Day 48: Spin Class and Stuffed Animals

I made some fat person promises today to myself.  They included cleaning up my diet and hitting spin class this morning.  Unlike last time where we went with the little Asian lady that kept saying y’all all the time.  We knew who was in charge of this one and she is one of our favorites. 

Stephanie’s classes are high energy with good music and the advocates spin as a way to justify poor diet decisions.  Today, for example, it was one of our fellow spin mates birthday.  The birthday girl got called out several time and was told to peddle harder since we all knew she was going to have cake this evening. 

The music is always good when Stephanie is leading the group as well. She plays a nice mix of rock and pop all infused in techno so they have that thumping beat that makes you want to peddle harder.  Several of the instructors play music that can be boring. 

Also I promised to push myself through the pain today.  I did.  When you crank the dial upon one of the spin bikes it can get pretty tough.  I had a constant burn in my legs almost the whole class.  Compare that to the lady next to me who kept stopping and laying over her bike like she was dying.   It was a little to mellow dramatic for me.

I usually don’t feel like I have worked hard enough and I don’t sweat enough.  Not today.  I wore a long sleeve t-shirt and that did the trick.  I was pouring sweat.  By the end I bet that I burned a thousand calories. 

Like any other activity you do at the gym it also allows some interesting people watching.  The lady next to me that spent most of her time hunched over her bike is one of them.  On the other side of her was the guy who stayed standing the whole time and kept yelling phrases like “Yeah!” and “Bring it on!” as well as other just plain noises. 

At the front was a guy who spent the whole class spinning as hard and as fast as he could.  Several times I was convinced he was going to fall off his bike.  The people that I am always the most curious about are those that leave after the first 10 minutes or show up for the last 10 minutes.  Where are they going that requires them to only spend 10 minutes in spin class.  Or why bother showing up for the last 10 minutes?

Of course the best part is at the end when you get an ice cold towel. 

Other than that it was a pretty relaxing day.  I am sure we burned some calories hitting up some yard sales looking for stuffed animals for our Great Dane. She just loves them. 

We are planning on hitting the gym tomorrow. Now for the Recap.

Daily Recap:

Matt and Kelly: 1 hour in spin class burning calories and sweating up a storm.