Last night I did my first ever spin class. The entire time, I keep thinking I was here:
Oh how I love The Office.
How was the first class?
Not so bad on my legs, but man oh man did that saddle hurt. How do people do this a few times a week? It was fun to try something completely different, but I don’t intend to make this a weekly thing. Unless I can find a better way to sit on the saddle. Otherwise, it didn’t feel like that great of a workout. I had the tension cranked up to try and make it harder, but I would have liked some more variety in my workout.
For quite awhile a spin class has been on my list of fitness classes to try. At the end of last year I jotted down a quick list of different types of workouts I would like to try to get som variety in my workouts. Here is how I’ve been doing so far for 2011:
Hot Pilates- BodyFlow
- Zumba
- Muy Thai Boxing
- BodyJam
Spin Class- BodyCombat
- CrossFit
2 out of 8 in the first month of the New Year ain’t bad! I’m hoping to tackle a few more over the winter and see what I like!
Have you tried any new exercise classes? any recommendations for ones that I can add to my list?
I love spinning, but in order to get a great workout, you need a great instructor. I recommend getting a heart rate monitor to track how hard you really are working, as well as testing out a few different instructors, to find a good one. …and the saddle situation goes away after just a few classes (although I have seen people bring seat cushions to class before as well 😉
Good luck!
Not my favourite but I still liked it. I don’t know if we were in the same class, but my heart was beating like hammer. And my pulse was on a runaway train.
Hi! I teach spinning, and I always tell my newbies that they will be sore for usually the first 2-3 classes…then your muscles adjust, and it’s smooth sailing! It probably doesn’t have anything to do with how you are sitting, just the fact that you are sitting on muscles that normally aren’t sat on. A good instructor will allow you to stand up whenever you need to as well to relieve that pressure! Good luck….stick with it. It’s worth it.