Saturday, May 30, 2015

Track List - Threshold Ride, Saturday, May 30, 2015

1. Heroes (remix) - Alesso featuring Tove Lo
2. Fun - Pitbull featuring Chris Brown
3. I Can Change - Brandon Flowers
4. Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
5. Ride Like The Wind (remix) - Michael Mind
6. Wrapped Up - Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy
7. Rise - Glee Cast
8. Tom's Diner - Giorgio Moroder featuring Britney Spears
9. Trouble - Iggy Azalea featuring Jennifer Hudson
10. Partition (remix) - Beyonce
11. Ring The Alarm (remix) - Beyonce
12. Earned It - The Weeknd
13. See You Again - Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
14. I Can Change - Brandon Flowers

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, May 28, 2015

1. Partition (remix) - Beyonce
2. Fun - Pitbull
3. Boyfriend (remix) - Justin Bieber
4. Wrapped Up (remix) - Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy
5. When The Beat Drops Out - Marlon Roudette
6. Tom's Diner - Giorgio Moroder featuring Britney Spears
7. Trouble - Iggy Azalea featuring Jennifer Hudson
8. Nasty (remix) - Janet Jackson
9. Ring The Alarm (remix) - Beyonce
10. Earned It - The Weeknd
11. See You Again - Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
12. I Can Change - Brandon Flowers

Happy birthday to @ridewithtommy regular, Gregory! Thanks for your requests! It made for a fun and very challenging class this morning. Thanks for being there and for all the years that you have been a part of the Ride with Tommy! And thanks to everyone who was a part of class this morning! That 20-turn hill was amazing! Awesome! And you all were unbelievable! Inspiring! Thanks for contributing to a class full of positive energy that could only make a huge positive difference in every body and every mind present in class. So thank you all for being present and working so hard to reach your goals, whatever they may be. We are all individuals. At Crunch, we celebrate our individuality. We most likely all have different goals. But when you are a part of a class and committed to the work in that class, you can't help but benefit from the energy created by that collection of individuals. Each one's focus. Each one's determination. Each one's desire to make a change. Each one's willingness to push through boundaries. Each one's openness to creating obstacles and challenges and overcoming them! So thanks again to each one of you! In good health, tommy

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Track List - #totalrequestride, Wednesday, May 27, 2015

1. Booty (video) - Jennifer Lopez featuring Iggy Azalea
2. Hey Mama (video) - David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack
3. I Really Like You (video) - Carly Rae Jepsen
4. Deja Vu (video) - Giorgio Moroder featuring Sia
5. Ride Like The Wind (remix) - Michael Mind
6. Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
7. I Lived ([RED] remix) - OneRepublic
8. Rise - Glee Cast
9. The Climb (remix) - Miley Cyrus
10. Wrapped Up - Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy
11. Still I Fly (Disney's Planes Soundtrack)(cover) - Macy Kate & Austin Percario
12. You Have More Friends Than You Know - Glee Cast
13. That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder

Music Videos @darrencriss @mileycyrus @crunchgym #totalrequestride That's right. Nothing but fun in this morning's intense class. Some of my favorite high energy videos to start the class off right. Then following that up with some of the most motivational music to complete one of the most high energy, empowering, challenging, intense and fun classes ever! After yesterday's emotional send off for this year's California AIDS LifeCycle riders, I carried some of the songs specifically chosen for that class over to today's ride. Jennifer Lopez's @jlo "Booty" is one of my favorite videos to start a class off right! @tomhanks dancing in @carlyraejepsen's video for "I Really Like You" is also a lot of fun and destined to be one of the songs of summer for sure! @giorgiomoroder's new single featuring @sia, "Deja Vu" continued the energy and fun. Eventually getting to my recent favorite combination of a song written by Darren Criss for an episode of "Glee", "Rise", and a remix of the inspirational Miley Cyrus song, "The Climb" which is perfect, of course, for a hill. (See what I did there? :o) Then, cooling down to one of my current favorite ballads from the movie, "Planes: Fire and Rescue", "Still I Fly". And then another of my favorite ballads, "You Have More Friends Than You Know", which was written by Jeff Marx and Mervyn Warren and commissioned by the @ItGetsBetter project in 2013 for a touring stage production about the bullying of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth. Powerful. And finally, as the @AIDSLifeCycle ride raises millions of dollars for AIDS research and for those living with HIV/AIDS, I felt it was vital to end the cool down with a groundbreaking and iconic fundraising song for the cause, "That's What Friends Are For" from 1985 by Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and Elton John @eltonjohndotcom. I have to be honest and say that between yesterday's Extra Special Sexy LifeCycle Spin and today's #totalrequestride, I continue to love what I do and feel completely and utterly blessed to be able to keep doing it. I am humbled and grateful. I often say in my classes that even the smallest change can make a big difference. I hope to live that truth day to day in the small efforts of my classes. In good health, tommy

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Track List - Extra Special Sexy LifeCycle Spin, Tuesday, May 26, 2015

1. Heroes (remix) - Alesso featuring Tove Lo
2. Fun - Pitbull featuring Chris Brown
3. I Can Change - Brandon Flowers
4. Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
5. Ride Like The Wind (remix) - Michael Mind
6. Wrapped Up - Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy
7. Rise - Glee Cast
8. The Climb (remix) - Miley Cyrus
9. I Lived ([RED] remix) - OneRepublic
10. Still I Fly (Disney's Planes Soundtrack)(cover) - Macy Kate & Austin Percario
11. You Have More Friends Than You Know - Glee Cast
12. That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder

Wow! Once again, I am blown away by the energy, fun, instensity, sweat, hard work, and focus in this morning's Extra Special Sexy LifeCycle Spin @crunchgym - Sunset! What was extra special about it? Well, we were lucky enough to have 7 riders from next week's 2015 California AIDS LifeCycle ride! Our annual extra special class is our way to show support to these amazing individuals that have been training for the past 10 months to a year to prepare for a ride that will most likely change their lives as well as the lives of so many others! That's right! Altogether, there will be almost 3,000 riders taking part in the LifeCycle ride. Last year, they raised over $15 million. This year, they will most likely raise even more! Proceeds benefit the programs of the LA LGBT Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation that help research and those living with HIV/AIDS. So not only have these riders been training for so long, they have also been fundraising. Each rider must raise a minimum of $3,000. Most of the riders in class this morning have already far exceeded that minimum. In fact, these riders have raised from between the minimum $3,000 up to $15,000! How awesome is that! On Sunday, May 31st, they will begin their ride in San Francisco where they will ride 545 miles to Los Angeles, anywhere from 45 to 110 miles per day. They will pass through the finish line on Saturday, June 6th, at the Veterans Center just outside of Brentwood. There is still time to make a donation to any of these riders. The links to their donation pages are listed below. Help out if you can. Every little bit helps! And just like in class, every little thing you do can make a big difference! So make a difference! Make a BIG difference! In good health! tommy

And thanks to these amazing businesses that donated items to this morning's class to help make it even more extra special!

1. Burke Williams - Gift Certificate (more than a $100 value) AND 3-day free spa passes for each gift bag!
2. Trader Joe's - gift bag (valued at almost $45.00)
3. BodyFactory - 1 tanning session ($25.00 value)
4. Joey Rubino (Tread N' Shed instructor, Crunch Fitness - Sunset) - "Sexy...and fit" drawstring bag, water bottle & pedometer
5. Sahara Ali - (Anti-gravity Yoga & Pilates instructor, Crunch Fitness - Sunset) - handmade bracelets
6. Whole Foods - 60 brown paper handle bags for the gift bags provided to each rider in class!

2015 California AIDS LifeCycle Riders in class this morning:

1. Jason Walker - http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/jasonwalker
2. Steve Hasley - http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/stevehasley
3. Dan Niesen - http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/danielneisen
4. Fabian Quezada-Malkin - http://www.tofighthiv.org/site/TR/Events/AIDSLifeCycleCenter?px=2582522&pg=personal&fr_id=1770
5. Jeremy Tardo - http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/jeremytardo
6. Ted Donath - http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/tdonath
7. Jonathan Piccirillo - http://www.tofighthiv.org/goto/piccirillo

Monday, May 25, 2015

The Annual Extra Special Sexy Spin in support of the California AIDS LifeCycle Riders is TOMORROW, Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 7:00am!

Yes, it is that time of year again. Every last week in May, we do a little extra something to send off the amazing and inspiring Riders who will be heading off to San Francisco later this week to begin the Ride of a lifetime! A lifechanging event! A fundraiser like no other! Thousands of Riders have been training for the past 10 months or so. They have also been raising funds by seeking sponsors. Training includes actual road rides almost every weekend. Many supplement their outdoor rides with indoor cycling as well. A fundraising minimum of $3,000 must be met and many far surpass that minimum. Last year, almost 3000 Riders raised over $15 million! Help make this year an even bigger success! Beneficiaries are the Los Angeles LGBT Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Many of the Riders are our fellow members here at Crunch Fitness - Sunset. Many of them you workout alongside everyday. You may know them, but you may not know how much time and effort they have donated for such a worthy cause! In addition to the training and fundraising they have been doing for so long already, they are also taking off 7 days of work on their own time and riding 80-100 miles each day for a total of 545 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles. They leave San Francisco this upcoming Sunday, May 31st and cross the finish line in Los Angeles next Saturday, June 6th. Obviously, this is no small sacrifice. This is no small commitment. This is no small undertaking. So let's show them how much appreciate their time and efforts, their sacrifice and volunteerism, their good hearts and detemined minds! Thanks you 2015 California AIDS LifeCycle Riders! Tomorrow morning's annual Extra Special Sexy Spin is a very small way of showing our appreciation for all that you all have done and are doing! You inspire us! You motivate us! You impress us! You are awesome! Thank you!

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Track List - Threshold Ride, Saturday, May 23, 2015

1. Worth It -Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink
2. Somebody - Natalie La Rose featuring Jeremih
3. Trouble - Iggy Azalea featuring Jennifer Hudson
4. Party People - Altar featuring Jeanie Tracy
5. I Don't Like It, I Love It - Flo Rida featuring Robin Thicke & Verdine White
6. Don't Tell 'Em - Jeremih featuring YG
7. Don't Look Down - Martin Garrix featuring Usher
8. Hideaway - Kiesza
9. Rise - Glee Cast
10. Geronimo - Sheppard
11. Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
12. See You Again - Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth
13. Nothing Without Love - Nate Ruess

I'm back! And so good to be back! Thanks to the amazing instructors who covered my classes while I was away. Thanks to the amazing members who continued to ride even with an instructor they may have never tried before. And thanks to eveyone for staying committed to your own mental and physical health and well-being! And finally, thanks to everyone who showed up on this Saturday morning of a holiday weekend and rode an amazing ride in Crunch's Threshold Ride! A ride where you really challenge yourself by setting a threshold to which you strive to reach again throughout the class. Crunch's exclusive technology uses percentages, color zones and gauges to monitor your workout and show you just how your body reacts to the challenges and the changes set before it. Come join me in one of the newest class offerings in Crunch's Threshold Ride, every Monday at 9:30am and every Saturday at 9:45am! In good health, see you soon! tommy

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Sub List for the Ride with Tommy! May 14 - May 22, 2015

Below, please find the list of amazing instructors that will be teaching my class while I am out of the country. Have fun with them! I leave you in extremely capable hands! They are awesome! I'll miss all of you and the amazing energy that you all create and the positive changes that you empower. I look forward to seeing you all back in the saddle next Saturday, May 23rd for a scheduled Threshold Ride! Until then, in good health! tommy

Thursday, May 14, 7:00am – Kirk Allen
Friday, May 15, 9:30am – Guy Baruch
Saturday, May 16, 9:45am – Guy Baruch - *THRESHOLD RIDE
Monday, May 18, 9:30am – Guy Baruch - *THRESHOLD RIDE
Tuesday, May 19, 7:00am – Beth Phillips
Wednesday, May 20, 9:30am – Christina Fulton
Thursday, May 21, 7:00am – Kirk Allen
Friday, May 22, 9:30am – Guy Baruch

Track List - #totalrequestride, Wednesday, May 13, 2015

1. I Knew You Were Waiting (video) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael
2. Trouble (video) - Iggy Azalea featuring Jennifer Hudson
3. Toxic (video) - Britney Spears
4. Deja Vu (video) - Giorgio Moroder featuring Sia
5. Timber - Pitbull featuring K$sha
6. I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen
7. Bang Bang - Jessie J featuring Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
8. When The Beat Drops Out - Marlon Roudette
9. Hideaway - Kiesza
10. Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon
11. Still I Fly (from Disney's "Planes: Fire & Rescue")(cover of Spencer Lee) - Macy Kate & Austin Percario
12. See You Again - Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

Another amazing class this morning @crunchgym - Sunset! This week's #totalrequestride was full of riders committed to making a difference and to focusing on making a positive change! While having some fun while working so intensely! We played some videos. We climbed some hills. We jogged. We ran. We worked. We created obstacles and overcame them. We created a positive energy that pushed and motivated us while supporting and encouraging others. What a difference a Ride can make! Thanks to everyone for being a part of such an awesome experience! In good health, tommy

Monday, May 11, 2015

Track List - Threshold Ride, Monday, May 11, 2015

1. Worth It -Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink
2. Somebody - Natalie La Rose featuring Jeremih
3. Trouble - Iggy Azalea featuring Jennifer Hudson
4. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock
5. I Lived ([RED] Remix) - OneRepublic
6. Living For Love (Dj Paulo & Jackinsky dub mix) - Madonna
7. Lips Are Movin - Meghan Trainor
8. Style - Taylor Swift
9. Heartbeat Song (Dirty Pop Deconstruction remix) - Kelly Clarkson
10. Party People - Altar featuring Jeanie Tracy
11. I Don't Like It, I Love It - Flo Rida featuring Robin Thicke & Verdine White
12. Don't Tell 'Em - Jeremih featuring YG
13. Don't Look Down - Martin Garrix featuring Usher

Thursday, May 07, 2015

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, May 7, 2015

1. Mo Money Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diana Ross, Puff Daddy & Mase
2. Get Your Freak On - Missy Elliot
3. Lips Are Movin' - Meghan Trainor
4. Time Of Our Lives (remix) - Paul Van Dyk
5. Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo
6. She Knows - Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J
7. I Don't Mind (remix) - Usher featuring Juicy J
8. I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen
9. Right Here, Right Now (remix) - Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue
10. I Like You (remix) - Tony Moran featuring Debby Holiday
11. Blowing Kisses In The Wind - Paula Abdul
12. Without You (cover of Usher) - Max Schneider (vocals) & Kurt Schneider (piano)

Sexy Spin @crunchgym - Sunset is a class that kind of flies under the radar. It is not officially on the schedule, but it is an approved class. Guys are encouraged to take their shirts off. For those that like to Ride and sweat without their shirts on! For those that like to look at those that Ride and sweat without their shirts on! Inspire and motivate yourself and those around you. Strive to achieve that body that you want. Commit to making that change in your mind and body that will make you feel better about yourself. Nobody is the same. Nobody has the same physical characteristics as the other people in class. We are all individuals. With different bodies. Different ages. Different genders. Different races. Different orientations. Different experience levels. Different fitness levels. At Crunch, we celebrate that individuality! There are no judgements! Where entertainment meets fitness. Where sexy meets spin. Where differences are made. Where positive changes are made. Where good things happen. Where so much positive energy is created. Where expectations are met and exceeded. Where lives are made happier and healthier. Come be a part of Sexy Spin on Thursday mornings at 7:00am! Like this post. Share this post. Share the class with a friend! We can all do this. Let's do this! Together! In good health! tommy

Track List - #totalrequestride, Wednesday, May 6, 2015

1. Shake It Off (video) - Taylor Swift
2. Jump (video) - Kriss Kross
3. Everything (video) - Pitbull featuring Ne-yo, Nayer & Afrojack
4. I Don't Like It, I Love It - Flo Rida featuring Robin Thicke & Verdine White
5. Whistle (While You Work It) - Katy Tiz
6. Talking Body (remix) - Tove Lo
7. Want To Want Me - Jason Derulo
8. Boyfriend - Justin Bieber
9. Superman (It's Not Easy)(remix) - Five For Fighting
10. You Got The Love - Candi Stanton
11. Enough Is Enought (No More Tears) - Donna Summer & Barbra Striesand
12. Mandy (video) - Barry Manilow
13. Superhuman - Chris Brown featuring Keri Hilson
14. Human - Christina Perri

What an amazing class full of energy and commitment! This morning's #totalrequestride @crunchgym - Sunset was impressive with it's dedication and desire to making a change! Escaping the "real world" for a 45-minute Ride can be just the boost you need to get through the day or week! I often say, "Check your work, relationship or "real life" problems at the door. The Ride is YOUR time. Nobody else's." No phones. No stress. No boss. Nobody needing anything from you. Nobody beating you over the head with what you must do or have to do or need to do. Escape. Focus. Improve both your physical and mental health and well-being. Work hard. Have fun! Make a difference. Make a change. It's up to you. How much do you want out of it? Only you can make it happen. Come be a part of the Ride with Tommy! Use a few fun, high-energy videos to start off each Wednesday's #totalrequestride. Be in control of your Ride. Then, return to the "real world" refreshed, energized, with a clear mind. Exit the doors of Crunch's spin room with a renewed focus and determination. With a knowledge that you created challenges and obstacles in class, and you OVERCAME them! You exceeded expectations! You created a positive energy that you can carry around with you the rest of the day. You can do it! Just do it! In good health, tommy

Saturday, May 02, 2015

Track List - Threshold Ride, Saturday, May 2, 2015

1. Empire State Of Mind - Alicia Keys featuring Jay-Z
2. I Don't Like It, I Love It - Flo Rida featuring Robin Thicke & Verdine White
3. Whistle (While You Work It) - Katy Tiz
4. Talking Body (remix) - Tove Lo
5. Want To Want Me - Jason Derulo
6. Boyfriend - Justin Bieber
7. Batdance (from the Batman soundtrack) - Prince
8. Superman (It's Not Easy)(remix) - Five For Fighting
9. Barbra Streisand Strikes A Pose! Vogue! (mashup) - DJ Robin Skouteris featuring Madonna & Ducksauce
10. You Got The Love - Candi Stanton
11. Enough Is Enough (No More Tears) - Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand
12. Superhuman - Chris Brown featuring Keri Hilson
13. Human - Christina Perri

Still celebrating the superheroes that each of us are everyday @crunchgym - Sunset and in the @ridewithtommy. Yes, The Avengers: Age Of Ultron (@avengersageofultron) opens this weekend and is supposed to be huge! But the progress everyone makes in our new Threshold Ride #thresholdride as a result of setting your own threshold and pushing and challenging yourself to reach it again and again throughout class is also huge! Thanks and congratulations to everyone who has taken advantage of this new techonology that Crunch offers every Monday at 9:30am and Saturday at 9:45am. If you haven't yet, come check us out! If you have, come back and remember that the best competition is with your prior self! Each week, challenge yourself to improve, change, make a difference...a positive difference. You can do it. Just do it! Hope to see you in class soon! In good health, tommy
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