S'pore woman attends first spin class, finds blood in urine 2 days later, goes to A&E

[Huat Zai]

 

Spin cycling classes have gained a sizeable following in Singapore.

 

 

 

At the same time, there has been more attention paid to rhabdomyolysis, which is the breakdown of muscle tissues from extreme physical exertion, after its causes and effects were highlighted in the media.

But that has not stopped others from having a go at intense training.

One person to have suffered from rhabdomyolysis is Gloria, aka @redmily, who posted about her experience on TikTok recently.

She shared about her experience with rhabdomyolysis -- after attending her first spin class.

 

What happened

 

An Oct. 11 TikTok that Gloria uploaded shared that she attended her first spin class on Friday, Oct. 7.

 

@redmily The doctors and nurses are very nice! but a def overworked D: #sgtiktok #rhabdo #rhabdomyolysis #fyp #fy #sg #spinclass #hospital #hospitalised ♬ 原聲 - 我是R醣 - 我是R糖

 

 

She shared in a comment that her level of intensity was pretty low as compared to other participants in the class.

However, she mentioned that she felt tired during the session, but thought that it was severe delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) -- an aching feeling in the muscles after an intense workout.

The pain only became worst the next day on Oct. 8.

By Oct. 9, her pee had turned brown, which sounded the alarm that something was wrong.

The colour of her pee resembled black coffee.

She headed to a general practitioner to get a referral to the accident and emergency department.

Subsequently, she was put on a drip and her blood and pee were tested.

Test results revealed that her creatine kinase levels were abnormally high and she was admitted to the hospital.

Speaking to Mothership close to a week after her ordeal, she said she was felling better and was waiting to be discharged once her blood test results were favourable.

But as her body was "not retaining water", she was not completely optimistic.

 

 

 

 

Instructors were helpful

Mothership understands that the instructors in Gloria's class were helpful and offered options to cater to the participants' level of physical activity and allowed them to "go as hard or as easy" as they wanted.

In addition, Gloria shared that since she is already attending the class, she wanted to do her best and "go harder" or "up the difficulty" in the class.

She added that there are genuinely people who enjoy spin classes and attend four to five classes a week. 

 

Reactions

In response to the video, many commenters expressed their concern.

They told Gloria that this is a common symptom for first-timers at their first spin classes.

Some shared that they experienced the same thing, while others were curious about the intensity of the spin class and if she exerted herself too much.

Another user quipped that "attending spin classes have a higher chance of dying" than sleeping and gaming all day.

 

via @redmily on TikTok

 

 

via @redmily on TikTok

 

 

via @redmily on TikTok

 

 

via @redmily on TikTok

 

 

15 minutes of spin class can cause rhabdomyolysis for a first-timer

According to Singapore General Hospital, a spin class is a high-intensity workout session that can burn up to 300 to 500 calories in a 30-minute session.

As spin classes are often conducted in an environment with air-conditioning, coupled with fast-tempo music, participants tend to push themselves harder.

For first-timers, 15 minutes into the spin class is enough to cause rhabdomyolysis.

The intensity in spin classes can be higher compared to cycling outdoors as there are no external obstacles like traffic lights to stop them.

[Huat Zai]

Like I said before, exercise to death, buibui live forever.

[chamfer]

I prefer bui bui and stay gaming on pc or consoles instead of doing these kind of exercises.

 

Just do some light exercises slowly.

Edited October 14, 2022 by chamfer

[Bigbird]

These grammas just want to follow trends.  Their influencer friends go spin they also want to go and then post on Grams!   They failed to managed their expectation and see the dangers. Just like those who wants to take cliff-hangers photos for grams! Then fall off and mati!

 

Wear Lululumons walk around, like Olympians.   

[The_King]

20 hours ago, Huat Zai said:

Like I said before, exercise to death, buibui live forever

Just walk walk and short hiking is best.

 

My see many of my co who young time excerise very on type. 

 

Fast forward, 30yr most having knee cap problem, have to go for knee cap replacement

[aaur4man]

1 hour ago, The_King said:

Just walk walk and short hiking is best.

 

My see many of my co who young time excerise very on type. 

 

Fast forward, 30yr most having knee cap problem, have to go for knee cap replacement

 

weight lifting is the best. build muscle and adjust weight accordingly

 

when done properly no pain no joint problem 

[Standing Birdy]

Spin class

 

[ManOfTheHour]

any pic of her laosai?

[Bigbird]

4 hours ago, The_King said:

Just walk walk and short hiking is best.

 

My see many of my co who young time excerise very on type. 

 

Fast forward, 30yr most having knee cap problem, have to go for knee cap replacement

 

People need to realized that as we age, the body cant perform like when we were younger or like last yr.

 

If stop exercising and put on weight and expect the body to pick up like before. Its going to be tough!

 

As we grow older the body looses muscle mass but the fat stay. or increases  The older we get, muscle mass will degradate more rapidly if we dont exercise to compensate.  

 

With the added pounds and lost of muscle mass, injury happens! 

 

Give you an example.  

 

When i had C19 and had slow recovery a few mths ago, i laid off running for 1.5 mth.  

 

I had to rebuild my running.   I lost 50% of what i had  achieved before C19!       

[The_King]

3 hours ago, aaur4man said:

 

weight lifting is the best. build muscle and adjust weight accordingly

 

when done properly no pain no joint problem 

Me is low ses. No money buy stuff

[classyNfabulous]

4 hours ago, Standing Birdy said:

Spin class

 

lmao @CannotTahanLiao

[aaur4man]

1 hour ago, The_King said:

Me is low ses. No money buy stuff

active SG $2.50

[The_King]

1 hour ago, aaur4man said:

active SG $2.50

walking is  $0000