Tuesday, February 27, 2007

"spinning"

i wanted to make the 6am spin class today to see if this instructor was less annoying than the pm one. but alas, even after setting 2 different alarms, i didn't get up in time to make the class.

but still i was up before the sun and headed to the gym anyway and made my own spin class. it ended up being much more enjoyable. my own music and no annoying instructor. and the room was much cooler than the cycling studio, which is more like a sauna. i picked a hill interval course and had the machine set between levels 8 and 12. i tried to keep my rpms above 90 during the hills and at around 60 for the recoverys. i'll have to do some research on cycling workouts and hopefully i can challenge myself on the bike without the need for a class at a set time and place.

looks like i'm a lone wolf when it comes to exercise and training. other people's yapping and yammering just annoys the holy hell out of me.

2 comments:

Anne said...

I'm like that too and enjoy tweaking my mp3 player for a cycling workout. The trick is keep at it as time wears on, that's when a kick-ass song really helps...especially on Level 12. Keep at it!

brunettechicagogal said...

You are quite self-motivated when it comes to designing your own workouts. Will you design some for me b/c I am so NOT into doing that!

Thought of you last night during my spin class. My ass was hurting, and I thought, "Maybe I should buy those special shorts. Or stick a roll of Charmin in the ones I have on."