I’ve been going to this spin studio for roughly 2 months. The instructor I usually have is awesome, she’s always saying stuff like “no judgement, as long as you sweat!” And “this is your time, make yourself proud”. I’ve had two other instructors here who are similarly sweet. This morning I decided to try another time slot and holy shit, what a mistake. I could t really understand the instructor’s mic, but what I could wasn’t nice. She would mock us and say “oH mY sPiN cLaSs Is So HaRd... SHUT UP!” And other annoying things. Since I couldn’t understand her too well I just ignored her and did my best to figure out the movements by watching everyone else. She would get yell at us for not going “wooooo!” at the right time. She constantly told us how she didn’t care and that she can swear because she’s an ADULT (no one called her out for swearing yet she said this every few songs).
At one point I was out of breath from sprints, so I put my arms on my head so I can breath better. She looks at me and goes “awwww are you stretching?” I start to say “no I’m breathing” but she cuts me off and shouts “you’re not done yet honey”. At the end of the class she dresses us down for sucking. This girl one the bike next to her (either her friend or a really passionate regular) starts yelling louder than the instructor ever did about how we’re ungrateful, we should be thanking the instructor, we didn’t even try hard during class, on and on... I usually thank the instructor but I didn’t even know that was the last song!
When class began I was excited and happy to have an instructor with a kick, but as it went on I realized she really was serious about her negativity. I never let anyone see but I was wiping away tears the whole class. I was yelled at as a kid a lot so getting screamed at as an adult is incredibly hard for me. I don’t even know why I’m posting this, just kind of wanted some support or to see if anyone else has been there.
At one point I was out of breath from sprints, so I put my arms on my head so I can breath better. She looks at me and goes “awwww are you stretching?” I start to say “no I’m breathing” but she cuts me off and shouts “you’re not done yet honey”. At the end of the class she dresses us down for sucking. This girl one the bike next to her (either her friend or a really passionate regular) starts yelling louder than the instructor ever did about how we’re ungrateful, we should be thanking the instructor, we didn’t even try hard during class, on and on... I usually thank the instructor but I didn’t even know that was the last song!
When class began I was excited and happy to have an instructor with a kick, but as it went on I realized she really was serious about her negativity. I never let anyone see but I was wiping away tears the whole class. I was yelled at as a kid a lot so getting screamed at as an adult is incredibly hard for me. I don’t even know why I’m posting this, just kind of wanted some support or to see if anyone else has been there.
