#RedefineTheRide
RedBike have an amazing new class called the 30/30—30 min of cycling followed by 30 min of Yoga. Now in its third week, we have been able to put our deeply held philosophy into practice: that the highest form of fitness can only be attained when it contains a strong sense of spirituality.
Exercise isn’t a panacea for everything, but there is no question that much of what ails you—and the 31% of adults over 20 in the United States who are obese—can be mitigated by making your heart and lungs really work. And when you take it to the next level, your pituitary gland releases endorphins that act like opiates—only without the addiction.
Disclaimer: should you become addicted to RedBike (or opiates), please seek professional help…. may we suggest that of our two in-house Dietitians.
Just as prescription anti-depressants work on your serotonin levels, so does the release of endorphins. Studies show that just three indoor cycling workouts a week are as effective as the best anti-depressants. You don’t just feel good after a RedBike class because you’ve worked out, you feel good because your body is releasing happy hormones: the very same hormones that are released when we are deep in prayer or feel spiritually connected.
In the nineties, the yoga craze introduced the notion of mixing two practices that, to the Western mind at least, didn’t seem to go together: spirituality and exercise. Suddenly there was an alternative to pounding away mindlessly on the treadmill, one that whipped you into shape, reduced stress, and made you “become one with the Universe”
Our signature RedBike cycling already contained these elements. In a brief 45 minutes session our riders experience both heart-pounding energy, enhanced with multi-colored, LED club lighting, as well as mind-calming Zen that is elevated in a dark room, punctuated only by candlelight. And it is the expertly curated music that we ride to the rhythm, which forms the framework on which this emotional experience is built
Spiritual fitness is not a destination at which we one day arrive, it is a journey of a lifetime for the awake and willing, and it begins with your first pedal stroke.
Blog also published on miamisocialmagazine.com