Be Well: How to Maximize Your Spin Class Experience

<div class="block">Venturing out to first spin class can be intimidating but Cheddar News&#39; beWell has you covered. Lisa O&#39;Rourke, founder and co-owner of Spin City, joined the show to provide a few basic tips for those looking to get into spin.</div>

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For so many of us, a cycling class is the ultimate cardio experience. Fun fact, I'm actually a coach here at Spin City, but I came to the studio today to hopefully help you have a better ride. So, one of the owners Lisa is with me right now. Thanks so much for being here. How are you? I'm great. I'm really excited to help people have a better work out when they go to a spin. So there are some dos and don't when it comes to the bike and the first really has to do with set up. It does, it does, it's really important. So when anybody comes to our studio, the first thing we do is we ask them to come in a few minutes early and we make sure that we properly get them set up on the bike. Knee placement is really important because it's a low impact exercise. So we want to make sure their saddle height and they're four and after is correct. Ok. So we just walk them through that. And it's really important to also communicate to your instructor if you are new or you haven't done it in a while if you have an injury, you just had a baby. All those kind of like, hey, should I tell the instructor the answer should be? Absolutely. Absolutely. Ok. So we make sure everything is tight. We're ready to go. And one of the don't, one of the big don't in the spin class I think is not using resistance. Yes. It's my biggest pet peeve. I always say to people listen, the hardest working person in the room is not the one who's going the fastest is the one who's working has got some resistance on that knob. That's how spin works, right? So, so and we tell people that when they come and also, you know, make sure you have like a little few turns on that knob, make sure you're connected to the road. You never want to feel like you're out of control, right? You want to be grounded, you want to be stabilized, you know, and then it also helps people kind of fall in love with spin at their own pace. It's so important. And also I say give yourself grains, but don't know if there's a better way to say it, but also check in with your body because maybe something doesn't feel right and you never want to sacrifice your form or you know, we're here to motivate you, but you have to listen to yourself. You do about it. You do, you do, everybody should always write at their own pace. And fall in love with it at their own pace because anybody can do that, whether you're a beginner or you've been spinning for years, all fitness levels can work in the room at the same time. That's kind of, yes. Ok. And one other don't, we want to get out there is to handle bars. Go. Right. Not, no, why not? They're really just kind of there to kind of support you kind of keep you from falling over. So, you know, you just kind of hold on to them. You never want to squeeze them. We do move around on the bike in the saddle, up out of the saddle and you know, you just kind of move your arms here and there and you just kind of like let it support you, let it kind of hold you up. Don't squeeze, don't, don't exert any energy that you're gonna need to ride. So hopefully people will have a better ride, feel a little more confident when they step inside the studio. Thank you. Thank you.