puffinbilly
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It must be very hard to do spin class in a swimming pool
Did feel a little out of my depth - but then ........
spin classes wtf?
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Did feel a little out of my depth - but then ........
Accy cyclist
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I wouldn't mind giving it a go but that thud thud beat would put me right off! Why do they think that an horrendous beat is needed to accompany using a glorified exercise bike?
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Smurfy
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I gather you need to sit at the back for a decent view. Mort's son seems to know how to get the most out of spin classes.
[QUOTE 3814390, member: 259"]I've been told by my son that there are quite a lot of scantily-clad members of the opposite sex at spinning classes.[/QUOTE]
Smurfy
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Maybe they are getting desperate.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/11668746/Peak-physique-Britains-gym-bubble-bursts.html
Smurfy
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awomaninsane
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You have to keep to the beat man, that's why you need the thud thud loud so you know what you are doing. Keep up!
[QUOTE 3814390, member: 259"]I've been told by my son that there are quite a lot of scantily-clad members of the opposite sex at spinning classes. Probably even more than you can meet on the road wearing team jerseys.[/QUOTE]
Really. Where are these classes and how do I join?
Really. Where are these classes and how do I join?
gaijintendo
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Really. Where are these classes and how do I join?
I work at a University, so everyone at the gym is a decade younger than me, fit, and generally female at spin classes. Unlike council gyms, where people look like the doctor prescribed exercise.
Maybe it's something to do with being a decade older, but I haven't stopped to take in the view. I am pretty self conscious, and assume everyone else is too... and I am barely coming to terms with this thought, but maybe I'm just not that pervy?
Globalti
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Mrs Gti once persuaded me to join her at a spin class. It didn't go well; the "animator" (I refuse to write "instructor") shouted at us over the loud boom boom music and made people stand up, wave a broom handle around and do all kinds of silly sprints. I just decided I would stick to my usual routine using my HRM and carried on, doing my best to ignore the noise. At one point the animator started moving around the semi-circle shouting into the faces of her victims and then she came to me.... she stopped, started into my eyes, read the "don't even think about it" message I was sending her, shrugged and moved on. I'm actually selling my Tacx turbo-trainer if anybody's interested; simple fan job, all offers considered.
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Holy thread resurection Batman.
gaijintendo
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That sounds horrific. The classes I have been to are generally quite amiable. The instructor generally inaudible and stuck on their bike.
There is a colour system adjusted by FTP (ftw? Same thing?) and you can typically tell when people are standing up, and pick up the cadence changes.
There is a big TV wall in the room.
The best classes are the free "VR" classes. Music is ok, and instructor audio is well mixed. They seem like a good workout - my body seems to judder less at 120ppm. I can't seem to get the turbo out at home, but i don't have a garage or much space so maybe that's why.
I guess from reading this thread these classes are generally horrific...
gaijintendo
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I didn't want to start a new thread, and this turned up as one of the more recent ones. I guess they were a thing once, and everyone here hated them.
I was going to complain about people turning up and doing their own thing... But then Globalti came along...
PaulSB
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I would say spin classes are far from horrific, there are some very good ones out there. It's a question of finding the right class.
My club run two spin sessions per week through the winter. We have a wide range of cycle specific classes on CD which are projected on to the wall. The classes are taken by an instructor on the video. Classes last for 45 to 120 minutes. There are 25 places and usually every bike is full. Come the spring people who went spinning have a definite advantage over others.
I've been to general gym spin classes and yes they do vary but many are very good. It's all very well being sniffy about these classes but consider they are meant for your average gym goer not cyclists.
My club run two spin sessions per week through the winter. We have a wide range of cycle specific classes on CD which are projected on to the wall. The classes are taken by an instructor on the video. Classes last for 45 to 120 minutes. There are 25 places and usually every bike is full. Come the spring people who went spinning have a definite advantage over others.
I've been to general gym spin classes and yes they do vary but many are very good. It's all very well being sniffy about these classes but consider they are meant for your average gym goer not cyclists.
derrick
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Am enjoying the spinning classes at the moment, Started Watt biking earlier on in the year, But i must say i prefer the spinning bikes.
