Spinning in Paris?
 

I am traveling to Paris on vacation and would like to take a spinning class while I'm there. I will be staying at Hotel Sofitel Le Faubourg in the center of Paris. Does anyone know a good health club/gym in the city?

was going to answer but then I realized you weren't talking about fabrics! Just keep walking that should get you more tha enough exercise

lace? <BR> <BR>Go to Belgium?

Hey wait. <BR> <BR>You're not talking about that Steve Martin movie, are you? <BR> <BR>Spinning?

Spinning is also known as cycling. Its a stationary bike class conducted, with energizing music, in the better health clubs/gyms. <BR> <BR>So, in other words, are there any quality health clubs in the center of Paris? Thanks!

Why don't you make the most of being a in a beautiful city & hire a bike & ride through parks or along the seine?

Jennifer, you might try calling IHRSA which is an international association of health and fitness club owners. Tell them your problem. They might be able to help you. 800-228-4772. (They're located in Boston.)

So I guess my stinky little YMCA is considered a "better" health club? Pretty much every health club in the U.S. has spinning these days, although why they had to give stationary cycling a different name, I'll never understand. <BR>

You might try: <BR>http://www.gymnaseclub.fr/ <BR>I do not anything about them.

Even though I agree with other posters that it's a bit silly to travel all the way to Paris to go to a gym class, let's try and be politically correct and not judgmental: Gymnase Club has got a virtual monopoly on the fitness industry within Paris (there must be fifteen odd clubs throughout the city). The closest ones to your hotel are Club des Champs, Maillot and Palais-Royal. Expect tons of attitude and spandex. More relaxed - and spacious ones - include Denfert Rochereau, Italie and Nation. The latter one is the only one where I have personnally seen these famous spinning classes.

Thank you to all who realized that I am not traveling to Paris just to take a gym class, but merely want to have the option of working out a few mornings while I am there. <BR> <BR>J.

Jennifer, <BR>try a fast walk from the Marais to Eiffel tower, then walk up the stairs, then down, you'll never miss spinning

Here are two gyms with exercise equipment (whatever that is - I've had no relationship with excercise equipment). <BR>Club Quartier Latin <BR>19 rue de Pontoise, 5th <BR>Metro: Maubert Mutualite <BR>30-meter skylighted pool, a climbing wall, squash courts, exercise equipment <BR>70FF per day, 75FF squash/per hour <BR> <BR>Espace Vit-Halles <BR>48 rue Rambuteau, 3rd <BR>Metro: Les Halles <BR>broad range of aerobics classes 100FF p/class, exercise machines, sauna, steam bath <BR>For more Paris information e-mail me - [email protected]

I gave up looking for a gym and went running in the Luxembourg Gardens (while my husband surfed the web at the internet cafe next door.) I think I figured that once around is about 1-1/4 mile.

For what it's worth. <BR> <BR>I would vote for walking, running, bicycling, and possibly roller-blading. Why excersise inside in Paris?? <BR> <BR>Places to walk - EVERYWHERE. <BR> <BR>Places to run: <BR> <BR>1)Along the banks of the Seine. <BR> <BR>2)Le Jardins des Plantes in the 5th. <BR> <BR>3)The Promenade Plantée just up from the new Bastille Opera(A converted, elevated railroad trestle) <BR> <BR>4)The Jardin du Luxembourg. <BR> <BR>5) The Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes. <BR> <BR>6)The bike paths on the streets of Paris (BE CAREFULL!!) <BR> <BR>Biking: <BR> <BR>There are many paths especially for biker and marked accordingly, however this could be hazardous to your health. I think that they are up to about 140 kilometers of marked paths. <BR> <BR>Roller-Bladding: <BR> <BR>Every Friday night starting at about 9:30 - 10:00, there is an organized excursion through the streets of Paris, usually 5000+ roller-bladers and bikers. You will need to be pretty good on roller-blades. They even have their own web-site: Paris Roller: <BR>http://www.pari-roller.com/ <BR> <BR>Ciao, <BR> <BR>Randy Smith

Hi Jennifer!!!
I´m travelling to Paris on september the 1st. and will be staying for almost 2 months... i´m looking for exactly the same: spinning classes... Were you lucky finding them? Please, if you have any info and you can tell me i would appreciate it a lot.
hope you had a great time in paris!
best wishes,
natalia

Natalia - You do realize that this thread is 10 years old.

>let's try and be politically correct and not judgmental:<

And so the OP will be left wandering in a fog of ignorance, thinking that traveling a few thousand miles to one of the most interesting cities in the world is a good way to get some exercise on a stationary bike while listening to raucous music played at high volume.

Wouldn't it be kinder to just shoot her?

((I))

Hey J,

Google "Velib Paris"

wouldn't this be the sort of info that a hotel ought to have?