[Blindtlk] spin classes

[Michael]

Good morning Diane,
As I stated in earlier postings, I was a bodybuilder and still do live the 
lifestyle.  I spent and still do spend thousands of hours in the gym.  I'll 
tell you about my first exposure to spinning.  I had good sight at this 
time.  I would be having a fairly vigorous and serious workout lifting 
weights and see twenty or so women go in to a workout room in the back of 
the gym to do a spinning class.  I heard pumping music coming from this room 
but didnt pay much attention to it.  Then one day a lady friend invited me 
to join the group.  so I went in this room where there were about 25 bikes 
with variable resistance controls designed for taking a pounding.  An 
instructor was on the bike in front of the room facing the group.  Then the 
pounding music began and she started yelling instructions like moderate pace 
at first.  But over the next hour she had us increasing resistance, going as 
fast as we could go, standing on the pedals and pumping with maximum 
resistance, and doing intervals where we would go as fast as we could for 
thirty seconds and come down to a moderate pace for thirty seconds.  The 
class was a very high energy class.  I only made it for half an hour and 
crawled out of the room after that time.  I think the women laughed at 
me...LOL.  A good instructor full of energy makes the class.  It was one of 
the best cardio workouts Ive ever had.

Michael
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graves, Diane" <dgraves at icrc.IN.gov>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] spin classes


> Hi Bernadette,
>
> I'm afraid I won't be any help, but I would love it if someone could 
> explain to me exactly what this is. I was checking out the local services 
> and resources on the website of a gym near me, and I saw they had a 
> spinning room. I had to do a double take on that one. Couldn't imagine 
> what that might be.  No one else that I have asked seems to know either. 
> What is this "spinning?"
>
> I saw that, and I got these pictures in my head of people going in to this 
> room and spinning around the way little kids do. LOL. I couldn't imagine 
> what it was.
>
> Diane Graves
>
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> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Bernadetta Pracon
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2011 1:40 AM
> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Blindtlk] spin classes
>
> Hey everyone,
> I've been looking for a new way to get into better shape--and since
> there's been some talk of excersize on here, I thought I'd pose this 
> question.
> I've been investigating spin classes, because I hear it's a vigorous
> workout and I think I'd enjoy it. My question is, does anyone know how
> blind-friendly spinn classes are? I'd love to be able to do the video
> classes from home as opposed to going to a gym for them, but I can't
> afford a spin bike, nor do I have the room for one at the moment.
> I'm totally blind, so I'm primarily interested in getting feedback from
> totally blind spinners because that would more accurately gauge the
> challenges for me, but any feedback at all would be apreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bernadetta
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