In our new, larger Lone Tree Colorado space we are now offering Spin-lates, which is 1/2 hour of spin class and 1/2 hour of Pilates. I took Melanie’s Friday morning class last week and thought that I would get a good cardio workout and then just a touch of core strengthening. I was SOOO wrong!

The cardio is interval training. Making your heart rate go up, then down, then up again. This really got my lungs working, much harder than a nice steady jog, and it got my muscles pumping too. That was the part that I didn’t really anticipate.

By the time the Spin portion of class was over, my main muscle groups were so taxed that I didn’t really have any option but to engage my stabilizers and deep core muscles. I was so surprised that just 1/2 hour of Pilates worked my muscles much differently (for me it was a deeper engagement) than a regular hour long class.

Spin-lates is also fantastic for keeping your body guessing. Without constantly changing up your workouts, your body begins to guess what’s coming. Its harder to re-educate muscles without continually adding to and changing up a workout. So Spin-lates is a nice shock to the system.

Try it, and see for yourself!