamed when my bike locked. It was a traumatizing experience!
That’s a terrible experience!