After one year with the at-home bike, this Vogue editor has no plans to return to the gym.
How the SoulCycle Bike Transformed My Relationship With Fitness
All my life, I’ve never been what you’d consider an “exercise” person—someone who wakes up early to go for a run, takes a pilates class, or frankly goes to the gym regularly. Then in 2020, the pandemic hit and everything changed. As we all found ourselves at home 24/7 in lockdown, I wanted to find a way to stay active, destress, and engage in something that didn’t involve my computer screen, which now sat on my kitchen table/makeshift workspace.
I considered what I gravitated to when I did go to the gym, and it was the bike, so my decision was really a no-brainer. To be honest, I had never actually taken a SoulCycle class prior, but their at-home bike resonated with me for the simple reason that I love music. SoulCycle incorporates rhythm into everything it does, plus their mantra of enriching our souls, while albeit cheesy, struck a chord with me. I know many Peloton users who are obsessed with the metrics generated during their rides and competing with one another for a prime spot on the leaderboard. But it’s precisely this type of competitiveness that makes me retract from workout classes, and so it was the SoulCycle bike for me.
I knew if I was going to invest $2,500, I needed to be fully committed to the bike. What helped to seal the deal was also a matter of style and space. Although my apartment is small, I found the SoulCycle at-home bike’s all-black matte exterior to be quite sleek and in line with my minimal interiors. Plus, it comes with wheels, so during dinner parties or when guests are over, I can easily move it out of sight.
This story originally appeared on: Vogue - Author:Julie Tong
