Hot Spin Classes and Spillover Effects
Hi all
The local spin place I've been going to has been conducting "hot spin" classes where the temperature in a small room with over 20 bikes is elevated to 40C/100F for the 60 minute class. The classes have been going on for most of last year and this year and are fairly popular, but not as popular as the room temp spin classes. I don't go because it is not a safe thing to do and will not help my training for riding outside but there are others that do go quite regularly. They tend to not ride bikes.
What's been happening though is that the regular hot spin attendees show up for the room temp classes and insist that the fans nearby them be either turned off or set to not rotate so they don't have any air blowing near them. One of them has justified it by saying that he'll "catch pneumonia" if the air is blowing on him, even from behind. Although I do say it is a room temp spin class, it easily rises to the high 70s (25C) with 20 people peddling hard in a small room. Throw in the humidity from people sweating and it's by default a warm spin. I think not having any air moving around in that environment is not a good thing either. There are lots of fans available but several people, all of them who are regular hot spin class attendees, insist on having them turned off and making life miserable for the majority of the class.
Is there a somewhat diplomatic way of telling these hot spin folks that the fans should be kept on during a regular class? The hot spin folks are convinced that working out in extreme heat is helpful, will detoxify them, burn more calories and other complete garbage. None of them have lost any weight (one has actually gained) and they tend to pedal at really high RPMs with little resistance. The majority of the regular spin group would like to be have a great workout without being miserable. One of the hot spinners is quite pushy and will reach across your face to turn the fan off, even when firmly asked "What are you doing?" as a polite reminder that the kind of behaviour he's doing is RUDE. He'll shut the fan off and then I'll get a tap on my shoulder from someone about 20 minutes in asking for the fan to be turned back on, which I promptly do. I've taken to polling the people around me and at least one if them will like the fan on and so I keep it on but I wondered what other strategies I can use to try to keep the hot spinners at bay.