Jackie Spinning Festival

Today Jean-Marc and I tried out something new .. something Christine has been pushing me to try since I arrived in Korea. We went to the Jackie Spinning Festival in Bucheon!

Jackie Spinning is a Korean twist on the traditional spinning class. Rather than just biking to the music, JS combines dance moves and upper body exercises while on the bike, sort of like cycle gymnastics. The experts actually compete in cycle gynmastics competitions and do some crazy moves on a bike. Like this:

And this:

We, of course, did not do anything like that, but rather struggled to keep up with the basic moves of the instructor who was on stage. Korea has some quirky features, and this sport is definitely one of them! You can even see a video of the festival (including cameos of us) HERE.

Great workout for sure!

(All photo credits go to Jackie Spinning)

Stretching before working out

All the bikes were outdoors - and it was a beautiful day!

Looking confused, trying to figure out what the instructor is doing

Getting the hang of things - having fun!

Waygooks!

All the festival participants