Originally Posted by Terex (Post 16282688)

It's like any resistance training that you do in the gym, but with jumps on a spin bike, the resistance is your body mass. Sure, there may be a lot better ways of accomplishing the same thing, but it's not totally pointless. Just partially. How many people do bench presses in the gym because they need to do bench presses outside of the gym? I'm sure it's very close to zero. Jumps, bench presses, and most other forms of resistance training are done to develop specific muscle groups as part of a broader training program.

Originally Posted by Terex (Post 16282695)

They don't. Everyone using a gym eventually gets sick and dies.

Originally Posted by jyl (Post 16283831)

What muscle groups do jumps develop that aren't being developed by normal cycling? Not being argumentative, actually trying to learn/understand. Jumps in spin class seem so effortless - do you even notice the effort required to come out of the saddle? - that I never saw the point of them?

Originally Posted by Garfield Cat (Post 16282307)

How do these spin facilities handle health issues? I mean during the winter months with colds and flu season, sweat and ventilation?

Originally Posted by Garfield Cat (Post 16282307)

How do these spin facilities handle health issues? I mean during the winter months with colds and flu season, sweat and ventilation?

Originally Posted by jyl (Post 16283831)

What muscle groups do jumps develop that aren't being developed by normal cycling? Not being argumentative, actually trying to learn/understand. Jumps in spin class seem so effortless - do you even notice the effort required to come out of the saddle? - that I never saw the point of them?