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    • About Spinning Bikes

      In many American gyms, you can find dozens of panting, sweating individuals who are mimicking bicycling through steep hills and fast declines a la the Tour De France. Within a half hour, they've dropped hundreds of calories. This is entirely possible when riding on one of the most popular exercise machines today: the spinning bike. more »

    • About Spinning Classes

      Spinning is a relatively new workout that hit the fitness scene in the 1990s. It is an intense workout that can burn a lot of calories. It became popular due to the intensity of the workout and because it is easy to learn. Spinning does not require any dance moves and it is non-weight bearing, so it can be a good cross training... more »

    • How to Become a Better Spinning Instructor

      All fitness instructors know that the job can be challenging at times. You're maintaining a high level of energy over extended periods of time, and doing this week after week. Every so often, it's good to assess your teaching methods and see if there are areas for improvement. Here are some tips on how to become a better Spinning... more »

    • How to Find a Spinning Class

      Spinning is an aerobic exercise created to strengthen and tone your leg muscles. It burns a lot of calories, requires very little coordination (since you are pedaling a stationary bike), and can be done by just about anyone since you can vary the difficulty by adjusting the tension on the bike. Spinning is performed on special bikes... more »

    • How to Improve in Spinning Class

      Spinning classes offer an amazing avenue to fitness success. Spinning combines endurance rides, sprints, intervals and hills to work the body in a variety of different ways. Once you've been attending Spinning classes regularly, you may feel like you've hit a rut as classes aren't as challenging as they used to be. You should make an... more »

    Spinning Quick Guides

    • Spinning for Health

      Spinning is just a whirlwind way of saying indoor biking. Actually, spinning takes the...

    • Playing Roulette

      The roulette game is played on a table with a spinning board and small ball. If a player...

    • Kickboxing Basics

      Introduce yourself to kickboxing, including basic stances. Learn how to jab and cross, and to...

    • Ice Skating

      Gracefully gliding along the ice, spinning in the air and landing in a light spray of ice. That...

    Spinning Articles

    • How to Dress for Spinning

      Spinning, which is an exercise regimen involving the use of a stationary bicycle in a classroom setting, has become a very popular way to burn fat... more »

    • How to Become a Spinning Instructor

      With over 30,000 fitness facilities offering Spinning courses around the world, the need for certified Spinning instructors is growing every day.... more »

    • About Spinning Instructors

      Spinning has increasingly become a popular fitness activity at membership gyms and fitness centers. To become a spinning instructor, you need to... more »

    • How to Teach Spinning

      Spinning refers to indoor bicycling classes popular in gyms and fitness centers. The term is related to a continual variable speed of bike... more »

    • How to Use a Spinning Reel

      There are four kinds of reels: spincast, spinning, baitcast and fly reels. Each of these reels uses a different kind of rod. A spinning reel,... more »

    Wikipedia

    Spin

    Spin or spinning may refer to:

    In mathematics, science and technology
    * Rotation or spin, a movement of an object in a circular motion
    * Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles
    * Spin (flight), autorotation of an aerodynamically stalled airplane
    * Spin group, in mathematics, a particular double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(n)
    * Spinning (textiles), the process of creating yarn from various raw fiber materials
    * Spinning (polymers), a process for creating polymer fibers
    * Metal spinning, the process of forming metal over a mandrel while spinning around a lathe
    * Fokker Spin, an airplane built by Anthony Fokker

    In computing
    * SPIN (software) or Secure Peered Internet
    * Spin (programming language), a high-level programming language
    * SPIN (operating system), an OS based on Mach
    * SPIN (software process), a Software Process Improvement Network
    * SPIN model checker, a software tool
    * Busy spin, a technique in which a process continually checks whether a condition is true
    * Article spinning, the SEO (search engine optimization) approach of using equivalent phrases to rewrite articles

    In entertainment
    * Spin (film), a 1995 documentary film of politicians behind-the-scenes conversations

    * Spin (novel), a novel by Robert Charles Wilson
    * Spin (magazine), a pop music magazine
    * "Spin" (House episode)

    In finance

    * Spinning (IPO), a form of financial bribery used by brokerages to gain corporate business

    In music
    * Spin (radio), a single play of a song
    * SPiN (U.S. band), an American rock band
    * Spin (band), a band from the Maltese Islands
    * Spin (album), the first solo album by Darren Hayes
    * "Spin" (Lifehouse song), a song by Lifehouse from Stanley Climbfall
    * Spin (Eric Roche album), an album by Eric Roche
    * "Spin", a song by Taking Back Sunday from Louder Now
    * "Spinnin", a song by Soul Asylum fr read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin

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