Have you noticed that every Spinning instructor comes with
their own preference of music? Of course that is the case – we are all
individuals. But do they gather round
themselves people in the class who like to Spin to a certain sound? Does it help if the music we spin to is
energetic or soporific? Do we expect to
leave the Spinning studio as high as if we had drunk a can of Red Bull or as
mellow so that we could spend the rest of the day asleep?
I do not know whether anyone has studied this –do class
numbers dwindle if the music becomes more down beat? Do they go up if the latest hits are
played? A friend and I tried Spinning to
Songs from the shows, but others regarded us as slightly odd and we quickly
resumed the hit music of the classes we attended. Where does that leave people like me who like
to Spin in silence with just the purr of the bike and a good book for company?
If you are trying to read you cannot do jumps, sprints or press –ups on the bike but time passes
quickly and the legs can get adequate exercise, more than being an arm chair
reader anyway. If you are in a class is
the music part of the class – you have a one or two song climb then a recovery
song or is it background (or really foreground but everyone is ignoring that
aspect)? Do you enjoy spinning more if
you feel like you have been in a night club afterwards or recaptured the songs
of a forgotten or mis-spent youth?
