SPENGA Santa Cruz

Excellent workout! All my favorite gym classes in one hour. Starting with a warm up spin, followed by a strength workout featuring a variety of exercises, then ending with a cool down much- needed-stretch-yoga session. Personnel and staff are stellar. Knowledgeable and friendly. 😊
Want to Werkout? This is the place! 🚲💪🏼🧘🏻👍🏼

I genuinely love the class. The Entire experience is well thought out from the moment you walk in. There’s no time to get bored. I really like that in the weight room you have your own section complete with everything you need to work out: no walking across the room to pick out your weights. I especially enjoy Mary-Kate’s classes. 10/10

I have never felt better and healthier. This place is hands down the best workout. Every single instructor is kind, motivating and passionate about helping you become the best version of yourself. The front staff is always welcoming and accommodating as well. This is more than just a fitness class this is a community of empowering people. I cannot say enough great things about Spenga.

Special shoutout to Mary Kate for encouraging me to return to Spenga after a hiatus . I highly recommend you take one of her classes , you will not be disappointed!

SPENGA Santa Cruz has been such an incredible experience for me these last 18 months. Prior to joining this gym I’ve done every kind of workout, from step aerobics to CrossFit to Pilates, but I had never practiced yoga, and have found this in particular to be such a transformative experience at the end of this 20/20/20 workout (spin/weights/yoga). The instructors are highly trained, friendly, accessible, inspiring and supportive. You are welcomed by the most lovely people into a beautiful space that is cool and smells like lemons and they sanitize everything for you after every class. I like the periodic challenges, the community that has formed, and the 20 pounds I’ve shed 😊
I think this model is the future of fitness and I wish I had thought of it first. I love it here, I’m all in.

I just started going a few weeks ago. I didn’t think I was going to like this program. But it turns out I love it !!!! I’ll soon be canceling where I have been going for a long long time and going to SPENGA And I’m 70. Do if I can do it. , so can you!!

Great folks at front desk. Excellent instructors. Love the variety of times offered for classes. These are my people and sense of community 👏

These classes are wonderful and fun. The instructors and the staff are friendly and helpful. It's my happy place!!

Because people seem to read negative reviews over positive ones. Here is my review of instructor MaryKate at Spenga Santa, Cruz.

Mary Kate is an absolute horrible instructor at letting you quit. If you don’t want to feel motivated, empowered, and better about yourself after you work out then she is not the instructor for you. Let me lay it out for you.

First, Spenga starts with 20 minutes of spin. Taking you to zones and endurance, you didn’t even know you had. As the sweat starts to roll down your back and into your eyes, Mary Kate, asks you to push into another zone three. This is where your eyes roll back into your head. You start to call the sweet instructor you saw in the lobby, 10 minutes earlier every name you can think of. As your legs start to shake, and you have visions of yourself, lying on the floor next to your bike, the countdown starts 5… 4… 4… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1. What, who counts that slow? Now you are back to the recovery zone and you catch your breath. Just as your breath starts to settle, Mary Kate fills you with one of the most motivational stories, giving you the gift of powerful self talk. You are ready to battle to the finish line.
Again the sweating and the slow counting 5…..4…..3….3….2…..1. You have reached the end of one of the most rewarding spin classes you have ever taken. You didn’t fall off your bike. You did cry, but so did the person next to you. You are now bonded to the stranger for life.
You make your way into the strength room. You’re thankful it’s dark because you are not sure if your sweat proof pants are actually holding up. Watching Mary Kates weight demo you look around the room and are greeted with smiles and heavy breathing. During strength your mind switches back-and-forth from, I hate you Mary Kate, too I am doing it!!!!! As the last minute counts down 3….2…..2….1. “ put your weights away and meet me at the top of the mat” says MaryKate. At this point, you don’t even care if your pants are holding up. You take off your sweat, drenched socks and shoes.
How did Mary Kate just motivate me to do 40 real push-ups? I think God only knows at this point.
Yoga yes,I made it to yoga!!! I have never been so happy in my life to take yoga. Mary Kate, smooth and calming voice, guiding us through a series of yoga. The moves are really helping open up the muscles that we just went through battle with. As you lay in your last resting pose, you realized you didn’t even think about your sweat drenched pants. You sit up to meet Mary Kates, beautiful smile and she fills your heart with more motivation and pride. After a thankful group cheer you collect your shoes like weapons left on the battlefield. Looking around for your new friends you find the faces of all the superheroes from the last battle of the Avengers Endgame. You’re now part of the Valkyrie, of Spenga. You file into the lobby with your new friends, knowing everything is all right now. The world will be OK. You defeated Thanos and earned every bit of the perfume wafting from your body. Mary Kate has led your group to the end of the world and back again.
So let’s get down to the real part of this review. Mary Kate counts really slow.

SPENGA is the perfect mix of exercises in a single workout. As soon as I’m getting tired of cardio or lifting weights it’s time to move on to the next thing. All the staff is great. The studio is always super clean. It’s a great place to workout.

I am so excited about SPENGA! I am an avid hiker, but had not done a gym workout in a long time. I was looking for something to try and am so glad I tried SPENGA! It is so much fun. The instructors, the music, the workouts; it is all so motivating. It's a very supportive environment and you can modify to fit your fitness level. I love the format with 20 minutes of Spin (which I had never done before), 20 minutes of strength, and 20 minutes of yoga. I feel amazing when I am finished. It is truly addicting.

I'm so happy to have found SPENGA! I love the well-rounded workout, awesome instructors, and great music. Being a part of their community has made me stronger and more motivated to stay accountable with my fitness routine :) Go check them out!

Love this workout, love the people that make it such a great place!

My husband and I joined last month. We LOVE it! The room is dark for the spin class and has great electronic music. The strength exercises change each session which makes it not boring. The yoga is more like a traditional gym type of yoga and less of a studio. A very special treat is sundays a meditation and sound class happens after the last spenga class. It’s amazing and Rayne is great at both the spenga portion and mediation&sound. Also! 1st week is free if you’re skeptical of the workout like we were and they are so nice about giving you it.

I joined Spenga last summer and I love it. The workouts are great and i never get bored with them. The instructors are the best part - they are so motivating and supportive.

Great team of trainers and a solid workout!

I LOVE going to SPENGA! It’s the highlight of my week! The staff is so welcoming and makes you feel right at home. And I always leave feeling strong than before!! 💪

Very cool workout, all in one hour! Clean and relaxing environment. Amazing instructors.

I am beyond grateful to have found my gym! The coaches are amazing , the energy is fun and the facility is always clean. I will be a lifelong member!!!

Best experience around. An old Jane Fonda wannabe who loves the support. Everyone's warm, supportive, and knows my name.

I love that I can get a total body workout while experiencing the mental health benefits of yoga all in one hour! ♥♥♥ I am hooked!