[Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!

[Ashley Bramlett]

Joe,
Thought I was the only one who sang to the music in class.  Well I'm not. 
I'd like to participate in a spinathon.  Maybe next year.  My gym has one 
for an hour and a half too with several instructors; I was out of town and 
missed the last one.  Sounds fun and something to be proud of.

Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Shaw" <jrs3147 at comcast.net>
To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" 
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Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 11:52 PM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!


> Well Saturday I had one of the toughest days I have had in a while. My 
> buddy and I had a nice upper body lift for over an hour. We got very manly 
> in that we worked chest and biceps reaching our max in both muscle groups 
> pushing until we could no longer push. I decided a couple things during 
> this lift that I previously thought but are now cemented. I like curls 
> with dumbells better than on the machine and I hate, no really I hate it, 
> the butterfly machine.
> After this lift, we go stretch/ chill out in the sana for about twenty 
> minutes getting a better sweat going.
> After saying goodbye to Ryan and peeling off the sweatshirt as my 
> concession to the unknown, I walk into the spin room. The most I have ever 
> spun before in one class is sixty five minutes in a class a couple weeks 
> ago. Normal for us is 45-50. The spinathon is one hundred straight 
> minutes. We are informed during warm-up that last year a lady did the 
> class without water. The gauntlet has been thrown down I see. Done. The 
> first and last twenty minutes were a lot of warm-up and cool-down so we 
> were looking at sixty solid minutes of hills and sprints square in the 
> face. We had five different instructors, one per twenty minute segment. 
> They were fresh and worked in on one bike.
> I am proud to say that I finished the class with my water bottle still 
> sealled. I was awarded race m.v.p. as they said I worked really hard and 
> provided encouragement to the rest of the group. I joked to my friends 
> that it was because I was "the blind one" and remarked to my classmates 
> that  I have never been rewarded for being the loudest before. I am the 
> dude who bops and sings to the music most of the way through and shouts 
> "KICK,  KICK, KICK" to my fellow spinners as the hills get tougher and the 
> sprints more plentiful. Great after class treets were  the bananna, wheat 
> bagel,  orange slice, and trail mix I devoured  at the end. We also got a 
> plastic coffee mug with lid for participation, I am a  total sucker for 
> those things.
> The entire workout was through by noon. I showered and felt energized the 
> rest of the day. Sleep came early and easy before ten. This is highly 
> unusual. The word to be used for Sunday is probably fatigued. From hip to 
> feet, I was toast the whole day. It was manageable but noticeable.
> Monday arrives and I am fine. To quote Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, "I'm 
> back in the saddle again"
> When your gyms do events like these, do  them! I have already asked that 
> this become a much more regular event.
> Be well and sorry so long, I wanted to share with my group. You guys are 
> my heros.
> Joe Shaw
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