Spinning With Shawn

Spinning classes at the YMCA are a great way to keep up the calorie burn, endorphins during these dark months, and Shawn’s early Sunday classes really rock. Let me count the ways...

1. As a fellow cycling instructor, I so love Shawn’s emphasis on form. No sense in burning calories if you are stressing your knees or lower back, right? He makes sure the class is set up/riding in good positions for their body and reminds us throughout to concentrate on this.

2. Secondly, you can’t NOT love Shawn’s music. He finds mixes (mashups) that use great, familiar music, but that is at motivating tempos. Last Sunday’s class featured a track with Kelly Clarkson, P!ink, and some hip hop artist that didn’t recognize (not my genre) but that really made it fun to pedal at a 92% heart rate.

3. Finally, he really structures the ride so you are motivated to keep the tempo, do the jumps and hills and (ack) sprints (my nemesis). You really burn calories. Dress for sweat.

One caveat… he only teaches 2^nd and 5^th Sundays at the admittedly early slot of 8:30… and get there well ahead of that earliness, his class sign-up will be full 15 minutes ahead of time!