Spin Class

So before I left on this trip, I looked into potentially going to one of the cycling studios in Las Vegas. After a bit of research I found one that was in the strip mall adjacent to the resort I was staying at. So I went over and checked it out and signed up for a class.

I attended the 9:45am class today. 13 of us in the class, one other guy. Basically like 40 spin bikes in a dark room with loud music. Instructor was energetic and did a great job.

The bikes had a power meter and RPM display, and they had shoes to use that clipped into the pedals. I had no issues with my feet today during this ride.

The class was basically done around the beat of the music which for me is WAY TOO SLOW. I like my 80-90 rpm and much of this class was 70 rpm or less unless we were doing a "sprint."

They also did much of the class out of the saddle which is something else I just never do. So I did most of it in the saddle and stood up for the "hill climb" part of the class.

There was also a 5 minute part of the class where we were just pedaling on low resistance and using a weighted bar to do some arm exercises. That was tough after my strength workout yesterday.

My power meter was reading somewhere between 179-190 during the easy part and 220ish for the medium resistance and 270+ for the hill climb part.

I was a total puddle of sweat after this class.

I think it is a decent option to get an aerobic bike ride in while on vacation or something.

Afterwards they email you the stats for the class. Average rpm was 74, average power was 203, max of 387.

Most importantly, class rank #1!!!

:-)