The Ride: Higher Ground

Take it to HIGHER GROUND as a true cyclist in this POWER-ful Ride experience. Focus on a series of steep hill intervals and grueling climbs while meeting or beating your personal best efforts in this demanding Ride.  You’ll create strong, lean, powerful muscles while mastering your mindset in this rewarding workout.  Celebrate becoming Monarch of the Mountain!    

Why Try The Ride: Higher Ground?  

The Ride: Higher Ground is an inclusive, interactive cycling experience honoring the principles of outdoor cycling, training your legs and core.  Where Higher Ground differs from other Ride classes is this format is all about the CLIMB, building power and strength in your legs at every stage. You’ll build power in your legs like never before and discover the grit that has always been a part of who you are! 

What Is The Ride: Higher Ground Like? 

This strength-based Ride focuses on performance and is composed COMPLETELY of varying endurance and interval hill work with short segments of recovery or flat road in between hill segments. The Higher Ground format honors the experience of riding hilly terrain, challenging even the most experienced road cyclists.   

Who Are The Ride: Higher Ground Classes Best For? 

All fitness levels, from beginners to cycling pros, benefit from The Ride: Higher Ground. Since you control your resistance and cadence (speed), you are also in charge of your intensity. In The Ride: Higher Ground, repeated hill stages will have you seeing your real-time progress in your metrics as you ride! If you love seeing the real numbers behind your POWER, this class is for you! Find your Ride or Die and bring them to experience it together! 

Is The Ride: Higher Ground a Good Workout? 

Low impact but not low intensity, indoor cycling offers so many great results for your body on the bike: 

• HIIT Training Benefits. High-Intensity Interval Training delivers some of the quickest fitness results of all training styles and is a foundational element of all formats of the Crunch Ride program. The built-in recovery allows athletes to attack repeated work segments with the same or higher intensity each time. This leads to increased fat burning and lowers insulin resistance.  

• Cardiovascular Benefits. Because the heart rate remains elevated even during the recovery aspects of HIIT training, participants’ hearts get a workout! This leads to a lower resting heart rate and higherVO2max, better lung capacity. 

• Strength Benefits. Legs get a great workout during The Ride, obviously, but so does the core, from stabilizing the body while standing to keeping good overall riding posture. This core strength improves overall balance and coordination as well.  

• Joint Benefits. Cycling is one of the best low-impact exercise options for fitness fanatics trying to stay healthy while being kind to their hips, knees, and ankles.  

• Safety Benefits. Indoor cycling can provide all the training benefits of outdoor cycling without risk of crash injuries 

How Difficult is The Ride: Higher Ground? 

7/10. Your Ride instructor will provide you with the challenges and motivate you to the top every round—you supply the grit and the drive!  You are ultimately in control of your resistance and speed, so you control the level of difficulty. All fitness levels are welcome! 

How Long Is Each Class? 

The Ride: Higher Ground is a 45-minute cardiovascular workout incorporating pure strength in the context of athletic hill training.  Get your mind on the metrics and disappear into the expert coaching and motivating music. 

What Should I Wear? 

Come ready to play. Typically, people wear sweat-wicking clothing that will offer ample coverage and allow you to move with ease throughout the full range of motion on the bike. Padded bike shorts may also make cycling more comfortable for you.  

SPD Clip Cycling Shoes or Cross training Gym Shoes.  Be sure to wear comfortable shoes that offer support and stability during class.  Clip-in cycling shoes improve the cycling experience but are not necessary. 

What do I need to Bring? 

Hydrate, my friend! Make sure you have plenty of water with you.  Also, pop a towel in your gym bag to catch your sweat, as you will be glowing after that first stage! Most importantly, bring a great attitude and smile to share. 

What Types of Ride Classes Are Available?

The Ride: Heavy Mileage.

Put the pedals to the metal in this interval-based Remixed Ride workout. Rack up some major mileage through dedicated rounds of competitive cardio endurance on the bike, then dismount and kick it up a notch by adding upper body weight work into the mix off the bike. Weighted rounds are performed off the bike for maximum performance. Clip in to take on this challenge and get ready for some Heavy Mileage. 

The Ride: Higher Ground.

Take it to HIGHER GROUND as a true cyclist in this POWER-ful Ride experience. Focus on a series of steep hill intervals and grueling climbs while meeting or beating your personal best efforts in this demanding Ride.  You’ll create strong, lean, powerful muscles while mastering your mindset in this rewarding workout.  Celebrate becoming Monarch of the Mountain! 

The Ride: HIIT the Road

Get your Ride “tuned” up and turned up! The Ride: HIIT the Road features a fun, festive party atmosphere, providing a phenomenal workout to super-hot music! Bass beats literally drive the RPM (revolutions per minute) or pace set during the work effort. The Ride: HIIT the Road features dedicated work-to-rest ratios, utilizing Crunch’s signature three-stage progression. Triple the fun and true interval training at its best. 

The Ride: Let the Beat Drop.

Take it to the CLUB and let your feet sync with the beat as we turn up the volume and get lost in the rhythm of the ride.  Your heart rate will be pumping to the bumpin’ tunes as our skilled RIDE coaches lead you through a results-driven cycle class using the power of high-energy music to drive your performance. 

The Ride: No Judgments, No Limits: The Ultimate Ride.

Break through barriers, smash goals and torch calories in this signature ride that pushes your power to the max. Embodying our No Judgements, No Limits motto this ride class focuses utilization of the console to push increasing power numbers in a no limits, no holds barred ride class that will deliver the ultimate results. 

The Ride: Level It Up.

The strongest of structures start with a sturdy foundation, then build!  Get ready to feel the burn as your RIDE coach helps you to establish your base intensity and then torch those calories through a series of power-pushing intervals.  Are you ready to rack up your best distances, calorie burns and power output? 

The Ride.

Put the pedals to the metal in this fast-paced workout taught on a stationary bike. You’ll climb, sprint, and train to incredible music and extraordinary instruction. 

Find a The Ride: Higher Ground Class at a Crunch Near You  

Can’t wait to take your everyday fitness routine to the next level? This is the right class for you! Search here to find the class at a location near you!

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Get back in the saddle and come to The Ride: Higher Ground and other fiercely fun Ride classes only available at Crunch, make sure you sign up in the app to take a class today!  Not a member yet?  Click here for a Get your free trial gym pass and give Slow Burn or one of our other strength classes a try to see if you and Crunch are made for each other!

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