Spinners A few Questions

I am glad to hear that it gets better. My instructor added spinning to our last session. I work out a lot and I felt like a complete newbie and felt so out of shape. Talk about taking your work-out to a new level! I also discovered the only place on my body that I have no body fat or padding! Who knew. As I agonized through this work-out I thought what could make this better? Some of the girls wore padded shorts and said they helped tremendously. I was dreaming of bringing in a banana seat with my old high rise handlebarsd to retrofit that torture tool with the comforts of childhood memories of what biking used to be like!! I honestly fantasized all that to get through the work-out. The relief when it was over, was so great and eventually when I could walk properly I realized it might be good to overcome my new found set of issues with the stationary bike!

So if you are truthful and it does get better maybe I will give the spinning classes a go. I felt amazing after the various shocks left my body. Inside I felt like a rock star, on the outside I walked around for about 10 minutes like Keith Richards 25 years from now!

I was down a pound the next morning, it hurt to lift my leg on the scale but I was down a pound!!

I couldn't agree more, my butt was so sore after the first class! I used to go all the time but remember that it does go away eventually and you get used to it. Now I went on Tuesday again for the 1st time in a while and my butt was killing me. It does make me hesitate to go again but I am buying a gel seat. I know they have it at Sports Authority and Modells. Can you pick one up at either of those stores? Good luck and let me know what you think of the seat:-)

I went to my second spinning class today (3 month gap in between the first one and the one I took today). I love the workout I can get from it but the pain in the "glutes" is PAINFUL!!!

I have heard it gets better with time but really it's so scary that it really turns me around from wanting to go.

Any suggestions some people say biker shorts and others say get a bike gel pad....what are your thoughts?

If you say biker shorts and recommendation on a brand (LOW BUDGET! =] ) and if you say a bike gel pad, where can I get one of those?


Thanks =]

I love spinning!!!!!! Target has some gel seats on sale this week, around $15!! They just slide right over the bike seat. I don't have the padded shorts, I refuse to wear something that makes my butt look bigger no matter how functional it may be. :laugh:

It does get better. Just remember that you are in charge of how hard you are working. So you don't have to push as hard as they might say in class. It' *your* ride as my favorite instructor says. Have fun, spinning is a great workout and burns a lot of calories!!

The gel seats are great, but it's true-- you will get used to the bike seat if you keep going to class! Also, remember to make sure your settings are correct...if your seat is too high, or if you're not remembering to hinge forward at the hips so that your butt hits the seat a little diagonally, that will make things more uncomfortable. Good luck! The workout is totally worth the adjustment period...

It really does,I didnt believe it would when I first started,haha,I went two days in a row and was almost praying for hill climbs because it meant getting out of the saddle. Its true that it doesnt seem like muscle ache,more like a bruise.
I only joined after seeing a trainer ,before that I wasnt sure I could handle it,but now it is my absolute favourite way to work out. One word of advice about spin is....it never gets easier....because the fitter you get the harder you push/turn up the resistance,so you always feel like youve had an amazing workout

I bought the gel seat and unfortunately it did not help me. I've gone once a week for 6 wks and it is better but my butt is still sore after the class. I was doing a 1 hour class at first and then my YMCA offered a 30 minute beginners class so I started doing that. I'm still having issues and I ask my instructor all of the time how to avoid this. He went to a conference and was told that it's the way you peddle. Once you get experienced with spinning you will have better control of the peddles and the way you peddle. So for all of you new Spinners, including me, we just have to suffer!!