Umm this is terrifying! I take Flywheel & Soul Cycle ALL THE TIME!
Lauren Peterson took a spin class and it sent her to the hospital! She found out that she had developed rhabdomyolysis, a potentially fatal condition in which the skeletal muscle rapidly deteriorates. It can be caused by either internal or external injury, and can result in kidney failure. In fact, doctors told Peterson that she was lucky she hadn't severely damaged her kidneys by the time she went to the emergency room.
So can spinning really cause this condition?
"Spinning is great exercise," Maureen Brogan, MD, the lead author of a report detailing Peterson's case, told TODAY. "But people should be aware they need to take it slow in the beginning. There should be some guidelines."