Product Description
Mindy guides you through a mix and match workout experience complete with amazing imagery specific to the road you’re on. A wild bonus section completes the DVD, allowing you to change the workout every time you ride. This workout is intended for Advanced fitness levels but can be modified to fit your needs. Released in March 2006
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I just recently got a new spinning bike and a few workouts to go along with them. I opted to get this one because I have had some other workouts by Mindy in the past and liked them. Mindy is a very enthusiastic and professional instructor. I originally looked at getting some Spinervals DVD’s instead, but they are a lot more expensive and they just don’t seem to have the fun factor I was looking for.
I have done this workout twice now. The first time I skipped the last segment to shorten the workout to about 45 minutes. The next time I did the workout the whole way through. I burned 650 calories doing the complete program. This workout is fantastic! The setting is great. Mindy is solo and its set on a beach in California. Mindy really does it all throughout the hour. She varies the intensity, gives awesome mental imagery (at one point you have to pass a pack of elite riders), and really pushes you to give it your all. I find myself smiling and really having a lot of fun. At one point near the second half, she asks you to look at your settings and says “Would I be proud of you? Are you proud of you?”
I consider myself high intermediate / advanced and let me tell you, this workout is TOUGH, but in a good way. I can’t wait to do it again! I highly recommend this workout to anyone looking to get the most out of their spinning bike without the dread factor.
If you like spinning/indoor cycling this is a great DVD. Her first one, Cycle Challenge is a better one to begin with, although still very challenging. Mindy is not only a fit looking normal person but also not 20/30 years old. She has a great upbeat, encouraging coaching style that never is annoying. She doesn’t talk too much and the music works well with the workouts. She’s solo in this one which works well. The nice thing about having her”buddy” in the first dvd was that his pace was a little slower for folks just starting out. I have the LeMonde RevMaster Bike. Definitely reccomend that…with the cadence meter. Get a chest strap and monitor your heart rate…it’s the only way to spin safely, effectively and feel good at the same time. You wil SWEAT!!!!
This is a very well-done DVD. The workout is well-explained. Technically, it is very good. However, the background music is too loud which makes it very difficult to hear the instructional parts of the DVD. It is the only bad aspect of the DVD, but it is quite a negative feature. If I had a choice of this one and one without loud background music, I would choose the other one.