Now, right after Ivan was born and I was able to start running again, I had a few nights where I was up all night and I still got up and ran with the 6:00 AM group. BUT, that was at that terrible stage where, as a new parent, you get sort of used to living on adrenaline and you want to get out and get back into your routine. It is sort of like I can't really function like that anymore, but I used to do it. Not today.
So, anyway, two consecutive days off never killed anyone.
Now, last Tuesday night, I took a spin class at a local gym. Here is what I learned about spin classes at local gyms. They are playing checkers. After attending the chess classes that are taught by Todd Nordmeyer, spin class just feels like goofing off. Just a lot of loud music and encouragement to work really hard, and the instructor talked to us about the Spice Girls and various episode of the bachelor and bachelorette. I felt like a burned calories, but that was all. I did not hone my skills or increase my aerobic base.
The whole Todd Nordmeyer experience, just blows a gym spin class out of the water. Taking your bike to class and hooking into a whole system that reports all your progress on the big screen in front of the whole class allows for zero cheating and it forces you to max your effort. Also, the expertise of the Todd Nordmeyer, who has biked professionally, is worth a million.
To improve my biking, I feel that the optimal situation would be to attend Todd Nordmeyer's classes once a week and maybe on the weekends and then bike outside a couple of days a week. If the weather is bad, I should be disciplined enough to bike indoors on my trainer with a Spinervals dvd. Todd's classes have kind of fallen by the wayside, because he moved his bike studio farther away from my house. However, there is absolutely no substitute for Todd's classes in the Nashville area, and after the gym spin class, I may need to move a Todd class or two back into my regimen.
I think I can let gym spin classes go, but WOW, they had great showers!!
The whole Todd Nordmeyer experience, just blows a gym spin class out of the water. Taking your bike to class and hooking into a whole system that reports all your progress on the big screen in front of the whole class allows for zero cheating and it forces you to max your effort. Also, the expertise of the Todd Nordmeyer, who has biked professionally, is worth a million.
To improve my biking, I feel that the optimal situation would be to attend Todd Nordmeyer's classes once a week and maybe on the weekends and then bike outside a couple of days a week. If the weather is bad, I should be disciplined enough to bike indoors on my trainer with a Spinervals dvd. Todd's classes have kind of fallen by the wayside, because he moved his bike studio farther away from my house. However, there is absolutely no substitute for Todd's classes in the Nashville area, and after the gym spin class, I may need to move a Todd class or two back into my regimen.
I think I can let gym spin classes go, but WOW, they had great showers!!
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