First of all, New Year wishes to all our lovely subscribers. Life has given us yet another fresh start to add and delete a few things in our life. Well when it comes to fitness, you just can’t delete. While we are all gearing up to a fitter 2017 (we know it’s the new year & some may have already started working out), we earnestly urge you to keep going and never let laziness or boredom set in. This New Year, we thought we’ll introduce to the world of spinning to all of you who haven’t heard about it before.

Spinning is a form of indoor cycling (on a stationary bike) which is slowly becoming popular in India owing to the fun and excitement involved while toning yourself. Unlike other normal cardio exercises, spinning helps achieve desired results fast. On an average each spinning session lasts for about 40-50 minutes targeting and strengthening the core muscles, leg muscles, shoulder muscles, quadriceps and hamstrings. Spinning is also coveted by people who love climbing hills owing to the flexibility that the cycle offers them in terms of resistance.

The following are the interesting benefits that spinning has to offer to all the active spinners:

1.       It’s a brilliant workout to burn more calories in a shorter span of time. It has been found out that spinning can help you burn more than 500 calories in a 45 minute workout.

2.       It’s mostly a group activity when it is done in a studio where there are anywhere between 6 and 20 spinners. The advantage of this is that, such a group activity induces a lot of fun and enthusiasm and provides a great platform to challenge one another and thereby burn far more calories.

3.       Spinning helps in pumping up blood to the heart and increasing the lung capacity. When you spin harder, the breathing cycle regularizes and thereby helps the lung expand and contract completely.

4.       Since you can control the level of resistance on the spinning bike, you are given the liberty to set your own space and rhythm and move forward. However when there is a trainer involved, it is always better to spin as per his instructions to burn calories more effectively.

5.       There’s a low risk of injury since spinning has a provision for hand support and a proper seat that is cushioned. This kind of a support is not always present in other forms of exercise.

6.       The best thing about indoor cycling is that you don’t need to know how to balance on a real cycle. Also, this can be performed by people across ages and required only self-motivation to keep going forward.

PS: Rain or shine – there are no excuses for not spinning!

References:

http://www.bestwomensworkoutreviews.com/benefits-of-spinning-workouts-for-health-and-fitness

http://www.thanyapura.com/stories/spinning-for-weight-loss-and-other-benefits/