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WHAT IS INDOOR CYCLING? Try it!
Indoor cycling, sometimes called spinning is the best cardiovascular exercise yet invented! Low impact with very effective results.
Invented more than 20 years ago by Jonathan Goldberg, “Johnny G," Spinning is a group exercise on a heavy duty stationary bike, performed with music. The "Spinner" -- or "spinning bike" has some unique advantages:
- Stability: With its overall weight, you can cycle sitting down, standing up, forward over the handlebars in racing position -- and safely alternate between positions.
- Precision resistance settings: With its heavy flywheel and durable resistance pads, you can “dial” various resistance settings to simulate cycling up hills and mountains, on flat terrain with or without wind resistance, or going downhill at a sprint.
- A road bike experience: Put it all together, it’s almost like cycling outdoors on a real bike, except I think it’s more fun!
WHAT MAKES CLASSICALSPIN SO EFFECTIVE AND FUN?
You can easily sustain a "target heart rate" level from aerobic, through anaerobic threshold, all the way to full anaerobic expenditure.
What a fun way to sweat -- and sweat you will! Some of you will get an added “metaphysical” benefit: you may experience the music at a depth and level you may not have before -- an aesthetic experience -- and find that “zone” where it all comes together and time ceases to exist.
- Fartlek: I’ve adapted standard spinning techniques with a Fartlek inspired cardiovascular effort -- “Fartlek” is a Swedish run-play technique that alternately stresses and releases the cardiovascular system. Lots of "interval" training.
- Cycling to the Beat: My routines completely integrate musical selections with variable tempos (cadences) in a “pedal to the beat” format.
- Position Changes: I script "position changes" to the highs and lows of the music. We'll spend more than half the time "out of the saddle" in "standing position 2" over the pedals and "racing position 3" out over the handlebars. This not only strengthens the legs, but virtually all of the "core" muscles as well. You may never have to do a sit-up again!
- Resistance Level Changes: I specify the the speed (cadence in terms of RPM - beats per minute of the music). You decide how much resistance to apply to the wheel. I'll make suggestions, but ultimately, you decide what you can handle.
You can easily sustain a "target heart rate" level from aerobic, through anaerobic threshold, all the way to full anaerobic expenditure.
What a fun way to sweat -- and sweat you will! Some of you will get an added “metaphysical” benefit: you may experience the music at a depth and level you may not have before -- an aesthetic experience -- and find that “zone” where it all comes together and time ceases to exist.
