My first spin

[wickedwords]

As part of the Tour de Cure, Spin classes are offered by Gold's Gym a couple of weekends each month leading up to the tour, and I decided that since I had access to them without having to join the gym, I'd give it a shot. Today was a really good day to try it, as it was raining when I got up and the idea of riding in the rain does not yet thrill me. (Even though I have purchased rain pants, as I know some day I will have to get over my clear sky prejudices.)

I think I did well, or a lot better than I expected. That standing and peddling thing I was no good at, and I never cranked up the tension on the bike to high, but I pretty much kept it all within my heart rate goals that I set for myself. Certainly I worked a lot harder than I do when I am riding by myself; the focus on cadence was new as I have nothing on my home bike that measures that. And when the class was over, I was sweating a lot, my leg muscles felt depleted, and I really felt like I had worked out.

Yeah, I loved it.

I have another couple of those classes coming up in April, but I didn't sign up for the May class as I hope to be working outside most of the time by then. But we'll see for sure what it's like when I get to May; it could be a very wet month.

Comments

[kimberlite.livejournal.com]

Very cool -- go you! :)

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was a lot of fun, though I do feel silly doing the 'wha-oo!' type of enthusiastic cry when ever the instructor says things like 'ready for another hill?' I get that it's about motivating the group, though, and I need all the motivation I can get. ;)