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This is getting to be a bit of a trend, people writing about their experiences in a Spinning class. Here's another from ChicagoNow.com called Spin Classes are Cool (for men too) Like we need to told that 🙂
I've been spinning since I stopped going to my regular health club, riding the bike for about 10 miles in about 30 minutes, working up a nice sweat but feeling rather unfulfilled. I've been spinning every Saturday since the first spin class when my feet kept popping out of the pedals, when I had to sit down on the bike seat every few minutes because I was so tired, and when I looked around I saw women (yes, I was the only guy there) standing up on the pedals pounding out the pace. I've been spinning every Saturday since the instructor, a woman named Kat (a crazy, deranged, drill sergeant of a woman), pedaled every mile of the way along with the class while playing music that matches the rhythm of the ride she is directing. I've been spinning every Saturday because it makes me feel good and, at my age, it's time to stop worrying about how I'm perceived. (That's true, but aren't we all at least a little self-conscious?)
Originally posted 2011-05-01 16:11:35.
John is a member on the AFS (Association of Fitness Studios) Advisory Council.
Holding certifications from; Schwinn, Heart Zones, Team ICG and Life Time Fitness, John's held regularly scheduled cycling classes between 1998 and 2015 when he moved to Florida.
When the weather permits, you'll find him riding and leading outdoor groups by himself or with his Tandem partner (wife) Amy.
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“sprinting equals little or no resistance” and, “shoulder exercises while climbing”. Oh dear. good that he’s enjoying it though I guess.
Oh geez! When will clubs get tough on the inappropriateness of these instructors? And playing Rhihanna’s “S&M”? Has anyone actually listened to the lyrics – “sex in the air… I love the smell of it?”
I continue to keep my integrity of safe and instructional classes despite all of the misunderstandings from uneducated membersof what a “great” class is. I know I’ll never be the popular instructor (popular = crazy, contraindicated, drill sargent) but I’m starting to get comfortable with it!
Wow, that article was awesome. Like a hommage to Containdication. I wonder how many people read that and thought “Thats what I want to do next Saturday”.
I’m guesing the instructor is not an ICI pro member 😉
“Like a hommage to Contraindication”…Andy, I love that! And Sheila, I can really relate to keeping our integrity and the integrity of our classes, even if it doesn’t make us the most “popular”. We are not in high school anymore anyway.
I love to look at class numbers at my club- who teaches/who attends, and there is very little, to no, crossover between my class attendees and those that go to the “crazy, contraindicated, haven’t been updated since 1995 classes”. That being said, that type of class, unfortunately, is still quite well attended. Burnout and injury is also high. And one of the most telling questions I was ever asked from one of “those” students was, “Why do my shoulders hurt after a spinning class?” It was all I could do to answer politely and respectfully, “Most likely because the bike is really not something we should be doing push ups on. It would be much better for you to RIDE the bike and do push ups in a STRENGTH TRAINING CLASS”. I do believe a very soft “duh” might have come out of my mouth inadvertently when I walked away…..I am only human.