Healthy Lifestyle
beat cycle DANCE PARTY ON WHEELS ARTICLE EMILY O'BRIEN PHOTOGRAPHY LISA DOANE
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Boulder Lifestyle | August 2015
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ummer might be in full swing and the sunny weather may have most of us outdoors, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still hit the gym. There’s a new spot in town that’s gaining a lot of momentum called Beat Cycle. It’s a full body workout that’s much more than just an ordinary, run of the mill spin class. Beat Cycle opened last September. “We’re known for being a dance party on a bike,” says Hilary Cruz-Abrams who co-owns Beat Cycle with her husband, Carlos.
They founded the company after moving to Boulder from New York a few years ago and they felt frustrated they couldn’t find the same type of spin classes they had grown accustomed to attending and teaching. Hilary and Carlos met in college as varsity athletes and share a love of sports. “We opened on University Hill partly to get the college population addicted to fitness,” says Hilary. “It’s all about the beat of the music.” Some might says it’s also all about the lights, which are colored and ref lect off a disco ball. Black lights are also used and the class is always as dimly lit as possible to alleviate any self-consciousness people might have.