I am back in the saddle tomorrow/Tuesday morning at 9:00am and Wednesday morning at 7:00am! I hope to see you there!

CRUNCH FITNESS
8000 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Every Tuesday 9:00am
Every Wednesday 7:00am

Thanks so much to the amazing Amy and Ellie for covering my classes while I was out of town! They are awesome! I hope you were able to take their classes because they are worth it!

Thanks, Amy and Ellie! You ladies are the best!

Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 9:00am - Amy Rollman
Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 7:00am - Ellie Diez

Thank you both so much!

tommy

Track List - The Ride, Thursday, July 1, 2021, 9:00am (sub for Guy B.)

1. Firework (live from Celebrating America, Joe Biden's Inauguration)(video) - Katy Perry
2. Jam (video) - Michael Jackson
3. Soulmate - Justin Timberlake
4. Girl From The Gutter - Debby Holiday
5. Alive (remix) - Jennifer Lopez
6. Africa - Weezer
7. No Tears Left To Cry (remix) - Ariana Grande
8. Heat Of The Moment (remix) - DJ Manian featuring Asia
9. If You Could Read My Mind - Studio 54
Cool Down:
10. Dive (Drew's Pay It Forward Mix) - Debby Holiday
11. Promises - Calvin Harris featuring Sam Smith

I will be subbing for Guy B. this morning at 9:00am, Thursday, July 1, 2021!

I hope to see you there!

Track List - Pride Ride, Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 7:00am

1. Rainin' Fellas (video) - Todrick Hall
2. I Just Wanna Dance (Manny Patel Equality Mix 2013)(video) - Alison Jiear (from "Jerry Springer: The Opera")
3. Express Yourself - Madonna
4. Born This Way (remix) - Lady GaGa
5. I Got My Pride (remix) - Pepper Mashay
6. Proud - Heather Small
7. We Are The Night (Dave Aude Remix)(video) - Steve Grand
8. The Wings (Love Theme from Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack) - DJs Manny Lehman, Tony Moran & Warren Rigg
9. One Night In Heaven (video)(DJs Toy Armada, DJ GRIND and Dan Murphy Remix) - Inaya Day
Cool Down:
10. Who You Are - Jessie J
11. Rise (from the Glee Television Soundtrack) - Glee Cast

Track List - Pride Ride, Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 9:00am

1. I Just Wanna Dance (Manny Patel Equality Mix 2013)(video) - Alison Jiear (from "Jerry Springer: The Opera")
2. Express Yourself - Madonna
3. Born This Way (remix) - Lady GaGa
4. I Got My Pride (remix) - Pepper Mashay
5. Proud - Heather Small
6. Perfect (remix) - Pink
7. We Are The Night (Dave Aude Remix)(video) - Steve Grand
8. The Wings (Love Theme from Brokeback Mountain Soundtrack) - DJs Manny Lehman, Tony Moran & Warren Rigg
9. One Night In Heaven (video)(DJs Toy Armada, DJ GRIND and Dan Murphy Remix) - Inaya Day
Cool Down:
10. Who You Are - Jessie J
11. You Are Everything - Vanessa Williams
12. Rise (from the Glee Television Soundtrack) - Glee Cast

I will be out of town again this week, so Amy will cover my Tuesday, 9am class and Ellie will cover my Wednesday, 7am class! Thanks!

Track List - HIIT Ride, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 7:00am

1. I Will Always Love You (remix) - Whitney Houston
2. Bye Bye Bye (remix) - Nsync
3. Love Will Never Do Without You - Janet Jackson
4. We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
5. When I Love You Oughta Know (mashup) - DJ Maya Jakobson featuring Alanis Morissette, David Guetta & Justin Timberlake
6. I Can't Make You Love Me (remix) - Ester Dean
7. Together Again - Janet Jackson
8. Un-Break My Heart (remix) - Toni Braxton
9. I Got My Pride - Barry Harris featuring Pepper Mashay
Cool down:
10. Proud - Heather Small
11. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
12. True Colors - Cyndi Lauper

Track List - HIIT Ride, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 9:00am

1. Rainin' Fellas - Todrick Hall
2. Freedom '90 - George Michael
3. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
4. Express Yourself - Madonna
5. Born This Way - Lady Gaga
6. Perfect - Pink
7. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
8. We Got A Love Thang - CeCe Peniston
9. Someone To Call My Lover - Janet Jackson
10. When Love Takes Over (remix) - David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
Cool down:
11. Chains Of Love - Erasure
12. I'll Never Love Again/I Will Always Love You - DJ AnDyWuMUSICLAND ft. Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey

I will be out of town this week, so please see the amazing instructors below that will be covering my classes for me!

I will be out of town this week, so please check out the amazing instructors who will be teaching my classes instead!

Tuesday, June 8th, 9:00am - Amy R.
Wednesday, June 9th, 7:00am - Ellie

Thanks to these awesome and beautiful instructors for covering my classes for me! I really appreciate it. They are awesome, so be sure to make these classes if you can!

tommy

Track List - HIIT Ride, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 7:00am

1. Dynamite (video) - BTS
2. Higher Power (video) - Coldplay
3. Freedom 90 - George Michael
4. I Got My Pride - Barry Harris featuring Pepper Mashay
5. Proud - Heather Small
6. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
7. Perfect - Pink
8. We Are The Night (Dave Aude remix) - Steve Grand
9. I Just Wanna Dance (Manny Patel Equality Mix 2013) - Alison Jiear (from "Jerry Springer: The Opera")
Cool Down:
10. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
11. True Colors - Cyndi Lauper

Track List - HIIT Ride, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 9:00am

1. Invisible (video) - Duran Duran
2. Come Undone (video) - Duran Duran
3. Freedom 90 (video starring male super model John Pearson) - George Michael
4. Born This Way - Lady Gaga
5. I Got My Pride - Barry Harris featuring Pepper Mashay
6. Proud - Heather Small
7. Express Yourself - Madonna
8. We Are The Night (Dave Aude remix)(video directed by John Lavin) - Steve Grand
9. I Just Wanna Dance (Manny Patel Equality Mix 2013)(video featuring classic dance scenes) - Alison Jiear (from "Jerry Springer: The Opera")
Cool Down:
10. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
11. True Colors - Cyndi Lauper

Track List - HIIT Ride, Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 7:00am

1. Levitating (video) - Dua Lipa featuring DaBaby
2. Good 4 U (video) - Olivia Rodrigo
3. Beautiful Mistakes (video) - Maroon 5 featuring Megan Thee Stallion
4. It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day (The Bodyguard Soundtrack) - The Soul System
5. I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
6. Crazy In Love - Beyonce & Jay-Z
7. Someone To Call My Lover - Janet Jackson
8. Chains Of Love - Erasure
9. We Got A Love Thang - CeCe Peniston
10. When I Love You Oughta Know (mashup) - DJ Maya Jakobson featuring Alanis Morissette, David Guetta & Justin Timberlake

11. When Love Takes Over (remix) - David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
Cool Down:
12. Elephant Love Medley (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack) - Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor
13. Seasons Of Love (Rent Original Broadway Soundtrack) - Cast featuring Stevie Wonder
14. Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney & Wings

Track List - HIIT Ride, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 9:00am

1. All I Know So Far (video) - Pink
2. Higher Power (video) - Coldplay
3. Girls (Who Run The World) - Beyonce
4. Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna
5. Trouble - Jennifer Hudson featuring Iggy Azalea
6. Womans World - Cher
7. Believe - Cher
8. Born This Way - Lady Gaga
9. We Got A Love Thang - CeCe Peniston
10. When Love Takes Over (remix) - David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
Cool Down:
11. Elephant Love Medley (Moulin Rouge Soundtrack) - Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor
12. Seasons Of Love (Rent Original Broadway Soundtrack) - Cast featuring Stevie Wonder
13. Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney & Wings

You'll notice that I played a couple of Cher songs back to back this morning. Well, it was a way to celebrate her 75th birthday which was last Thursday, May 20th. She is another one of those special artists that have withstood the test of time, defied all odds and stayed popular, successful and relevant over several decades! (Other artists that have achieved similar success are Dolly Parton, Madonna, Tina Turner, Diana Ross and Barbra Streisand.) I have certainly played Cher's music in the Ride with Tommy! very often over the years. So, thank you for the music, Cher!

Track List - HIIT Ride, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 7:00am

1. Higher Love (video) - Kygo & Whitney Houston
2. Hot Stuff (video) - Kygo & Donna Summer
3. Changes - Tupac
3. Sexyback - Justin Timberlake
4. In The End - Linkin Park
5. Somebody To Love - Justin Bieber featuring Usher
6. Levels - Nick Jonas
7. Too Funky - George Michael
8. Whoomp! (There it is!) - Tag Team
9. Take On Me (remix) - A-Ha
10. Wonderful Life - Hurts
Cool Down:
11. Only Us (from Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen") - Ben Levi Ross & Taylor Trensch
12. You Say - Lauren Daigle

Track List - HIIT Ride, Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 9:00am

1. Hot Stuff (video) - Kygo & Donna Summer
2. Love Is In Control (video) - Donna Summer
3. Old Town Road (remix) - Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus
4. ME! - Taylor Swift featuring Brendan Urie
5. Le Freak (remix) - Chic
6. Dive - Debby Holiday
7. Sucker - Jonas Brothers
8. If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes
9. Jump (Armin Van Buuren remix) - Van Halen
10. Running Happy (mashup) - Chocomang featuring Pharrell Williams & Airbourne
Cool Down:
11. Life Of The Party - Shawn Mendes
12. Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
13. Be Alright - Dean Lewis


I started this morning's class off with 2 Donna Summer videos as it was 9 years ago yesterday, May 17th, that we lost Donna Summer to lung cancer. She was a musical icon, the Queen of Disco, whose music I played very often in the Ride with Tommy!

It's at this time of year that I always recount one of my favorite (and gayest!) memories. I attended an event called One Mighty Weekend at the DisneyWorld Resort in Orlando, Florida, in June, 2007. Donna Summer performed at one of the outdoor events on that Saturday night. She sang her hit, "MacArthur Park" with the famous lyric, "someone left my cake out in the rain." And guess what? It was indeed raining! She had her person holding an umbrella over her during her performance. I was surrounded by good friends (including my future husband!) at an amazing event listening to one of my favorite artists ever! In the rain! Right before an incredible fireworks display. It was pretty awesome.

One more Donna Summer memory I have involves my birthday my freshman year in high school. One of my best friends, Julie, gave me the 12" single LP (yes, the LP!) of the duet, "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. I think I probably still have it. And it is still one of my favorites to this day!

So it's for these reasons that I started class this morning with a couple of Donna Summer videos. It means a lot to me. I enjoy hearing her music, and I especially enjoy playing her music in class! So thank you for the music, Donna Summer!

Track List - The Ride, Thursday, May 13, 2021, 9:00am (Sub for Guy B.)

1. Beautiful Mistake (video) - Maroon 5 featuring Megan Thee Stallion
2. Sugar (video) - Maroon 5
3. Tipsy Fireflies - DJ Scotty Dynamo featuring Owl City & J-Kwon
4. The Cure (DJ Blacklow remix) - Lady Gaga
5. Evacuate The Dancefloor - Cascada
6. Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers featuring Coldplay
7. Africa - Weezer
8. No Tears Left To Cry (remix) - Ariana Grande
9. Heat Of The Moment (remix) - DJ Manian featuring Asia
10. If You Could Read My Mind - Studio 54
Cool Down:
11. Dive (Drew's Pay It Forward Mix) - Debby Holiday
12. Promises - Calvin Harris featuring Sam Smith

Jamie Hodes to sub the Ride with Tommy! tomorrow morning, Wednesday, May 12th, 7:00am/Tommy to sub the Ride on Thursday, May 13th, 9:00am

Due to circumstances beyond my control (namely, school is going back to full-time, in-person classes Monday thru Thursday starting tomorrow morning and I have to take the kids to school as my husband is out of town and the sitter is unavailable), I will not be able to be there for my regularly scheduled Ride. Thanks to Jamie for agreeing to cover my class! I hope you all have a great Ride with her! She's a lot of fun! (And btw, Jamie is one of the first instructors to ask me to sub her class when I first started teaching spin...oh about 22 years ago...at Meridien Sports Club in Century City...the circle of life...the circle of the Ride!)

I'll be back in the instructor saddle this Thursday morning at 9:00am as I will be subbing for the awesome Guy B. I hope to see you then!

In good health,

Tommy

Track List - HIIT Ride, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 9:00am

1. Sledgehammer (video) - Peter Gabriel
2. Land Of Confusion (video) - Genesis
3. It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day (The Bodyguard Soundtrack) - The Soul System
4. Save Your Tears (remix) - The Weeknd & Ariana Grande
5. Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf
6. When Love Takes Over (remix) - David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
7. Chains Of Love - Erasure
8. We Got A Love Thang - CeCe Peniston
9. When I Love You Oughta Know (mashup) - DJ Maya Jakobson featuring Alanis Morissette, David Guetta & Justin Timberlake
10. Can't Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake
11. Beautiful - David Hernandez
Cool Down:
12. This Town - Niall Horan
13. Home - Todrick Hall
14. Home (from "Pose") - MJ Rodriguez & Billy Porter