Flyefit Spinning

sausagekayak

Hi All,

Does anyone do the spin classes in Flyefit? Its a new type of spinning where the bike leans over, new to me.
Is it busy for the morning classes?

Cheers.

Alf Veedersane

You can drop in and have a go as a one-off if you want to give it a go without committing.

cletus van damme

sausagekayak wrote: »

Hi All,

Does anyone do the spin classes in Flyefit? Its a new type of spinning where the bike leans over, new to me.
Is it busy for the morning classes?

Cheers.

I do them about once a week

class quality depends on the instructor , but they are a lot poorer than the ones I used to go to in Energie.

The tilting bike seems like a gimmick to me and what bugs me most is that there is no RPM on the bike measuring how fast you are going.
An instructor shouting out "70% , go 70% " is fairly meaningless like wtf is 70%
but it's a handy cardio class and you can push yourself if you really want.

fungie

sausagekayak wrote: »

Hi All,

Does anyone do the spin classes in Flyefit? Its a new type of spinning where the bike leans over, new to me.
Is it busy for the morning classes?

Cheers.

I did alot of spinning there when injured. As mentioned the quality is instructor dependant but you if find it lacking go at your own pace. Its a good calorie burning exercise but I think it doesn't carry over to real life fitness. Ie my cycling fitness was no better from it.

I also like the leaning bike, keeps it interesting.

Alf Veedersane

fungie wrote: »

Its a good calorie burning exercise but I think it doesn't carry over to real life fitness. Ie my cycling fitness was no better from it.

Again, that depends on the instructor. Mate of mine did a lot of spinning before doing l'Etape du Tour and said it helped him hugely.

But his instructor was big into cycling so had classes specifically for helping climbers.

metamorphosis

The Real Ryder bike, which is what Flyefit use has its place. The problem? Well, many instructors are just not up to scratch. AFAIK, they are not certified with Real Ryder though I am open to correction. The real ryder program is headed up by very good industry people (Colin Irving created the programme and it has gone through some modifications based upon feedback of other industry professionals too)

In general though, most classes are sub par because of the instructor. A good class is hard to find. Cycle Studio in Dublin (has some good, decent instructors there) and Sportsco has some good people AFAIK (thanks to having the Southern Irish master instructor for Mad Dogg Athletics working there).

Apart from the bike and the quality of the instructor, just remember - common sense. If the instructor is asking you to do something that leaves the realm of common sense, then just don't do it

LivingDaDream

I do a lot of spin classes in flyefit and I would agree that the quality of the class depends on the instructor (and their playlist).

The morning classes in Swords (7am) generally aren't too busy and once you book in you are guaranteed a bike anyway.

I don't think the leaning bikes add much to the workout however, I always find that a dark spin studio like in flyefit encourages you to push that bit harder as you are more focussed.

The best thing to do is ask around to see which instructors are the best. In general, I would only attend classes with the personal trainers rather than the interns as they do not have enough training/experience to teach a good class. The instructors that change up their classes regularly are by far the best as otherwise it becomes boring.