{"id":11790,"date":"2025-08-30T07:29:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/?p=11790"},"modified":"2025-08-30T07:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T05:29:24","slug":"8-things-i-love-about-spinning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/8-things-i-love-about-spinning\/","title":{"rendered":"8 things I love about spinning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Today I share with you <a href=\"https:\/\/josefinwaltin.substack.com\/p\/8-things-i-love-about-spinning\">8 things I love about spinning<\/a>. Perhaps you love them too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/waltin.se\/josefinwaltinspinner\/blog\/\">website<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is my spinning channel. This is where you can find my teaching schedule, lectures and contact info. It also links to my other channels. 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