247CM Photographie | Christine Stiehl
247CM Photographie | Christine Stiehl
L’un des plus grands avantages d’être rédacteur fitness à New York – mis à part toutes les protéines en poudre et les collations faibles en glucides – est la possibilité de découvrir de nouveaux cours de fitness avant qu’ils ne soient généralisés. Dans ce cas, je dois essayer le nouveau pop-up de celui de Barry appelé Barry's Ride, actuellement disponible uniquement à Los Angeles et à New York.
A traditional Barry's class mixes HIIT-style cardio on a treadmill in the form of jogging, running, and sprinting intervals with strength training on the floor, and usually includes four 15-minute blocks. For Barry's Ride, the cardio portion is performed on a stationary indoor cycling bike, not a treadmill, and each block is about 30 minutes. I already enjoy doing mixed-format treadmill classes, such as Orangethéorie Fitness et les cours traditionnels de Barry, mais le cyclisme en salle est ma forme de cardio préférée. Ainsi, lorsque Barry's a annoncé le lancement de Barry's Ride, j'avais hâte de le découvrir. Disons simplement que j'y vais aussi souvent que possible tant que nous sommes encore à New York.
Qu'est-ce que le trajet de Barry ?
The 50- to 60-minute workout class is a mix of high-intensity indoor cycling and traditional floor work that Barry's is known for (heavy weights, resistance bands, bodyweight work, etc.). Essentially, Barry's replaced the treadmills with indoor cycling bikes. Barry's Ride is for people who like the HIIT-style cardio traditional Barry's classes offer, but want to do something more low-impact than running.
Unlike traditional Barry's classes, in which the two different groups (the floor group and the treadmill group) are working out simultaneously while the instructor goes back and forth between the two, everyone is working in the same section in unison during Barry's Ride. You start out on the bikes for about 25-30 minutes, then move to the floor for the remaining 25-30 minutes. Since there's only one transition in the class, you can keep all your stuff in one place, like under your bench (no one will be there in the meantime!); the number you've been assigned on the bike corresponds with the bench you will move to to do floor work. You also get two minutes during the transition, which gives you time to swap your cycling shoes for your training sneakers.
À quoi ressemble un cours Barry's Ride ?
I was already excited to take this class because it pairs my two favorite workouts: indoor cycling and strength training with weights. When Barry's invited me to try it out, I immediately signed up for Cris de Piadab class. Keoni is not only my favorite Barry's instructor at my home studio on the UES — I love his motivating, yet no-nonsense approach — he also has experience as a SoulCycle instructor years ago, so I knew the cycling portion would be legit.
Since you don't share benches with other members at Barry's Ride, we were instructed to grab the weights for the workout and leave them on our benches for when we move to the floor portion (this ended up making the transition between the bikes and floor much smoother and quicker). The whole class started on the bikes, and as someone who regularly takes hard 45- to 60-minute indoor cycling classes, I thought 25 minutes would be a piece of cake. Wrong: it was chock-full of nonstop resistance and speed intervals, so you definitely got the most bang for your buck (and Keoni knows how to keep it challenging!). The instructor rode with us on the bikes the whole time, which I liked; it made it feel like we were all in this together. Keoni told me after class that he's better able to gauge what's physically possible for people on the bikes if he's riding with us.
Le cyclisme m'a beaucoup rappelé SoulCycle : la playlist est sympa, on roule au rythme de la musique, et il y a un peu de chorégraphie (oui, y compris des tap backs). Mais je l'ai plus aimé que Soul car les vélos ont un écran d'affichage qui suit vos RPM et votre instructeur vous donne une plage dans laquelle rester. Il dispose également d'un levier de vitesse sprint en plus du bouton de résistance, vous pouvez donc vraiment augmenter considérablement la résistance. Et comme les cours sur tapis roulant Barry's, il existe des options pour différents niveaux de compétence : deux tours sur le bouton de résistance pour les débutants, trois pour les intermédiaires, quatre pour les avancés, etc.
So yes, I was sweaty and exhausted after the first 25 minutes, but I was still energized to take on the floor portion. I took a Chest, Back, and Abs class, and we did a lot of nonstop reps with one heavy weight: single-arm presse pectorale avec haltères , overhead triceps extensions , and renegade rows , to name a few. I was dripping sweat the entire time, and with so many planks and plank variations (and holds!), Keoni definitely tested my patience. But like he said in class, he wants to make sure people don't waste their money.
Since I fell off a treadmill at Barry's nearly two years ago and haven't fully emotionally recovered (I'm still scared to run above a 7.5 on any treadmill), the Barry's Ride class format is perfect for me. I am counting down the days until I can come back.
Que dois-je porter pour Barry's Ride ?
You should definitely wear something you can comfortably sweat in for an hour, and like you would wear to any indoor cycling class . Think: supportive sports bra, sweat-wicking tops, and fitted leggings; if you wear long, flowy pants or capris, it might interfere with the mechanics of the bike. This outfit will also work for the floor, but you might want to make sure your sports bra is supportive enough to handle plyos — burpees aren't out of the question.
Si vous possédez vos propres chaussures de vélo, vous pouvez les apporter ; les vélos chez Barry ne prennent en charge que les clips SPD (pas Delta). Assurez-vous simplement d'apporter des baskets d'entraînement à porter au sol qui vous soutiendront pendant un entraînement au sol. Vous disposez d’environ deux minutes dans la transition pour changer de chaussures. Barry's Ride propose à la location des chaussures Shimano dotées d'une cale encastrée et d'une semelle en caoutchouc, elles peuvent donc être utilisées à la fois pour le cyclisme et la partie au sol. La location de chaussures coûte 3 $.
Bring a water bottle (trust me, you'll need it), and Barry's has free towels to mop up all the sweat you'll inevitably collect on your face and arms. We got a nice little surprise at the end with cold eucalyptus towels after class.
Où puis-je faire le tour de Barry ?
À l'heure actuelle, Barry's Ride n'est disponible que sous forme de pop-up dans deux endroits : un à Los Angeles et un à New York. À New York, il est situé à côté de l'emplacement du Chelsea Barry (135 W. 20th St.) ; entrez simplement dans l'entrée principale et ils vous dirigeront vers le studio en bas. À Los Angeles, il est situé à côté du studio existant de Venise (1440 Lincoln Blvd., Venise). Les cours sont ouverts jusqu'au 20 mars ; vérifier le Horaires de Venise ici et le Calendrier de Chelsea ici . Quant à savoir si cela se prolongera ou non au-delà du mois de mars, un porte-parole de Barry's m'a dit nous sommes ravis d'entendre comment la communauté réagit, et nous évaluerons les prochaines étapes à partir de là. Je croise les doigts pour une expérience Ride toute l'année !
Each class has 24 bikes and corresponding floor spots. But since the whole class does the same workout at the same time, there are only 24 spots in each class. With so few slots, Barry's Ride will book up a lot quicker than the traditional Barry's classes, which have up to 50 (or more) spots.
Combien coûte le trajet de Barry ?
celui de Barry Ride costs the same amount as a traditional Barry's class : $30 a class in LA and $38 a class in NY with packages available. If you previously bought a Barry's class package, those classes are still good for booking a Ride class. Yes, a Barry's Ride class is an investment, but if you like high-intensity cardio with challenging strength training, this is the class for you. And if you really want to test your limits, take Keoni's class: he'll make sure you get every penny's worth.
