Spin Teaching...tips, any regrets?

[OakLeaf]

Just another thought.

I teach aerobics, not spinning. (Indoor bikes hurt my knees, and besides I hate cardio machines.)

Before I started teaching, I did aerobics almost every day. I started teaching about the same time that I came back to cycling. So I'm not getting any less cardio than before.

But it's definitely a different dynamic when one instructor goes to another instructor's class. If attendance is high at your gym, you may not even be able to go to other instructors' classes if the bikes are filled by paying members. Putting together a class is more work than I ever imagined, and I definitely would not want to teach every day.

Just something to think about with the winter months approaching and less light for outdoor riding... how will you get your cardio on the days you don't teach?