• Instructor profile: Rory

    Instructor profile: Rory

      Name: Rory Aitken Born in: Ayr, Scotland, January 1962 Classes you teach: Boogie Bike, ABC, BodySculpt, Personal Training Other careers before instructing: Sales Director, EMEA, Risk Management (software for investment banks), SUNGARD plc First tried spinning: Dublin, 1995 First thought when you tried spinning: “This is absolute rubbish!” The reason I felt this way

  • VIDEO: How to set up your spinning bike

    In the second of our series of video tutorials, Rory shows you how to set up your spinning bike. If you’re new to the Fitness Factory, we’ll always walk you through this process to find the settings that are perfect for you. And even if you’ve been coming a while, there’s no harm in giving

  • VIDEO: How to insert cleats into spinning shoes

    In the first of our series of tutorial videos, Rory’s here to talk about why you might want to think about investing in some dedicated spinning shoes (hint: it’s safer and easier!) and how to go about inserting cleats – the part that attaches the shoe to the pedal. Here at the Fitness Factory, many