Chaos in the Hamptons: Tracy Anderson devotees gripe about $5,500 mats, $90 classes, and power struggles among 'queen bees'
Tracy Anderson devotees are frustrated over rising prices and power struggles in the Hamptons.Drama recently arose when a client got the schedule changed — and others started a petition to reverse it.
TA charges up to $90 per 55-minute drop-in class at its Sag Harbor and Water Mill studios — nearly double the price of a Hamptons SoulCycle or Barry's Bootcamp class. To reserve a mat for the summer out East , clients have to be members and pay a $5,500 mat fee — a price that's nearlyThen there's"Vitality Week," a series of wellness activities and workout classes led by the chain's eponymous founder.
"You can't just work out; you can't just enjoy it," another former Hamptons trainer added."There's always drama." Major drama played out earlier this summer at TA's Water Mill studio. One morning slot was intended to be a MyMode class using the $4,000 equipment set Anderson launched last year. But a wealthy client who'd paid to reserve a mat for the summer asked the studio to change it to a regular dance class, and the studio complied.
Many of Anderson's followers have been frustrated by the chaos. Several pointed out that TA's longtime Hamptons studio manager left just before the summer season, and a current Hamptons trainer said the manager hadn't been replaced. In prior years, this studio manager had a pulse on which women would actually show up for their reserved spots, said the Hamptons classgoer."Members can be booked all the time, but half of those ladies don't even show up," she said.
Katia Pryce, the founder of DanceBody in NYC, worked as a TA trainer more than 10 years ago. Pryce said drama in the Hamptons was nothing new."Everyone's mad at each other," Pryce said."It's all mean-girl vibes all the time."Anderson rose to fame as a celebrity trainer in 2006 after landing Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna as clients.
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