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Boundless Life

Is Indoor Cycling Bad For You?

Boundless Life

Ben Greenfield

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.65.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2014

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

I used to be an indoor cycling instructor. I absolutely loved it. It was really part of my identity. People called me the "Spin Nazi" and everybody knew if you wanted to really get your butt kicked, you should show up to Ben Greenfield's evening spin...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Ben Greenfield Fitness.com podcast.

0:07.1

We provide you with free exercise, nutrition, weight loss, triathlon and wellness advice

0:13.0

from the top fitness experts in the nation.

0:15.9

So whether you're an Iron Man triathlete or you're just trying to shed a few pounds,

0:20.7

get ready for non-runner-of-the-mill cutting edge content from Ben Greenfield Fitness.com.

0:30.0

Hey folks, it's Ben Greenfield here and I have a previous guest from a previous podcast

0:47.4

interview on the show today and she is a real expert in spinning and indoor cycling, which

0:54.8

is actually one of the ways that I personally got into cycling when I first started

1:00.2

dabbling in triathlons specifically.

1:03.5

I was a spinning instructor and there are some good things about spinning and there are

1:09.3

some not-so-good things about spinning or indoor cycling or whatever we're supposed to

1:13.3

call it.

1:14.3

I suppose we'll probably find out today.

1:16.7

But our guest Jennifer Sage has not only written a book called Keep It Real in your indoor

1:21.6

cycling classes, but she also teaches indoor cycling instructors how to be better instructors

1:28.5

and I'll put a link to all of her stuff in the show notes for this podcast over at

1:33.1

bengreenfieldfitness.com.

1:36.3

But today we're going to talk about how you can get the most bang for your buck out of

1:40.2

your indoor cycling and some of the big mistakes that are made in a lot of spin classes or

1:46.2

indoor cycling classes that are out there and how you can become a better cyclist, lose

1:51.2

weight, build up your cardiovascular capacity, do whatever you want to do and use indoor cycling

1:56.5

as a way to do it.

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