Spinning Shoes

About a year and a half ago (almost two years) I started spinning/cycling class at the YMCA.

I'm hooked. To quote a friend, "Oh you're one of those people." Yes I am. I love it. It's a great workout. The music makes the time go by fast. My instructor is great.

Up until last week, I went to class wearing my regular tennis shoes. I'd strap my shoes into the "cages" on the foot pedal. Most of the regulars had special shoes, but I thought that I'd wait and see if I really was dedicated enough and liked it enough to make the purchase. When I'd talk to people, they would rave about the benefits of wearing the shoes. I was a little skeptical at first, but the more I heard it, the more I wanted to try it out for myself.

So, I finally took the plunge. I went to the cyclery store and got my feet measured (I don't ever remember having a salesman measure my feet before! Sidenote, I'm a size 37--yeah, they don't come in US sizes).

To wrap up the story--I LOVE the new shoes. AND I've seen amazing results in my numbers during class. Case and point...

last class with old shoes: I biked 17 miles; 300kcal

first class with new shoes: I biked 18.4 mi; 428kcal

Yeah! Going approximately the same distance, I was able to get the watts up higher and burn over 100 extra kcal. Now I can see how people are getting up to 500 kcal in a class. Before, I was curious how they did it! I think the shoes are key! ;)

I do wish that they would've had the black shoes in recessed clips--but oh well. I didn't want to order them or wait for them to be shipped from some other store. When he measured my foot--the salesman was like "wow you have tiny feet" and I was thinking "oh no! they won't have any in my size" but thankfully they did have two pairs. I picked the black onces with a little pink.