Beauty and the Beast

Fall is here!

neen's legs spinning not pictured

I went to my first ever spinning class today. It just happened to be at a convenient time, and my friend had said that she enjoyed it, and what the heck! I'll try it! I entered the class a few minutes late, because I had to drop off my kids at the nursery, and I hopped on the nearest bike so not to disturb. I first looked around the small class, at the instructor and thought... why do we need an instructor? We're all just sitting here riding on our stationary bikes, we're all going nowhere fast, and it seems like just as easy to go find yourself a stationary bike without the classroom setting, and just spin if that's what you really wanted to do. I learned the reasons why. For 1. I would have stopped. I would have stopped going maybe 15 minutes in. Just because, I would have said to myself, "boy do I have a lot to do today, and I am literally getting nowhere with this." Check and mark. I would have been done. But, how silly would it have been had I left 15 minutes in, in the spinning class. Silly. Number 2. As the instructor had  us turn up the heat (add more and more tension) and my legs began to burn, and turn into limp noodles I knew I probably also wouldn't have pushed myself that hard either. A little motivation goes a long way, or a short way depending on your bike. As you can probably tell I do find humor in the exercise machines that have you going nowhere. haha! It was odd, and still is odd to me but the instructor keeps the room dark?  It made it difficult figuring out how to work my spinner at first. Is it dark because it would get to hot? Or because people are getting so sweaty it's gross? Or because it will keep others from judging how much you are actually moving your tension nob? I do not believe that is the technical term. But, I did like it. I will go again. It really was a beast of a work out. As the instructor described hills, and the scenic view once we made it to the top of these hills, it made me want a real bike.