First of all, THANK YOU. We seriously have the coolest, most passionate readers in all the land. We never thought our blog would get this much love – and it’s all because of you. If you were our significant other, we would give you a foot massage....  [More]

Jenny Gaither, a SoulCycle instructor that we dig (and who happens to be sweet as sugar), put together an event called the Sports Bra Challenge, and I kind of, um, love it. I love this challenge for many reasons, but mostly because I wish people would get more naked in fitness classes (and in every context of life)....  [More]

Lactic trivia: I have 2 real siblings, and more fake siblings than I can count. Define fake? Growing up, our house was a veritable magnet for foreign students - who my parents lovingly referred to as our "strays". I'm not talking foreign exhange - I'm talking legit came to live with us and became part of our family. Nepal, Indonesia, Japan, every country in Europe, Afghanistan, Peru, you name it. Likewise, I tend to have a penchant for non-Americans, and a particular soft spot for accents. So here's a list of some NYC instructors who make me feel... at home....  [More]

Recently, we noticed an inbound link from the blog of Gerren Liles, an Equinox instructor we reviewed in January. In his post, he raised the question, "is it fair for RateYourBurn to review instructors?" It was a cool post, so we took some time to respond to it....  [More]

This is an escape from the ush (pronounced youuzshh). Typically we try not to make comments about what instructors are like out of the classroom - we don't care what they do in their down time (magnify ants on the sidewalk? Give out puke flavored jellybeans to kids? Write nasty comments under a pseudonym on RYB?) As long as their class rocks, we will stick to talking about how their class rocks. But this is a special article celebrating some of the people in the industry whose reputations precede them - reputations of just being sweet, beautiful people on the inside. Can we get an "awwww?"...  [More]