Read an excerpt from Jill Kargman's Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut.

"I don't know exactly why, but somehow, all the components come together in that room. It's not just about the music or the motions, it's...gosh, I am such a sappy-ass sucker, but...(gulp) the soul. And I don't mean like spiritual yoga bullshit where everyone says 'om' and it smells like ass with Parmesan cheese. But it is a happy empowering space, a little safe nook where the only light is two flickering votives and the teachers' voices inspire you to ride your f-cking ass off. Which, by the way, I literally did. I used to have this pocket of cottage cheese between thigh and ass that I called thass, and now it's gone. Like, vanished. It's a f-cking miracle. And yet, I don't even do it for my ass, I do it for my head. Working and organizing three kids' schedules sometimes makes me feel like I'm playing a never-ending game of Tetris. [...] All my worries, all the stress, all the pieces, they evaporate when I am breathing and moving my body fast than I knew it could go.

My teacher MB says you can't change your body without a little pain, so you need to 'shred it' with each ride, pushing yourself harder. In the front row, no less!"

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Source: Jill Kargman, HarperCollins