[Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!

Thu Jan 1 18:00:50 UTC 2009

Ashley,

Of course, I work out with water. Oh! I'm sorry, H2O.  3 hours  is 
not a long time if you are in "the zone." Yes, I do work out quite 
regularly, but this was my 1st 3 hour work out. I usually work out 
for either 1 or 2 hours.

Robin
At 07:30 AM 1/1/2009, you wrote:
>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>
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>Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Burn baby burn!
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>>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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