How To Take Spinning To The Next Level

so you’ve already decided to slim down
and shape up by taking a spinning class
and now you’re ready to take it to the
next level hi I’m Veronica watchmojo.com
and today we’re speaking with a spinning
instructor for some tips to remember to
make sure that you’re getting the most
out of your workout so what results are
we going to see if we choose spinning as
our exercise a lot of leg work so you’ll
be changing your thighs your butt in
your calves mainly it’s a full body
workout so you’re also getting your
cardiovascular and sometimes your arms
it depends on the instructor and how
they approach but mainly it’s the legs
you mentioned it’s a whole body workout
how is your upper body getting a workout
there are certain different movements so
in you could get up in a standing climb
and you could get creative and do
push-ups and as you increase your
tension in the standing climb or seated
climb you actually end up using some of
your back and your arms in order to get
that extra oomph from your legs if you
could leave us with one final tip what
would it be for people to get the most
out of their spinning workout one min
instructor says seated flat that’s the
time to take to challenge yourself
essentially it’s not time to just sit
back and be like a mousse is it comfy
ride increase the tension maybe a little
bit challenge yourself and then pick up
the speed so that in between your hill
yours you’re keeping your heart rate up
so do you think you can show some of the
different postures yeah for sure general
room with them is to first set up the
saddle so you want to make sure that the
bike is about at hip level someone’s
from here you want the handlebars at a
book the same height as the saddle next
part is having a person sit on it just
to see how comfortable the distance
between the arms and the saddle would be
so when you step on them you step
through the middle of it first in order
to bring yourself over and then have a
seat you want to feel that sort of the
weight on the back so when you’re
sitting down the weeks behind you is
that your shoulders are relaxed and
hands are just lightly there and then
you should be ready to go so this is
hand position number one shoulders
relaxed elbows are slightly bent and
you’ll just naturally kind of fall into
place and get more comfortable in the
saddle as intensity increases you can
move into different positions like hand
position number two so let’s say we’re
going into a climb you got your thumbs
on top your hands are kind of digging in
as you increase your tension and we move
into a standing climb the natural
position is hand position number three
so lifting up off the saddle you want
the position so that you’ve got the
weight on the back mainly sue that you
can actually still feel some of the
saddle behind you from here you can go
into different positions so you can go
into the Run which is back into hand
position number two standing up nice and
tall so it kind of looks like a running
position and from there you can also
move into hand position number three
again and go into a hover where you
really take your body down and low and
you’re really just hovering over that
saddle about an inch the longer you stay
here the more attention you have the
more painful guess the more fun the more
you’re pushing your body and your mind