Training for today - indoor cycling

It has been a working weekend for me. Both in the studio and as an instructor.

much much better training than yesterday! :)

It wasn't easy to get up at 7 both on Saturday and Sunday.. but, from time to time it is good to work on weekend and earn extra ;) 

 After my morning work I had a spinn class. Great 60 minutes of cycling with dedicated ladies who came to the class :) High energy and 550 kcal burned! But.. what is spinn exactly?

spinning room at my work place - Sport og Mosjon

Spinning is simple an indoor cycling. It is a form of group training where group is cycling to the music's tempo. It is definitely and cardiovascular training, where you mostly train on your endurance. It depends on type of class and instructor if it is interval training or more steady tempo cycling. 

You can adjust intensity by: 
*standing up on your pedals (standing climb), 
*doing
 short and intensive sessions of standing and seating (jumps), cycling with serious resistance (climbing),
*cycling with high tempo (sprints)

equipment: for amateur cycling training shoes and shorts will be enough, no need to buy fancy stuff if you are not spinning professionally/very often

Unquestionable benefits of indoor cycling is that you are burning many calories, strengthening your hearth and lunges as well as harmstrings, glutes and quadriceps. What is more, spinning is less harmful for joints as any other kind of aerobic activity and.. it's easy! You don't have to remembering choreography and any steps, just look what instructor is doing and copy it!

another benefit of indoor cycling is the fact that trainings are normally taken in a dark room with loud music - nobody will watch you while you are sweating and you can totally concentrate on your moves and music

Spinning is the great way of doing interval training (best cardio training for fat burning). By standing on pedals and cycling in high tempo you are doing high intervals and by doing cycling in normal tempo you are doing low intervals :)

Is it suitable for you? You will never now, until you check :) I recommend taking part in a class, even if you are not a cycling fan - try, maybe the atmosphere, music and passion will encourage you? :)