rev:text
| - Upon walking in, I was immediately a fan of this place -- I like the vibe, it's very young and fun. It was a great, high-energy workout. I've only gone to one instructor, Robbie, twice. He is a good instructor, but I felt offended by him both times I went. Both times he said "the music is going to fuck you, fuck it back, no one wants to fuck a dead fish." He also said things like "put your ass in the air" and about how cycling would make my sex life so much better. The music was so loud I could barely hear him, thank god, so I'm sure I missed many more gems like this. I'd rather not feel antagonized, belittled, offended, and treated like a piece of meat during my workout. I have heard good things about other instructors, so I will just have to check out some other instructors who are less abrasive, but he did deliver a great workout and had a good playlist. But I'd rather not return to him as an instructor because I'd feel like I was affirming the way he spoke to the class which was frankly not okay.
ETA: I emailed the company with my concerns and received a very kind, sincere, and apologetic email ensuring that this would never happen again. They also credited three classes to my account. Very cool. I'll definitely give it another shot with some different instructors.
ETA (again): A few weeks after I got a response from the company regarding Robbie's way of speaking, I got a text from a friend about another male instructor, Danny, whose apparent opinion on why college-aegd women work out is so that they can look good while "fucking your boyfriend" or to burn off calories so they can "binge drink later." The fact that both these men talk this way makes me think that maybe this company was founded on a misogynistic misconception of the reasons why women our age work out, which in my opinion is to feel good, be healthy, and relieve stress. Some of us may do it for other, more personal reasons, but it is unfair and offensive to assume that we are all vapid and shallow creatures whose only purpose in life is to look good for men/burn enough calories to carry on binge drinking.
|