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She Got Sober, Got Divorced, Got Fired. Then Peloton Called. | Johanna Ricouz
Most people know Johanna Ricouz as one of the newest Pilates instructors on Peloton, the one with the tattoos, the nails, the hip hop and the mouth. What they don’t know is what it took to get there.
Johanna grew up in New Jersey, trained as a classical ballet dancer at an all-Black school, started using drugs young, got married at 21, divorced at 25, got sober, worked three jobs (nightlife, modeling and teaching Pilates at $23 a class), got fired from the club, and then built a career in wellness that she never planned but couldn’t stop building.
In this conversation, Johanna talks about…
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