union street - Lexagator Loves

A few Monday’s ago I got a opportunity to try the new Soulcycle studio in Soma from Racked SF. Please ignore the unflattering picture of me (I have to work on my workout clothing poses apparently). As you can tell from my Flywheel post I love spin classes and I have been to soul in SF on union street and experienced soul in NYC.

Soulcycle’s goal is to have everyone ride as a pack to the beat of the music. No stats here, resistance is based on feeling and keeping up with the instructor and those around you. Classes are a bit more on the rhythmic side with moves called tapbacks, push ups on the handlebars, and a section towards the end of class with weights. Cost at Soul is not cheap as your first class is $20 any after are $30 and you must have spin shoes. If you don’t shoes are $3 and there is also a cost for Smartwater bottles. I was very excited that all these costs were included for this special class!

Although it is called Soma studio I would consider it more financial district or Embarcadero but this studio is a vast improvement over the union street location. On union street you literally can’t move once you arrive, it is so crowded so forget about changing or showering. In Soma there is room to sit and relax before class, change into your work out clothes an what I imagine financial district folks will like it that there are ample showers. One thing to note to note is looks like there is one two women’s restrooms. I can see this being a issue for those packed classes.

Another magical thing about this location is close proximity to Pressed Juice. Pressed offers some amazing juices from greens to nut milks. They have two seasonal juices for the holidays, one was was a apple pumpkin and the other was a spiced almond which was magical. Even more magical was that Soul offered free juice coupons so you better believe I took advantage of a free seasonal juice.

The class was taught by Jenny Gaither who had a TON of energy in her class. Because the spin studio is much bigger than the other locations she was often found getting off the bike and skipping around. I also really liked how she came by and helped any of the newbies with bike set up. Her class was nicely varied (especially the playlist loved the Taylor Swift and old school tunes) with a fair amount of time climbing on the bike and several rounds of tapbacks.

I also got the opportunity to meet a great Bay Area blogger named Cassie be sure to check out her blog here. She has some great posts about yummy healthy snacks (HELLO Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Energy bites) and much more.

I’m thankful I got to try out the new SOMA digs and since I have some great Santa’s in my life (Soul Gift cards!!) I’ll be back soon!

Soul Soma SF Opening

Blog Stats

Goodreads