Originally Posted by
Skipjacks
I never understood spin classes.
I don't fault anyone else for liking them. I just don't get it.
You drive to a place that has a stationary bike and let someone yell at you for an hour while you ride it. Then drive home.
Nothing about that sounds appealing to me.
I have a stationary bike at home. I ride it all the time on bad weather days when I don't ride outside. I enjoy it. But I don't get going to another place to do that as a group with yelling.
I know what you mean, but I've done a few of them in the past. Some people actually like/need the yelling, for extra motivation to work hard.
Another reason might be location. Riding at a high intensity might be hard in certain areas where you don't have the right roads, or continuous roads, to do so.
My GF now does them on occasion, and they have the display at the front that measures everyone's output during the class (it's optional). I'm actually tempted to join her once just to see the results.