High End Indoor Cycling Studio Coming to Clarendon

[americancyclo]

Indoor charity rides! Group rides. Hilarious!

[StopMeansStop]

Why pay when the great outdoors is free and far more interesting.

[SteveTheTech]

That looks like fun.

I really enjoy spin class.

We went to the dedicated studio near old town for a few months, but we ended up settling on the “big box gym” 1/2 mile from home. The gym has the weirdest setup…they have blacklights and reactive murals on the wall…it adds an interesting effect. I was a little suspect at first but it is actually quite fun. And for about $3.50 per class we can easily go three or more times a week.

Do “real” cyclists spin???

[vvill]

No idea, but I wish there was a velodrome instead.

[PotomacCyclist]

Put a mini-velodrome in the unused space under Dupont Circle.

[Mark Blacknell]

@PotomacCyclist 10961 wrote:

Put a mini-velodrome in the unused space under Dupont Circle.

Or just stay on Dupont Circle . . .

[Riley Casey]

Maybe its just time to lobby for a car free day in downtown DC ? How freekin’ awesome would that be?

@Mark Blacknell 10967 wrote:

Or just stay on Dupont Circle . . .

[DaveK]

@Riley Casey 11030 wrote:

Maybe its just time to lobby for a car free day in downtown DC ? How freekin’ awesome would that be?

Homeland Security won’t allow DC’s “Feet in the Street” event to be in, you know, a street. That’s why it was moved to Fort Dupont Park.

[acc]

Last winter when the snows came and my desperation level rose, I broke down and went to spin class. Fairfax County Recreation Centers have drop-in spin classes. The schedules are available online. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/rec/xyo.htm
If you are a county resident the cost is $6.85

It’s not like riding outside at all, there is no comparison. But it gets your heart rate up.

Until I break down and go back to swimming or, perish the thought, try running again, spin class for a few weeks is fine. It’s better than nothing.

True confession, I’m on my way out the door to buy a trainer, so take what I said with a grain of salt.

Happy indoor trails,
ann

[SteveTheTech]

I rode on the indoor trainer last winter, we watched two seasons of Dexter that way. It is a fair workout but try adding an interval trainer to maximize your workout, it made a world of difference.

http://www.amazon.com/Gymboss-GB2008-SILVER-HARDCOAT/dp/B00194PWNQ

I have come to prefer the class. It really kind of shames you into pushing harder. Which seems to work for me. But then again I am going for distance so increasing my VO2 max is, so my training/gym schedule is a bit more than the average.

This was a good article
http://www.bicycling.com/training-nutrition/training-fitness/how-ride-inside-indoor-trainer-workouts-cyclists
Another decent on when looking at interval training timing.
http://www.bicycling.com/training-nutrition/training-fitness/pimp-your-indoor-ride

I do find climbing on my bike in a trainer more difficult than the spinning bike although the spin bike weights a 100+lbs so it feels absolutely solid. I see many people with just poor frame but everyone takes something different from any work out especially time spent out of the saddle.

[Mark Blacknell]

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate riding on a trainer?

In any event, please let me present the last word on trainer-specific cycling videos: http://www.thesufferfest.com/

I can’t recommend them enough.

[vvill]

I’ve heard great things about those. Maybe by February I’ll miss my road bike enough to try them.

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