Originally Posted by
Biker395
I did spinning for a while. What struck me is how different it was than cycling. For one thing, they often got off the saddle and spun at a crazy high rate. Good for getting in shape, I am sure, but definitely not something I do when cycling (if I am off the seat, the cadence is slow, not fast). But it was nice for a change. I might pick it up again, now that I'm a silver sneakerer.
Yeah, my friend was a world-class age-group duathlete, and she taught spin. I took one of her classes and it was basically all HIIT. Pretty intense.