Let's Get Ready to Rumble

Staircase Leading to the Workout Room

Lobby View

There's something thrilling about punching a bag relentlessly with no reservations or concerns, the thrill of letting go.

Rumble is a boxing-inspired workout class that combines high intensity interval training and classic boxing. The class adhere to the 6 basic boxing punching pattern and combinations: jabs, cross, front hooks, back hooks, front upper cut and back upper cut. The class is founded by Noah Neiman, who was a master trainer at Barry's Bootcamp and was one of the cast members on Bravo's reality TV show - Workout New York. Perhaps it's the appeal of traditional boxing and sweat guaranteed workout, the class was completed packed. In attendance include comedian Kevin Hart and nope we did not ask for a picture as we thought he was just someone who's looking for a good workout like the rest of us, so we shall respect that and no need for the corny opening to try to get his attention. Though we did wanted to scream out "she wasn't ready ~~".

Back to the workout, the class is split between "floor exercises" and "boxing" similar to Barry's Bootcamp (we'll soon to have a post about Barry's Bootcamp). Additionally, the class is further divided into total of 10 rounds, split between floor exercise and boxing. If you're a first timer in the world of boxing, which means you probably won't have wraps and the boxing gloves, no worries, rental for the both are available. Also, no need to worry about bruising your knuckles post boxing,, because Rumble utilizes these tear-drop shaped aqua punching bag, which helps to absorb the punching force.

Now that we told you a bit about Rumble, let us move on to the rating round:

Motivation (3.5): The class had a great playlist with mix of different music genres. Our trainer for the class was Danielle Burrell who did a good job of demonstrating the different exercises and punch combinations included in our workout prior to the class officially began. That said, between the music and sound of punching bags, it was difficult to hear the instructor's voice. Often, we had to look around and see what exercise we're currently doing, which could be distracting when we were trying to focus on the workout.

Amenities (4): Rumble gym accommodates most of your needs, including lockers area, restrooms and waiting area. The amenities felt sleek and clean, additionally, variety of rumble-themed paintings can be found all over the facility, ranging from Pulp Fiction inspired mural to a black-eyed panda portray. Perhaps it's the popularity of the class or simply New Yorker desired to burn off the boo from Saturday night, our Sunday morning class was completely booked, which made the lockers area feel like Time Square during the rush hours.

Intensity (4): The class was fast paced and the 10 rounds scheduled were tightly choreographed, which means we had very little recovery time in between rounds. The floor exercises are consisted of full body workouts (i.e. bicep curls, lateral shoulder raises, bicycle crunches, Russian twists, squat jumps, high knees, quick feet and more). The boxing rounds consisted of different combination of the 6 punching patterns (i.e. jabs, cross,  front hooks, back hooks, front upper cut and back upper cut) mentioned before the classes started.

Overall (4): The boxing component of the class definitely sets Rumble apart from most of the workout classes in NYC and it was great to try this new form of workout. Overall, we felt that Rumble had a good balance of cardio, intensity and muscle sculpting/toning. You're guaranteed to work up a good sweat (Ron's shirt was completely soaked by the end of the workout), nonetheless, it's always fun to just let go and punch something.


Class Location:
Rumble Flatiron/Chelsea:
146 W. 23rd St.
New York, NY 10011

Rumble NOHO (Coming Winter of '17):
700 Broadway
New York, NY 10003

-L&L