Good Spinning dvds?

[jaburke66]

I got the bike!! Already broke it in tonight.

[Trixoo]

Originally Posted by jaburke66

I got the bike!! Already broke it in tonight.

Congratulations!!! Are you happy you bit the bullet

[jaburke66]

Originally Posted by Trixoo

Congratulations!!! Are you happy you bit the bullet

Thrilled! It's so smoooooth and quiet. And comfortable. Michelle already jumped on it for 45 mins, too. Loves it! Thanks for helping me "just do it!"

[Jags]

Originally Posted by jaburke66

Thrilled! It's so smoooooth and quiet. And comfortable. Michelle already jumped on it for 45 mins, too. Loves it! Thanks for helping me "just do it!"

Congratulations!

Wow! and ^high fives^ to Michelle for her 45 minutes, that's awesome.

[Liz N]

Originally Posted by KarenP

YAY, Rhonda, I hope you thoroughly enjoy your spin bike.

I'm in the minority re spinervals. Maybe it's because I regular take spin classes with a couple of instructors who are also tri/cycling coaches? My beef with them are:

1) The music sucks, at least on the ones I've heard. And there's no attempt to match base cycling cadence with the music, something that makes spinning more enjoyable.

2) Coach Troy tends to teach to the individuals in the class. The videos are are like a document of a class. He often seems to be unaware of the video exerciser. So a lot of the class, for example, consists of him looking at individual's HR and calling those out. Who cares?

3) Some of the spinervals seem to have sections where you jump off the bike and do wickedly fast squats. Not sure what that's about, but it's tough to do with road shoes. Of course you can skip these sections, but when I would try to workout with the dvd, I would lose focus in these sections.

Since I mostly spin in classes or to my own music, I don't have any DVDs to recommend. I do occasionally use an mp3 program that one of my spin instructors put out.

I put my earphones in and play my own music when I use Spinervals. However with the amount of cycling I'm doing in teaching classes and training outdoors, they are gathering dust.

I quite enjoyed Cathe's offerings - they are so different from how I teach (for example I think the 'running' with hands in position two is ridiculous. If I wouldn't be caught dead doing it on my road bike, it doesn't make my class...oh except the arm lines from "Gangnam Style" lol

[Liz N]

Originally Posted by marmact

Rhonda, I personally find the Spinervals catalog to be a little overwhelming. Hopefully someone will jump in with specific recommendations; I did buy the Ray Lewis 2-pack when that went on sale in November, and I really liked these! I will say that I, like Ray, stay on the bike during the plyo intervals, LOL.

I can also second a lot of the workouts Damselfly recommends; she introduced me to several of those vendors, and the workouts are awesome! I love the Epic Rides and Endurance Rides in particular - they offer a really nice blend of training intervals/ride types.

I will also say that I personally found cycling to be REALLY hard at first. It is very quad-intensive work and it pays to take the time to work up to the longer rides. I rode for 15 minutes 3x/week at first, then gradually increased over the course of a few weeks. I've had my bike since October and now I regularly do the 70- to 90-minute rides; they tend to be my favorite ones.

Anyway, good luck! I hope you love your bike!

Marie, you should be focusing more on the glutes/hamstrings. If your quads are copping a caning, I'd check bike position, most importantly saddle height and set back.

[antbuko]

Originally Posted by FitBoop

I am not a Spinervals fan either. My favorite spinning DVDs are the ones by Johnny G's company, with my fave being Spin & Slim---it's perfect for a beginner, and you can grow with it over time.

I have the Johnny G spin bike, too, and it's great.

Me too. Spinervals were not for me but I love the Johnny G collection of videos. There is even one that Johnny G leads and it's one of the most inspirational DVD's I own.

[RedPanda]

This thread wouldn't be complete without a mention of Cycling Videos Online. They are real-time virtual cycling workouts, mostly shot in Colorado. The guy who produces them has taken his fans' input on board, so the more recent volumes have better production values. I love the trance music too!

These are DVD-Rs, and some of the newer titles are also on Blu-Ray.

[jaburke66]

Originally Posted by RedPanda

This thread wouldn't be complete without a mention of Cycling Videos Online. They are real-time virtual cycling workouts, mostly shot in Colorado. The guy who produces them has taken his fans' input on board, so the more recent volumes have better production values. I love the trance music too!

These are DVD-Rs, and some of the newer titles are also on Blu-Ray.

LIKE, LIKE, LIKE! It's great to have all these in one convenient thread!

[KarenP]

Originally Posted by KarenP

Gregg is my favorite spin instructor at my gym! He recorded another program a couple of weeks ago so look out for that.

I think mp3s are are great for spinning.

Looks like his new one is out now:

itunes.apple.com/us/album/cycle-master-with-gregg-cook/id591922767

Preview sounds good.