No turning back now, I’m a true cycling nerd now. I got myself a pair of cycling shoes today and a pair of SPD style cleats.

It’s a pair of Mountain bike shoes so they should serve me well both for spinning and in the odd event I might rent a bike in the summer or something.

I’ve always felt that the “cages” you use when you strap yourself to the spinning cycles while wearing regular running shoes were quite uncomfortable. That’s the main reason I wanted to try it out with real cycling shoes. Seeing that Saturday has become synonymous with “Cycling-at-Sats-Jakobsberg-day” for me during the autumn I figured the investment would be worth it.

Cycling is really the only form of group training where I can push my heart rate close to my maximum, whereas in for instance Core Pulse and Power Step class I sometimes feel that I am barely hitting my “second wind” during the most intense parts of the session. Also, spinning class is the only class that has moments I absolutely hate. Like tempo intervals. God I hate those. No matter how many times I’ve executed those intervals, they always feel tougher than the last time. But that’s the thing, once the body gets used to some form of exercise the exercise looses it’s effectiveness. Cycling just feels impossible for me to adapt to which means it is always a good workout.

Can’t wait to try them out. :)