[Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!

[Ashley Bramlett]

Carly,
Good for you.  Spinning on New year's eve.  I am spinning on Jan 2 but may 
workout tomorrow.  But since its jan 1 no classes held.
Ashley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carly Mihalakis" <carlymih at earthlink.net>
To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" 
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Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!


> My New Year's Eve
>
> Today I got to spin with my favorite instructor, ever, for 2, count them, 
> 2 whole hours!
> And by the way, I mouth words to the songs with which I am familiar, which 
> isn't many at spin class.
> Happy New Year, everyone!
> Carly At 03:27 PM 12/31/2008, you wrote:
>>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>
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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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