| SPIN CLASS KICKED redux
Okay, Spin Class usually kicks my ass, but today's was a hummer.
Heather, the instructor, played an interesting game that's
akin to indian runs*:
She broke the 24-bike room into 6 pursuit teams. While the
other 20 people were doing a circuit (sprint for 2 minutes,
upright running spin for 2 minutes, seated hill-climb for
2 minutes, standing hill-climb power-surge for 2 minutes)
the team that was "on" had to go through the same circuit
in 2 minutes (30 seconds per skill), then got the next 2
minutes to recover seated at race-pace while the next team
took its turn breaking away.
It got pretty wild. She was calling out the names every
30 seconds and stoking people to get up, sit down, change
resistance, etc. People were popping up and down and
everyone was pounding as hard as I've ever seen a full
class go. Totally steamed up the room. Super impressive
piece of work by a trainer.
Oh, and my team "won". Although, Heather picked the
winner by closing her eyes and selecting one of her
post-it notes with the team members at random...
But hey. Free Buzz-Bar[tm] as a trophy. Almond-Date.
Sounds tasty. I may frame it.
--Blair
"Maybe just the wrapper."
* - a training techique using an echelon formation,
sending the rearmost rider to the front at a sprint, then
the next one, through the entire ride. Not like rotating
the line, because only one bike is out of position at a
time, and it moves forward rather than dropping to the
rear after pulling.
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