Friday, January 05, 2007

1/04/2007 Core & Spinning

Core Class

I was running a little late to core class so I only got in 20 minutes of the 30 minute class, dumb traffic. I guess 20 minutes is better than zero minutes. The class is a little different than the class was last year: new instructor, new workouts. Last winter I called it core class, but the official title was abs blast, and that is exactly what it concentrated on working. Now the focus is on all the core muscles so I feel like we're working a wider range of muscles. In a sense it makes the class a little easier, since there are more muscles being worked, spreading the pain around a little more. It's still a tough class.

Endurance Spinning

60 minutes of endurance spinning is like 3 hours of outdoor riding on a flat road with nothing no scenery. booooring. Well it can be boring if you don't break it up into manageable segments. That is the beauty of having a spinning instructor. It's her job to do the planning. 10 minutes of warm up moderate resistance spinning, 10 minutes of small "hills", 10 minutes of silent meditation spinning, 10 minutes of alternating left & right leg spinning...before you know it you're at 60 minutes and pushing another 10 minutes for a solid 70 minute endurance class.

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