After a busy day in the office on Wednesday …trying to master PowerPoint… I found myself here: Or should I say…here: Wednesday night spin class has been a favorite of mine for months years now. Every week I look forward to the class & every week I feel great after class. Lately though, I’ve been feeling frustrated after class. It’s…read more →
Look what just arrived in the mail! Yep, I’m a fully certified Spinning instructor now. BUT, I won’t be putting it to use any time soon. Now that I’m operating under heart rate restrictions, it’s all I can do to get through a spin class with my heart rate in the zone my doctor wants (max of around 150 bpm)….read more →
For two weeks in a row now this has been my view at my weekly spin class: Since I went through the certification class, Kristen has asked me to set up a bike on the “podium” in the front of the class with her so I can get used to being in front of the group! I cycle in the…read more →
I can barely believe it myself but look what I just did!!!! Wait…you can’t read that can you? Lets take a closer look: That’s right – I’m going to become a Spinning instructor!!! Or that’s the plan anyway! After the Orientation workshop I’ll have some additional self-paced training to complete and then an Assessment (online) before I become a certified…read more →
Tonight’s spin class was…a challenge… The stereo system in the spin studio was on the fritz majorly…which meant we could hear NOTHING during the entire class. Scratch that. We could hear things – just not MUSIC. The sound system was like a pendulum that caused us to go from “hearing nothing but the sound of the spin bikes” to “hearing…read more →
This is where my bathing suit was all day yesterday: Yep, on my drying rack…because I got up and swam 1500 yards…before work! Seriously, that’s got to be 2 records in one – my longest swim to date AND a morning workout. I’m honestly still a little amazed that I actually got up early & made up yesterday’s workout. (I…read more →
If you think about it…the concept of spin class is pretty ridiculous. What? You never thought about it before???? Actually, neither did I …until I was leaving the office yesterday and one of my coworkers asked me to explain what spin class is. Here’s how our conversation went…roughly…I may or may not be embellishing a la James Frey… Dear Coworker:…read more →
I decided to change things up a little this week. Instead of going to my usual 6pm Spin class on Wednesday evening – I went tonight instead, and will be attending a yoga class on Wednesday (instead of my usual Monday yoga class). Tonight’s spin sesh was at a different branch of the YMCA – one closer to home, but…read more →
If there were a scoreboard for my workouts this week it would look like this: Eggplant: 1 / Workouts: 2 Yep, that means I’ve had two workout #fails so far this week and only one “success”. (But that certainly didn’t stop me from taking a full rest day on Thursday!) It all started on Monday afternoon when I tweeted this:…read more →
Boy oh boy – I seriously feel like I’ve been put through the wringer! I swear my family had an old washing machine like this when I was a toddler…did we Magpie? (Get it? The Spin Cycle…put through the wringer…picture of an old washing machine… See what I just did there?) Here’s the deal: My legs are sore – presumably…read more →