I can't quite decide how I feel about jumps in spin class. The way most people do them, doesn't seem like good biking form. And I look at spin as place to practice technique. Not everybody there is a biker though and so it doesn't matter to them.

Sometimes I just won't do them and I'll do a seated sprint for the jump songs. Sometimes I do them but instead of going into a standing run from the seated position, I'll stretch out to simulate standing going up a hill. Sometimes I'll do the jumps as advertised but instead of being all bouncy in the run position I'll pretend I have a tea cup on my head that I don't want to spill. That's a great quad workout.

I almost never do any of the standing run songs as a standing run. I don't think it's good biking form. It almost feels like you're on an elliptical trainer. At my old gym I'd stand and then let go of the handlebars and try to maintain balance during the song w/o holding on. Another good quad strengthener. My new gym really frowns on letting go of the handlebars. So for the standing runs now I either do a seated sprint or I'll do the aforementioned tea cup thing.


Veronica