Indoor Cycling versus Outdoor Cycling
The many forms of being physical active are as diverse as those participating. People who exercise regularly often compare their preferred form of fitness to that of others, whether comparing strength training to spin classes or even splitting hairs within the same field (hot yoga to Bikram, anyone?), but unless you are literally competing against other professional athletes, your only real opponent should be yourself, one day earlier . Today I want to focus on cycling, as the wave of spin studios sweeping the nation are shining a new spotlight on a sport that’s over a century old. There’s a healthy debate over the merits of outdoor cycling versus indoor cycling or ‘spin.’ As a fairly advanced outdoor cyclist, I can attest to the many physical and mental benefits of tackling the terrain on two wheels. However, I’ll be the first to tell you that a spin class at the gym kills me just as much as any other person in there, regardless of my skill level. The intention...
