MICHAEL RUFF
I am also a regular at the spin classes. It is very convenient and keeps me
out of the weather and dark. The stationary bike allows you to train in the
exact zone that you want to train in. There are no traffic lights to allow
your heart rate to drop. No sudden steep climbs that jack your heartrate
beyond what it is supposed to be. You have absolute control. That said,
this time of year I go in early and warm up and then absolutly kill myself
in the next hour. When I am done I could ring out my shirt and socks and
there is a very large puddle of sweat under the bike. It is a good workout
and who cares that the person next to you barely broke a sweat. their loss
right?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith A. Prior"
To: "Malcolm, Gary" ;
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OT- Social Hour at the Squat Rack
I do spin classes and just flog myself!
I get my HR pretty jacked pedaling to no where. I usually only get to the
puke
point out at Alpenrose but spin classes come close. If you ever want to
indulge
in a spin class be sure you warm up somehow before you start.
Too bad those spin bikes can't show the watts being put out by each bike!
Then we would really see how deep "Spin Bike Barbie" is digging! ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org]On
Behalf Of Malcolm, Gary
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:47 AM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OT- Social Hour at the Squat Rack
Thomas,
This year, for the first time, I purchased a 4 month membership at a gym in
Eugene just for the spin classes. I promised the wife that I would not train
at night and to tell you the truth, it's been flipping cold lately. So most
weekdays I haul my butt out of bed at 4:15 and spin for 30 or 40 minutes by
myself and then take a 60 minute spin class. (I just walk by the muscle
fatties as they are grunting - or lounging - away... pointless)
I don't know about your classes but the gals at Gold's Gym are ruthless
monsters. Outside of a race, I have never consistently worked as hard as I
have when an otherwise pleasant aerobics instructor is screaming in my ear
that I need to 'dig deeper', or 'I thought you were a bike racer?', or 'Is
that all you've got?' Admittedly I turn up the tension more than the typical
spin junkie... Or perhaps I'm just lucky.
And then I end the workout with a 10 minute sauna. Pleasant.
You may judge for yourself the results of a mud and ice free training regime
on the 18th.
Gary "$pinMonkeeG" Malcolm
-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Hoffman [mailto:t.hoffman10@verizon.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:15 AM
To: 'Evan MacKenzie'; 'Heather VanValkenburg'; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OT- Social Hour at the Squat Rack
>>>He said he has a bike that he occasionally rides to the gym, but
apparently the thought of doing something other than driving to the gym to
work out was completely foreign to him. What kind of society do we live in
that people think like this?<<<
I went to a spin class at Bally's and the instructor chewed me out after
because I didn't follow his specific instructions as to where to put my
hands. I was using the bars to stretch my back during a cool down section
of the work out.
It was funny because a few months earlier I had sold the guy some shoes. He
had just earned his "SPIN CLASS" teaching certificate. We asked him how
much he rides his bike, I don't think he had one. Or had any interest in
cycling.
It is to bad that so many folks have this attitude about spin class vs
riding outside. If they can do Spin class three days a week, they will
certainly have no problem riding outside. I bet a few of them will be able
put some serious hurt on the rest of us at PIR.
Maybe we should go an a recruiting spree. Help these folks being oppressed
by Corporate Gymnasium free themselves from the persecution of monthly dues,
sweat covered weight benches and mildewed locker rooms.
YES! FREEDOM! THY NAME IS OBRA!!
.oops...gotta go... the squat rack just opened up..
Thomas Hoffman
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-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Evan MacKenzie
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:57 AM
To: Heather VanValkenburg; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OT- Social Hour at the Squat Rack
Losers.
I've always wanted to do this, but never have.
You walk up to someone in the gym and ask them "Hey, what what they are
training for?" I'd bet you 9 out of ten would look at you dumbfounded
because they don't want to admit that it's just vanity (That, and they don't
know what dumbfounded or vanity mean). Then you say, "No, I mean, what sport
do you do that you are lifting weights for? Are you a cyclist, do you play
football or soccer, you know?"
"Uh, I'm just here to lift weights."
"So you don't actually do anything then?"
"Uh, I guess not."
My wife and I started going to spin class last fall when the days got
shorter (boring!). The instructor was complaining because when the Hillsboro
Aquatic Center (which has a pool, weight room and other fitness stuff) was
closed DURING THE SUMMER, he didn't have anywhere to work out. He said he
has a bike that he occasionally rides to the gym, but apparently the thought
of doing something other than driving to the gym to work out was completely
foreign to him. What kind of society do we live in that people think like
this? That is SO WRONG!
OK, that's the end of my Thursday morning rant.
-Evan
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-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Heather VanValkenburg
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:53 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] OT- Social Hour at the Squat Rack
Enough about number sizes and onto a very serious issue...
WHAT'S WITH ALL THE GUYS (I don't see women doing this) AT THE GYM THAT COME
TO JUST HANG OUT? Seriously, they come in, they hang out and talk to their
buddies, (usually in the way), they LOOK like they might be there to
workout, since they are wearing the approprite workout attire, but they
don't lift a single weight. I mean, you don't just accidentally drop by the
gym to hang out, right? What's up with that?
Does this happen where you work out?
Are you one of THEM?
What should we call THEM?
-Heather VanValkenburg
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