Indoor cycling is the rule of the beat
Berlin - On the ceiling, hectic points of light twitch, the colors change rhythmically from blue to green to white. They are the only thing that provides some light in the otherwise dark room. Loud beats swirl across the floor, someone yells "Are you readyyyy?". It could be the prelude to a smashing club night - could. Because there is not enough space to dance, 33 bicycles are standing around. Instead of vodka there is filtered water, instead of make-up sweat.
Indoor cycling is the rule of the beat wants to make indoor cycling - cycling on a stationary bike - a special group experience in best bike us is the great moment. In 45- or
60-minute courses, participants will drive up imaginary hills or sprints in a particular sequence. All about electronic music here you can try AUDIBLE for free! and current beats. "Music, light, and atmosphere merge," explains Gundula Cöllen, founder of the studio. For years, there have been providers in the USA who make cycling an event - Soulcycle or Flywheel, for example. Cöllen, who has worked abroad for a consultancy for a long time, wanted to bring the concept to Berlin: "I missed an intensive cardio workout to music." 2016 opened the studio in a former savings bank in Mitte, the vault in the basement is today the shower. Your target audience is between 25 and 40 years old, lives in Berlin-Mitte and speaks 70 percent fluent English. "People come here who have hard jobs and want to do sports at 6 o'clock in the morning." Hard is cycling, no question. The sweat flows after a few minutes. I am not sure if the half-liter bottle of water will last until the end of the course. Fortunately, I can decide for myself how hard I want to be on the bike: the resistance can be adjusted individually, course instructor
Paula only sets the goal, how many revolutions we should achieve. The pulse has trumped up in no time.
This is also desirable in indoor cycling: "A super-effective cardiovascular training," says Achim Schmidt of the German Sports University in Cologne. Legs and back are additionally stressed, arms less. The advantage over cycling in nature: "If I drive inside 60 minutes, I have 60 minutes load. When I'm driving outside, maybe I only have 60 percent load, the rest I roll. "Especially for people with little time, but want to get the most out of their training, Cycling is a good option.
On the other hand, Schmidt judges the group effect critically: "For beginners, it is difficult to dose this. They then go full throttle because the others are pulling them along. "Spinning or cycling is generally unsuitable for people with cardiovascular disease - at least in this intensity, as is common in cycling studios such as the" Bicycle ". Even if you have a fresh knee or hip operation, it's best not to get on your bike. For all others, Schmidt recommends cycling three times a week - in addition to running or weight training. Cöllen also finds that important: In her studio, there is, therefore, yoga, high-intensity training or barre workouts, where you train your muscles on the ballet bar. "You have to stretch, you have to train your stomach - all things that are not so demanding in cycling," says the studio manager. The technique is quick, it is important to set the saddle high enough: "This otherwise builds pressure in the knee joint," explains Schmidt. As a rule of thumb, when the heel is down on the pedal, the leg is stretched. It makes sense to use padded cycling shorts so that you do not feel the hard saddle the next day. Many vendors lend for freewheel shoes with click mechanism, with which one can transmit optimal power. It is best to show them a couple of times by clicking in and out: Once you have clicked it out, it will be difficult for beginners in the darkened room to let them snap in again.
The promised group dynamics are just waiting to be tried out: I'm too busy following the instructions of Paula, from "dial in", if we're to choose the resistance, to "it's only Wednesday - what do you wanna overcome this week? " At the same time, it is important to keep an eye on my bike's rotation rate, which is easily achieved thanks to the illuminated display. For a while, I still feel like a lone fighter, everyone gasps and transpires. For a moment, I wonder if I should just take out the resistance - nobody would see. The fact that everyone can do what they want on their bike is a bit of a sticking point: "It takes very well-trained teachers who have the class in mind and can see if someone is exhausting," says Schmidt. For the instructors, it is almost impossible to tell if someone is driving full power or just doing so. In this respect, everyone determines his own training success: In the 45-minute course, the one just fights up the steep climb - the other drives only fast to get bread-