It’s been on my 2014 Goals List since January 1st-
get my body back in shape- the fact I sometimes huff and puff up the stairs
from the T probably says a lot. So when I had the opportunity to join a
bloggers event at Flywheel Boston with fellow blogger Victoria from
LostBostBlog, I’d figured no time like the present to jump back into the
workout scene.
Flywheel is new to Boston, located right in the Prudential
Center right next to Crazy Dough’s Pizza & P.F. Chang’s, (I’m assuming this
was done intentionally, eat then burn off the calories). I’ve walked by the
place many times always taking interest in finding out what ‘stadium cycling’
meant. I got to find out as soon I was in the door. It was a little chaotic in
the waiting area as people were coming out of class and we were preparing for
our class. When I went to check-in, the girl at the desk asked for my shoe
size; I stood there for a few seconds wondering: 1. why is she asking me for my
shoe size, are we bowling? 2. what’s my shoe size? I admit, I got rather
anxious when I saw the shoes that we were actually going to be strapped on the
bike, (I can only imagine myself getting dizzy or losing my balance and half
falling over in front of everyone stuck on the bike), but I told myself just to
take my time and do the best I can since it’s been so long since I’ve done any
sort of workout.
I was able to find Victoria in the crowd and we found bikes
on the top level in the corner, (which was awesome in the event I was to be
called out for going to slow…luckily, it wasn’t like that at all!), strapped
ourselves in and began pedaling. Our instructor was Rachele, who introduced and
educated us as to what we would be expecting- a lot of sweating and a lot of
ass-whooping- bring it on!
As soon as Rachele finished explaining our workout segment,
the room went dark, the music stared blaring and it was time to get the wheels
grinding and off we went. I kept myself at a steady pace almost the entire
time, but I did push myself a few times- couldn’t help it with the music going
and the TorqBoard showing the progress of everyone in attendance…I think my
bike number showed up there once, but it made me want to push harder.
As the tempo was going faster, and I was sweating more and
more, I started to realize that my arms probably weren’t going to get a workout
today, as this was a spin class. Oh, no, I was very wrong. During the class,
Rachele told us to reach down and grab one of these baton type sticks that
weighed only about 2-4lbs, not too bad, until we started to spin and do small
arm lifts at the same time…the kind that feel worse than bench pressing 300lbs,
since we were hitting all the small muscles that usually go unnoticed when
exercising.
We did the baton lifts for about 5 minutes then it was back
to just spin for one last hard push and then a cool down. (Phew)! When all was
said and done, I was a little wobbly at first, but found my footing and was
able to walk out of the class feeling hot, very sweaty but really good. It was
nice getting back on the saddle and working myself like I used to and I really
want to keep feeling this way, so I’ll be continuing to work my body. The only downside to spin in general, at least
for me, was the fact there were no butt pads that would be the only thing I
would request before a spin class, it can hurt after a while!
As we were packing up the leave, we were given a great swag
bag and asked to enter our names in for a raffle drawing…good thing I did,
because I won a 5 Class Card…needless to say, I’ll be back for more spin!
If you ever wanted to try a spin class, there really is no
excuse not to try Flywheel as your first class is F-R-E-E! Yes, free, so give it a try, what
do you have to lose but sweat and more to gain when you exercise!
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