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Jonathan Goldberg (born 1956 in
Johnny G developed the Spinning program in 1987. He was training for the
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...
, South Africa), known as Johnny G, is a South African cyclist, and developer of the indoor cycling
Indoor cycling, often called spinning, is a form of exercise with classes focusing on endurance, strength, intervals, high intensity (race days) and recovery, and involves using a special stationary exercise bicycle with a weighted flywheel in a c ...
program called Spinning
Spin or spinning most often refers to:
* Spin (physics) or particle spin, a fundamental property of elementary particles
* Spin quantum number, a number which defines the value of a particle's spin
* Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thr ...
.
Spinning
Johnny G developed the Spinning program in 1987. He was training for the Race Across America
The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra-distance road cycling race held across the United States that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race.
RAAM is one of the longest annual endurance events in the world. All entrants must prov ...
; during night training, he was nearly killed on the road, and he decided not to do his night-time training on the bicycle, but instead bring it indoors. This was when he started to develop a business concept around indoor training.
See also
* Mad Dogg Athletics – company owningintellectual property
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rights for original Johnny G Spinning Program.
References
1956 births South African male cyclists Cyclists from Johannesburg Living people 20th-century South African sportsmen {{SouthAfrica-cycling-bio-stub