Indoorcycling

As indoor cycling or spinning group training programs are known, which are usually performed to increase stamina on stationary bicycles, indoor bikes or the so-called spin bikes with music. The Indoor Cycling came in the 1970s and 80s in fashion - much influenced by training on roller trainers, the outdoors and the role ergometer training for the purpose of performance review. Although no movement takes place, is often spoken of the "Drive" on the indoor bike. In analogy to the bike is also spoken by the "handlebars " at the indoor bike, although this device is used in indoor bike only for holding and supporting with their hands and arms.

The term spinning is a registered word mark of the American company Mad Dogg Athletics Inc., which rights violations against the word spinning can admonish.

Technology

The power is transmitted via a chain or a timing belt to a flywheel, whose weight is depending on the manufacturer 18 to 25 kg. The majority of indoorbike works with rigid hub, without freewheeling. Also indoor bikes with a 'safety freewheel on the market. The resistance must be overcome by kicking is regulated by adjusting the braking force to the flywheel. About an adjustment knob, any resistance and thus the intensity of his training set yourself. The brake lever is used to bring the flywheel within a very short time to a standstill. It is normally used only for completion of the training or when problems arise. The pedals are often designed bifunctional. When driving at normal sports shoes, the toe clips are used when driving with bike shoes is the click mechanism, usually SPD used. The handlebar is designed so that multiple grip positions both when driving in a sitting position as well as riding out of the saddle are available. Many indoor bikes also have the ability to use a specially adapted bicycle computer.

Training

Training is usually under the guidance of an " Instructor " or " Presenter " said the coach. The instructor is through music in front of the cadence, the driving style ( If sitting, saddle ) and the relative amount of resistance. However, the actual amount of resistance selects every driver itself This allows people to train together with different performance. Thus Indoor Cycling is also suitable for beginners.

A training session should usually begin with a warm-up and end with a cool-down and subsequent short stretching program. The actual training is usually carried out by the parameters cadence, resistance and body posture as interval training depending on the training goal intensively or more extensively.

The concept also events where often with large numbers of participants, sometimes in the open air for several hours is driven belong. Are usual three to six hours, but also 24 -hour events are held. Furthermore, there are issues hours, such as Specials rock, classical Specials, Around -the- World and so on.

Differences for cycling

The indoor bike provides system does not involve any dynamics such as the shift in focus in curves or during uphill and downhill. However, this will remain in the rest position when riding out of the saddle, in which a bicycle performs oscillations perpendicular to the line of travel, the indoor bike especially clear. The "Round Kick " is indeed mediated emotionally, but not trained, because the weight of flywheel bridged non-circular pedaling and the " round kick " not therefore be entirely the leg motion of the driver's results. ( Hold down without the handlebars ) Hands-free driving is on the indoor bike considerably less problematic than on a bike and even when climbing relatively easy. In the saddle, care should be waived, however, in principle, as this procedure carries a high risk of injury to untrained participants. Even for the most experienced cyclists the rigid hub is particularly muscular getting used to when driving with low resistance. For a cadence training to increase their neuromuscular function, however, the indoor bike is well suited.

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