fitnessintheairpark Tiffany Milliman teaches hot cycling at Recess Endurance Training.
Vicious
Cycle Recess Endurance Training’s spin classes bring the heat. By Wayne Schutsky / Photos by Kimberly Carrillo
34 | Scottsdale Airpark News October 2017
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hile most Arizonans in the middle of summer fret over A/C-inflated electric bills, Katie Landa laments the detrimental effects the 100-plus degree weather has on her building’s heating system. That’s because heat – and lots of it – is a core component of the fitness instructor’s performance spin classes at Recess Endurance Training. “It should be 88 to 90 degrees, but we’re probably not there yet,” Landa says from her position at the front of the class, surrounded by a semicircle of spin cycles. Every bike is occupied. As the heat kicks into high gear and the room warms up, Landa smiles, turns on the pop music and starts the class. The next hour would look very familiar to anyone who has attended a spin class before. Landa, perched on her cycle at the front of the class, instructs the participants throughout the hour-long course while intermittently yelling out resistance changes and referencing the bikes’ RPM monitors to dictate speed. It’s almost like a normal spin class, with one huge caveat: the heat.