How to Make the Most of Spinning

Chris Carmichael, Outside magazine’s fitness answer man, says spinning can either burn a few calories or a lot of calories, and can build fitness or not. All of the above depends on the instructor, says Carmichael, who suggests that spiiners build fitness with interval training, revving up your rpms to 80 percent of your maximum effort for five minute intervals, then kicking back to a more sustainable wattage. Read more.