Spinning

Penney14

Went to my first spinning class tonight. Wasn't as easy as I thought it would be!

Zyzz

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blackeyedpeat

Not for the faint hearted.

rayman1

No pain, no gain.

Darkglasses

Ok, tell us more!

Have you been cycling long? Are you into racing, touring, sportives, or nothing? Was it fun? Would you recommend it someone training over the winter?

Idleater

Darkglasses wrote: »

Ok, tell us more!

Have you been cycling long? Are you into racing, touring, sportives, or nothing? Was it fun? Would you recommend it someone training over the winter?

Nah, just tell us more

Squidgy Black

What were you wearing? What are you wearing now?

geros29

Went to spinning class and was all ladies.winner.

Henlars67

I found it helped me increase my cadence on the bike. Previous to doing spinning classes I was grinding out a big gear all the time and didn't seem able to ride any other way.

must start classes again shortly for the winter.

CramCycle

Got talking to a chap 3 times my age at the Orwell Randonee last year. He was beasting it up hills near the end. I commented to him that he was in great form for keeping the cadence and speed up so late on in the da.

He turned to me and said, I stop cycling in November for 2 months, do nothing but spin classes now I am retired, best shape I have ever been in.

billyhead

Going to start doing these classes over the winter myself. Is thereany recommendations for a place where they can be done on a pay as you go basis in the city center or on the Northside of Dublin. Also I dont want to attend below par classes so the bikes and instuctor would have to be decent.

Fengol

I'm going to my first spin class tomorrow. With my gym membership discount it works out cheaper doing this over the off-season than investing in a turbo trainer or decent set of rollers.

monkeyslayer

i do gym and spin at least two times a week most of the year, its a great way to get a blast of training in when time is limited during the week... and you can go as easy or hard as you want. and then use the gym time after or before for a bit of rowing, cross trainer, weights and stretching. its great for the core, strength and general fitness but have to admit it just doesnt beat actually getting out on the bike when it comes to building up endurance. found rowing is fantastic training for mountain biking

Harrybelafonte

billyhead wrote: »

Going to start doing these classes over the winter myself. Is thereany recommendations for a place where they can be done on a pay as you go basis in the city center or on the Northside of Dublin. Also I dont want to attend below par classes so the bikes and instuctor would have to be decent.

I did a few in Ballymun gym, but I have low standards

billyhead

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

I did a few in Ballymun gym, but I have low standards

Thanks Harry. A bit out of the way. Was hoping somewhere in the city center or on the dart line. I was a member of the Dublin City council gym located on Tara St before and tried out their spin classes which I thought were rubbish and the bikes were poorly maintained. The classes in Westwood Clontarf are good but the joining fee would put one off and I would much rather use the funds for another bike

Ole Rodrigo

billyhead wrote: »

Thanks Harry. A bit out of the way. Was hoping somewhere in the city center or on the dart line. I was a member of the Dublin City council gym located on Tara St before and tried out their spin classes which I thought were rubbish and the bikes were poorly maintained. The classes in Westwood Clontarf are good but the joining fee would put one off and I would much rather use the funds for another bike

I just got a leaflet in for flyefit.ie, they charge 29 quid per month plus 25 joining fee. Supposed to be good bikes , cant say for sure.

They have a branch on Macken Street.

RunRoryRun

flyefit baggot street are quite cheap to join (don't have to join for a long term contract - can do month by month) and have a new spinning studio with free classes and decent instructors.

www.flyefit.ie

new one opening soon / already open across from the Grand Canal Theatre too.

Ole Rodrigo

eh..snap :pac:

RunRoryRun

ror_74 wrote: »

eh..snap :pac:

was mid type as yours went up!

Anyway, the bikes are new, good and are well kept!

bazermc

Check out Andy Kenny, excellent classes held in club Energie in Ballsbridge. Pay as you go and he does different style classes king of mountains and race classes. Instructor is a road cyclist so knows what he is doing and talking about.

nak

I really enjoyed the Winning Solutions spin classes, now in Dun Laoghaire, which is too far for me unfortunately. Sometimes see the odd pro there.

http://winningsolutions.ie/html_info.cfm?menu_itemID=535227&load=html

Cork24

Welcome to the Club,

in my local Gym all Classes are free so i try and make around 4 spinning classes a week,

i like Wednesday nights as the guy in their just turns into Paul O'Connell,
giving out to people telling us where wasting his time..

one way of making you spin harder..

Like every thing, the more you put into the Spinning class the more you get out of it.

I would Recommend it as a Winter training tool if the weather is to bad in the weekend for your long spins

Ole Rodrigo

Cork24 wrote: »

Welcome to the Club,
.

I would Recommend it as a Winter training tool if the weather is to bad in the weekend for your long spins

Thats what I'm thinking.

The Big Lebowsky

Jaysus lads I'm not entirely convinced by otherwise fit cyclists who feel the need to take a spinning class. Unless its to check out the form of the hard bodied female spinning instructor:pac:

bazermc

The Big Lebowsky wrote: »

Jaysus lads I'm not entirely convinced by otherwise fit cyclists who feel the need to take a spinning class. Unless its to check out the form of the hard bodied female spinning instructor:pac:

Most spin instructors are male.

Cork24

The Big Lebowsky wrote: »

Jaysus lads I'm not entirely convinced by otherwise fit cyclists who feel the need to take a spinning class. Unless its to check out the form of the hard bodied female spinning instructor:pac:

Spinning is another way of training, unless you can get out every night after work for 2 hour spin in a dark winter evening, then all power to u, if not like some of us their is the option of a spinnig class for 45 minutes that takes you from sprints to hill climbs back to sprints

Just like a runner using a treadmill, there are tools to help us focus on our needs, if you think fit cyclist don't need a spinning class to keep going I guess we don't need turbo trainers either.

And fact I burn and sweet harder on a 45 min workout in spinning then I would doing 1 hour on a turbo training.