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My First Spin Class: Here’s How it Went

 

A New Experience

This weekend I tried a spin class for the first time. Now, I’ve never been a “class” kind of person. That’s right, I have no class (thanks Rodney). I generally workout on my own but my wife has been “spinning” for a couple of months and loving it. She finally talked me into giving it a try and signed me up for a Sunday class.

I arrived early, ditched my coat and gym bag and made my way to the “spinning” room. A few people were already in the room staking claim to bikes.

I walked into the room, looking as bit out of place, and a woman approached me. “Steve?” I said “yes” and shook her hand. She introduced herself as the instructor told me she knew who I was because “you’re new and you’re the only guy signed up for this class”. “Awesome” I thought “I’ll be a thorn amongst a dozen roses.”

Taking it For A Spin

I selected a bike up front and Karen helped me get it set up. She measured the seat against my hip and the distance to the handle bars based on my forearm. I got on and started pedaling to get a feel for the bike. It felt pretty comfortable and more like a road bike than I thought it would.  I continued pedaling while the class filled up.

The Session

Once everyone had arrived we got started. The lights went out, fans strategically placed around the room were switched on, the music was turned up and we were off.

We started out on “flat ground”, pedaling at an easy pace. “Not too bad” I thought to myself.  Then Karen instructed us to increase the tension and sprint. Now I was starting to feel it but I was still holding my own. We increased the resistance a bit more and got out of the saddle to climb imaginary hills. Now my heart rate began climbing too. This was a lot harder than I first thought it was going to be.

In no time, I found myself out of breath and looking forward to the next 30 second rest period. Why is it that the rest period is the exact same amount of time but always feels shorter? We alternated between hard sprints and climbs with rest periods sprinkled in. All of this lasted about 45 minutes and then it was over. At the end, Karen lead us through a few post workout stretches on the bikes while caught our breath and cooled down.

Summary

I enjoyed the class and it really pushed me. I felt like I got a really good workout. Karen sent a picture later showing we burned 613 calories! I never thought I’d do a spin class but it was something new and it’s good to keep your body guessing.

If you’ve ever thought of giving a class like this a try I’d encourage you to do it. It’s a lot of fun, easy to pick up and is a really tough workout. The best thing is you decide how hard you want to go.

Have you tried spinning? What did you think? Leave a comment and share your experience below.

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