Hot Spin Classes and Spillover Effects

[ny biker]

Either the instructor or the gym management -- if it's a regular temp spin class, then they need to make that clear to everyone.

[OakLeaf]

I'd speak with the instructor first and gym management second.

But the issue of fans vs. no fans in our regular temperature aerobics studio wound up fracturing the class, with at least one longtime member quitting the gym.... My personal solution was to become an instructor so that all the fans stiffening up people's muscles could blow onto the people in the center and back of the room, and not me.

[indysteel]

We often had this same debate at the Y. With or without "hot" spin classes, there will always be people who prefer a fan and those that don't. I fell into the former group, but I have some heat intolerance issues and I understand why somebody wouldn't want a fan blowing on them during a workout. At one of the branches I frequented, the room was big enough that we could have temperature zones. One side of the class had a fan; the other didn't. At another branch, you just had to be really strategic with where you set up a fan and where you set up your bike. In any event, I would talk to the instructor and/or gym managment to see if a compromise can be fashioned. It shouldn't be something that members are fighting about amongst themselves.

[WindingRoad]

That kinda sounds like crap to me. If its a normal temp spin class then you should at least have the option to turn on the stupid fan! I'd poke that guy in the eye

[Crankin]

This is why I quit going to a gym for 4 years...
The one I go to now is so low key and none of the people (or maybe a couple) seem to care about any of this stuff. The people who go to spin are mostly not cyclists at all, which astounded me, in that they aren't even "spin" people. It's a rag tag group that is much more fun than the the ones at the snooty gym I used to go to. I haven't been to spin in about 4 weeks, since it's perfectly fine for riding outside, but I am sure nothing will change.
They'll all be spinning with no resistance on their bike, no water, wearing cotton T shirts.
Don't I sound like a bike snob? It's all so silly that people get angry over this stuff. The gym management should set the rules.
And another reason why I don't teach at gyms anymore.

[Raiza]

Thanks for all of your advice, everyone!

I think the instructor took the incident to heart. It seems every time I show up now, most of the fans that the students can control are on full blast before the class starts!

I bring a light jacket to wear for a few minutes until I warm up.