To wish I hadn't booked a Spinning class...

[JimmyChooChoo]

..for tonight-arggghhhh!
Just heard it's the hardest thing in the world!It lasts for 45mins.
Any of you lovely MN's do this torturous work-out?Please tell me it isn't all that bad!

The class was OK - the not being able to sit down for the rest of the week was a PITA. Literally.

Thanks Edit!All I care is not making a numpty of myself and fainting or falling over

YABU. Spinning is great. And it's only as hard as you want it to be. Keep your resistance on low and take it easy the first few times.

Enjoy your class!

i felt dizzy after 10 mins and left... back in he old days when i used to do A LOT of other fitness classes

Once upon a time, back in the day, I went to an aerobics class...it gave me a migraine. Good luck dear!

Thanks emsyj!I hope I will enjoy it!

Oh know Iamthecookie and saythatagain-that's going to be me I know it.Will try to have bike nearest to the door so I can run away quickly without anyone noticing!

I mean Oh no!Gosh can't even spell cause so in a tizz thinking of this bloody class...

Do it Jimmy! It is tough the first time but gets easier. I second the low resistance thingy, that way you might not get the black spots before your eyes like I did

Thanks Quenelle going to force myself to go!Will remember the low resistence tip

you know what they say....no pain no gain.

good luck! (and well done)

I went to the free spinning classes on holiday in Europe, surrounded by male Italian and French men who did proper syscling shit up mountains! I am pretty fit but don't cycle. You will be fine, but it def a 'no pain, no gain' scenario. You are supposed to sweat buckets, get v out of breath and go red. All the stuff about burning 500 calories in 45 minutes is based on a fairly high pain threshold....

Be strong!

The first time I went I found it bloody hard. My bum was sore for about 3 days!

I actually grew to love it and ended up going 3 or 4 times a week.

Good luck x

Thanks kepler,notyummy and booandbump!
You've inspired me to go and not stay in and drinklike I could easily do!
Did any of you lose weight from spin?Need to lose this baby weight!!!

notyummy-I mean

Good luck - you will need it for your first one!! After my first one, I got off the bike and promptly fell over - my legs just buckled under me just like in Bridget Jones!! Fairly mortifying but it only happened once. Had a real sense of achievement after subsequent classes though ad I am sure it is excellent for fitness levels.

The instructor at the class I (used to) go to warns new spinners that their legs might give way when they get off the bike! I've not been for ages as it clashed with DD's cluster feeding in the evening, but we're past that stage now so I want to go back. I actually bumped into the instructor at the leisure centre this morning as I came out of aqua tots and I think the combination of that and your thread on here must be a sign that it's time to get back to it!

Oh this isn't at all what I expected. I was once bought a spinning kit but it consisted of a wooden rod with a funny circular thing at the botton and a great lump of dirty wool. There were instructions but I gave up before I had got it all spun.

Maybe I should have stuck wit it 'cos our late guinea pig was very, very, very hairy and we used to get great clumps off of her and if only I had spun them when I had the chance I might now be able to make DD some little garment to remember her by.

I love spinning - but then i LOVE cycling so spinning is easy lol

Best of luck and prepare for the burn!

I went to one two weeks after giving birth-I didn't like the seats much (but then I never did) but I was ok! lol. Yup it was prob nuts but I'd had 4 months at the end of pregnancy where I couldn't run or work out like mad and I really missed it- it just felt good to be able to (same thing as eating smelly cheese, booze,pate and lying on my front in the weeks after the birth!)

Wow!I went!And it KILLED me
Thankyou everyone for the advice!
5foot5-!
Ohjustshootmenow-wish I found it bloody easy and theres me thinking I'm fit!
tl10-You went spinning TWO WEEKS after giving birth??That's hardcore!I had a baby 7 months ago and found it was the hardest thing in the whole world!Wow you must be one fit mumma!

Going to carry on going and combine with body pump(she says).
Thanks again for replies.

Well done for going! I hate spinning but force myself to go. Went Tues eve and am booked to go sat am. Usually meet my friend on a sat there but she's not around so will take willpower to go. But need to shift some weight and I don't think WW is enough. Are you going to go again?

Thanks Willawallaby!I felt like I was dying!
Like you I'm going to force myself to go!There's one friday eve and Saturday too!
My friend was going to join the same gym but hasn't got round to it so I'm going to have to find that willpower of mine to force myself to go!
Shame we don't go to the same one
Thanks for the reply x