07-22-2004, 06:51 AM
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| Guest | Re: Spinning
On 22 Jul 2004 06:30:03 GMT, chochowin@aol.com (Mimi Forsyth) wrote:
>It's awfully nice to close your eyes & ride at whatever cadence/whatever
>resistance/ with friends, with music, in air conditioning. No worries about
>trucks, broken glass, balance & such.
No fresh air or countryside to look at, either.
I haven't done any of this "spinning" stuff...the closest I'd ever
come was in my brief time rowing (lowest boat in a large club).
Training on the ergometers ended up being like that, with your cox
bellowing, screaming, browbeating you and the roar of eight ergs
whirring away at 32 or 35 strokes a minute. That was really
unpleasant.
Outings were always good, no matter how exhausting, because you were
on boat on the river, sliding over the water and watching (out of the
corner of your eye, lest you be snapped back into reality with an EYES
IN THE BOAT! command) the countryside and the ladies' boats roll by.
Best thing was inviting ladies' boats out to dinner, if you met them
while both boats were "easy" and adrift.
Spinning indoors has none of that appeal.
-Luigi
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