How To Piss Your Spin Members Off Easily!

Let me say this straight off the bat, I am NOT a spin instructor or a regular spin class attendee.

In fact, I would suggest on the paradigm I am closer to never spin than regular!

Today, I was in the spin room, at the gym I go to, prior to the class for about 20 minutes, just turning my legs over – that makes me sound such a professional!!! Anyway, as the participants came in here is what I noticed:

  1. They all stared me down for being ‘perhaps’ on their bike – how dare I!
  2. They all set themselves up on the back 2 rows of the studio. With only 4 minutes before the class started there were 10 people in the studio: 1 person in the front row; 1 person in row 3 right against the wall; and 8 people with at least 1 bike between them in the back 2 rows.

I really felt for today’s instructor, the front 6 rows of bikes – probably close to 24 bikes with no-one in them!

Why not make a new rule in 2016: Fill the bikes from the front and ride next to someone!

cycle rules

I know this will really piss off some of your members but from my limited experience when I have done a class there is SO much energy generated by not just the bikes close together but the people.

It is like a true peloton!

And how much better will the instructor ‘entertain’ or ‘perform’ when they look out and see faces – faces close to them.

Do you have the #STRENGTH to make this change, to make your cycle classes #STRONGER?