What are Spinning® classes?

Spinning® class is an indoor cycling exercise usually performed in a group environment. These classes led by the instructor include a number of movements and positions carried out on specially designed stationary wheels and their aim to replicate outdoor cycling. Spinning® has a number of potential advantages: it strengthens muscles, promotes cardiovascular health and can be modified to suit many levels of fitness.

In general, Spinning® classes are led by an instructor located on a stationary bike that faces class participants, allowing them to observe its form when it shows every movement. Throughout the class, the instructor presents a number of directions that indicate both the position in which the participants should ride and the intensity for which they should focus. To create a cycling rhythm, he often uses music and motivates a group. Instead, the instructor dictates a mixture of positions and intensities that mimic the conditions found when cycling. A typical class may include sitting sprints standing hill climbingAnd "jumps", which is a step in which cyclists sit and stand in a quick succession. As these movements progress, the class participants adjust the intensity to practice the resistance of their bikes.

The stationary bike used for Spinning® classes is specially designed to allow narrow simulation of outdoor cycling and adapts to participants of all sizes class. One of its most important design elements is a flywheel, a device that weighs pedals to create the same properties of resistance and movement that occur on a normal round. Its handlebars are tailor -made to allow a number of positions. It also often contains fingertips that allow the cyclist to move the pedals by pulling and pushing down. Several elements of the wheel, such as the height of the seat and the handlebar angle, can be adjusted to suit the shape of the body of the cyclist.

Regular participants in Spinning® classes can experience a number of benefits. Program movementsThighs, hips and back work and support muscle tone in these areas. Its aerobic nature promotes cardiovascular condition and a 40 -minute class can burn 400 calories or more. Finally, even if the class instructor suggests the target intensity, the wheels are individually modified, so every cyclist is finally controlled by the intensity of his own exercise. As a result, Spinning® classes are open to participants of all levels of fitness and experience.