After a 4 mile run with SWMBO yesterday I went to the gym to take part in a spinning class. Hard work on the old pins but made a nice change to my Sunday am routine.

Does anyone else take part in gym classes?

Never been a member of a gym in my life.........

They do have bars Dave.......................





..................just no beer!

I joined a gym recently so I could do some treadmill work. I've not witnessed a spinning class but I've heard them and its sounds like hard work. I've done yoga, pilates and something called body balance and I use the swimming pool.

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I've never done a gym class in my life, but go to the gym 2-3 times a week, depending on how much running I am doing.

I know a lot of people who do spinning classes and they always seem to have good things to say about them.

It was the first gym class I've attended...normally I just use the gym equipment.

Give it go sometime it was good hard work.....music a bit loud for my liking but apart form that it was fun.

What exactly does spinning involve? Something to do with exercise bikes?

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Ive heard of spinning classes its sipposed to be hard work but the results are excellent.

Someone has to ask the obvious !! - What exactly does a spinning class involve then ??

Basically it's non stop cycling to loud music on exercise bikes with a leader telling you to increase/decrease the tension, cycle to the beat..either fast or slow, stand in the pedals or sit on the seat and lean forwards/stay upright.

No time to rest ( well just about enough between tracks to take a drink and towel down) and the session lasts about 50mins with a cool down and stretch at the end. There were about 25 people in the class...a mix of men and women....and you can tell who do the class on a regular basis ....they just keep going and damn fast too!!