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Editorial ReviewsRobert has put together the ultimate spinning challenge. He has designed the DVD so that you get a Spinning Workout – (the ride consisting of many speed and resistance changes along with many form pointers for the ride of your life), a Complete Total Body Workout using tubing, weights, core stability moves and a medicine ball and finally a Interval Workout that combines both the bike and the resistance training all on one. His new ride will start on the bike–(15 min.), then you get options from here. More Spinning–(30 min.), Complete Total Body Training using tubing, weights, stability ball, medicine ball and balance/core exercises–(40 min.) Finally a 5 minute cool down.Customer ReviewI’m always looking for a way to change my HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). I thought I’d try spinning for a change. Before this, I would use the elliptical machine (boring and my machine has started to squeak) or jogging with intervals of sprints, jumping squats, jumping jacks, etc. That has been effective, but sometimes my knee starts bothering me. I recently got a new spinning bike, so I got a few instructional spinning dvds to get me going. This one had a couple of interesting reviews, so I used it first. It’s excellent. I haven’t used other bike interval training dvds yet, so I can’t really compare this one to any other ones, but I like this one a lot. I’ve used it three times so far, and it has a variety of workouts. It starts off with a 15 minute warm up ride. During the ride, he teaches you about body positioning, hand positioning, etc. The 15 minutes speeds by and I was convinced that it was much shorter than that until I used my watch today. After that, there is another 15 minute speed interval ride. What I really liked about this is that Sherman helps you find the perfect resistance for you. For some intervals, he might recommend upping the resistance until you first feel it in your quads. Then, up it again until you feel it in the back of your legs. As someone new on the bike, I definitely appreciated the advice. That 15 minutes really sped by, too. After this, there is another 15 minute workout– this one is a strength interval training one. It’s a bit tougher, too– but he really gets you through it. By the end of it, you really have broken a sweat and you feel every single muscle in your legs. I loved it! The dvd also has a circuit training workout that lasts about 40 minutes. I did this one, too, today. It’s fun, the exercises are challenging and he’s very thorough with cuing. The workout uses a stability ball, a medicine ball, and tubing. I dislike using tubing, so I always substitute with dumbbells or a barbell. The abdominal workout is especially challenging. I did find that although it’s called a total body circuit, the arms are a bit neglected, although there definitely is enough core work. It is obviously geared to bikers since the focus is on the core and lower body. The only downside to this dvd is, although you can choose which workout you want to do, you can’t set the whole thing up in advance. You have to keep the remote with you and select what you want to do after the segment you’re doing is through. It would be obviously much more convenient if you could set the entire routine up ahead of time. Had I done that, though, I most likely would have skipped the circuit training today, though. So, maybe having the options presented to you after each segment could be considered a good thing, considering you may actually do more if you find you still have a bit of energy left. There are a couple of good stretches at the end– one on the bike, and one off the bike. Both are quick and effective. Some people have complained about Robert Sherman’s “wooden delivery”. I can see where the criticism comes from, but I found him an excellent instructor. Definitely one of the best– he’s calm and focused and it’s easy to stay focused when working out. And, to top it off, the workout was so fun, the time just sped by– which is a gift. If you’re thinking about purchasing this dvd, I think you’ll be pleased. It is considered a beginning and intermediate challenge but, by upping the resistance (which I did today), it can be effective for someone a bit more advanced on the bike, as well. I also want to recommend something called shapeupshoes dot com. They aren’t for riding and they aren’t sold on Amazon, but I love wearing these and have been wearing them for 30 minute walks daily. You will FEEL your muscles stretch and work and feel every part of your legs burn. I have purchased MBT White Sport Walkers, MBT White Sport High , FitFlop WalkStar Silver, and Women’s Earth Energetic in the past, hoping to increase the resistance on daily walks, but these shoes outperform all the others. It’s as if I’m doing calf raises on a stairmaster. Using these shoes, I’m already seeing some new definition and, I’m hoping with the new HIIT on the bike (in addition to my regular weight/strength training), I’ll get some great results.