Many fitness fanatics (ourselves included) can't imagine a world without SoulCycle. Those 45 sweat-soaked, spiritually attuned minutes in SoulCycle's grapefruit-scented halls are absolutely sacred to us and have become an integral part of our fitness and wellness regimen.
That was exactly the vision that SoulCycle's two incredible female founders had when they created the powerhouse fitness brand we now know and love. The story of Soul starts at a blind-date lunch, traverses a yellow rickshaw in front of a Craigslist sublet, lands squarely at a cleansing crystal ritual, and has empowered a whole lot of women along the way. Here are nine things you probably don't know about the brand and its history.