[Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!

Thu Jan 1 15:30:10 UTC 2009

Robin!

Three hours!  My goodness.  I'm with Joe Shaw and can't imagine working out 
more than an hour.
I hope you built up to this amount and had water.  Don't overdue it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Melvin" <robinmel71 at earthlink.net>
To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" 
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Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!

> Carly,
> Actually, People it was 3 hours, not 2 hours.
> Some people have problems, typing numbers.
> Sorry, Carly. I know this because I also worked out on New Year's Eve for 
> 3 hours and 15 minutes on the elliptical machine while you were in spin 
> class.
> Robin
> At 05:24 PM 12/31/2008, you wrote:
>>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>
>>>To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" 
>>><sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
>>>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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