The Spin Library: Good Reading about Health and Fitness

Here's a series of fitness-related articles covering Indoor Cycling, exercise in general, and Life. 

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Indoor (and Outdoor) Cycling 

Training Tips from the Spinning (tm) Program Web site (Web Link)

Learn the Five Energy Zones, other Spin program fundamentals, diet tips, and equipment straight from The Source

Diagram: Muscle groups used in Spin Class (pdf file)

You've heard it a million times in my class: now See the Picture

The Aerobic Threshold Test (pdf)

Here's how to find out your actual '85%' Heart Rate Zone.

Fitness Fast: Using Interval Training in Spin and other workouts (pdf)

Using Interval Training in Spin and other workouts (LA Times Health Section Jan 2007)

Enhancing Your Spin Workout with Pilates (pdf)

Two good stretching exercises from Pilates.

Other Forms of Exercise (Yes, there are some!)

Short is Good: National Geographic Adventure (April 2006) (pdf)

How running interval workouts take you farther

Life In General

Shop Class as Soul Craft: (or: Why desk jobs are overrated) (pdf)

A profound reflection from The New Atlantis on the hidden benefits of manual labor.