Classtime 

Well, Altair 4 how'd it go?

terrymorse 

So what type of training is a typical spin class, then (I never have done one)?

Sounds like sprint intervals.

gobicycling

They spend an awful lot of time standing, not sitting on the seat. And there are intervals of high-speed spins and low speed spins and high resistance and low resistance.

Altair 4

Wednesday, it's this coming Wednesday. No to worry, I'll post before the end of the week.

DaveLeeNC

Hardly a big deal. But I struggle with the concept of 'getting killed in a spin class'. I guess that means that (for example) you are instructed to accelerate for some period of time and you give out at your chosen effort level while the others are still going at their chosen effort level (which might be half your power or double your power or ... ). But since you have no idea about the power levels what does this mean (other than they are maybe better at selecting their level of effort in a spin bike class environment vs. you).

I just would have worded it a different way. OTOH, I suppose that a hard/varied effort for 45 minutes is different than a hard/varied effort for 2.5 hours. It just seemed to me to be a pacing thing (most likely) vs a fitness thing.

dave

terrymorse 

So kind of a general, targeting all sorts of things, workout?

Carbonfiberboy 

We had one spin instructor who was a local time trialist and another who was a Cat 1 trackie. They both used about the same method - tunes. We'd do something for the length of the tune, then something different for the next one, so like 3' intervals of various sorts, some hard, some moderate. There weren't many max effort tunes, maybe 4 in an hour? There were also recovery tunes. They tried to match the beats to what they wanted us to do. That was a lot of work on their part, to put together the music for an hour of varied efforts.

My wife and I wore HRMs, with which we were very familiar, to gauge our effort levels. The most difficult thing we commonly did was seated low cadence, like 55-60, in Z4-5. That transferred well to the road. We also did a good bit of OOS, which did not transfer well because we were on spin bikes with flywheels. We didn't do weird spin bike stuff - it was mostly like being on a real bike, working hard.

seypat

If you're taking some extra gear like a change of clothes, get yourself a lock for the lockers. I usually buy the 3 pack of combo Masterlock with the common code. You can share the locks, or have a backup with the same code in case you leave it/lose it. Since you're at the gym, take full advantage of it. Stash your other gear in a locker before the class. After, change back into gym shoes and do whatever you choose. Strength training, yoga, water aerobics, whatever. Get a good workout, Bring a fresh towel for a shower/shave/etc afterwards. Head out the door ready for the rest of the day. It's a good routine to acquire.

More importantly, don't worry or care that others in there might be looking at you. People are in there for a common goal. They're doing their own thing and are glad that you're doing yours instead of sitting on the couch at home.

seypat

Depends on the class. Here's the cycle schedule for the nearest location of the gym chain I go to. click on the classes to get more info. Click on all of the categories to see what the gym has to offer. If you can't get fit and have fun doing it, it's not the gym's fault.

https://amfamfit.com/midlothian/grou...ass-schedules/

https://amfamfit.com/midlothian/grou...ass-schedules/

Bald Paul

I wish that were true in all cases. I was told at the local YMCA that I was not allowed due to my "visible tattoos".

rumrunn6

probably nothing estimating a granny gear, slow, hill climb

rumrunn6

I have a 2nd job at a big box home improvement store. we do lots of on-line training. some courses cover discrimination of all types. then they quiz you. it helps us keep our unconscious bias in check. but I was surprised that discrimination against body art, specifically, is not protected by law. not to get "political" but I thought that was unfortunate. but then the course went ahead & showed a video clip showing how a customer might have unconscious bias against a colleague w/ body art & how to guide the customer back to that associate, who, in fact, has an expertise in the area of the customer's interest

terrymorse 

Tattoo certainly isn't one of the "protected classes", such as:

• race/color
• religion
• sex/gender
• sexual orientation
• marital status
• national origin
• age

If a tattoo were considered "religious dress", you might be protected under religion.

rumrunn6

oh good point. I wonder if New Zealand Maori would be like that. I know some have body art, but not all? "Māori religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and practices of the Māori, the Polynesian indigenous people of New Zealand"

seypat

No reason for that. In the current times, it seems the people without tattoos, piercings, etc are in the minority. It shouldn't matter either way.

rumrunn6

"they" have their own rules. all the gyms I've been to, have no problems with body art

rsbob 

Altair 4, are you still among the living? I hope you survived your class.

I always considered the ones I took equivalent to a cardiac stress test.

Carbonfiberboy 

Naw, much better than that! Stress tests are usually only 15'. Can't tell much from that, not even warmed up yet.

Altair 4

Update - so I mentioned that my kid is ADHD. For reasons I'm not going into here, she doesn't drive. She cross-scheduled her evening college class with the spin class. Wednesday morning I said to her over breaky that we've got spin class that night. My wife said, "hold on - she's got a class on Wednesday evenings."

I'm her ride and the class trumps spin. So maybe after the spring semester is over I'll give the class a try. Not all is lost, as we gain a bit more light in the evenings, I'll be taking my bike with us and riding the area near her school. It's a quiet neighborhood and I get some saddle time in if I'm not just quick walking the arear. It' ain't spinnin', but it's something!

rumrunn6

whew, that was close!

seypat

This one looks like the average class.

seypat

Same Company.

rsbob 

All that suspense and now the let down. But totally understandable since my grown son has ADHD, and can totally relate.

Altair 4

If you get it, you get it. Never a dull moment with ADHD kids.

seypat

Mine also.