Spin Classes

I was talking a chick at work and she was saying how much she hated the one and only spin class that she did, that she likes to think during the aerobics classes that she does and enjoys trying to remember the steps/routine. What I love about spin classes is that I don't have to think!

It got me thinking about why I am really enjoying the spin classes and I came up with the following:

• I don't have to think about what to do except from putting in more effort
  
• I can challenge myself as much as I want to by controlling the resistance which means that if I slacken off I am only affecting myself and I don't get dropped, but then if I put even more effort in then I know I will get more benefit from it
  
• I don't have to try to match the pace that others are doing, as long as I am pushing myself
  
• The instructor tells you what to do so I can't just say which helps me to just do it when I am in a CBF mood
  
• There is someone yelling encouragement at you to push harder!!
  
• I know I don't have to get home on the bike so I can give it my all and it doesn't matter if I can barely walk (which doesn't actually happen)
  
• When I think I can't go any harder or I am losing concentration I look at the instructor and the people around me and try even harder and I discover I do have more in me
  
• I can push myself harder on spin bike than I can on my roadie - it's often a mental battle for me on the road to keep pushing myself, i slacken off to easily
  
• I love getting hot and sweaty at the gym and in spin classes the sweat literally pours off me - I love it!
  
• It is great to use to get rid of a lot of stress and worries in life and to just tune out from the world - more so than my normal gym cardio
  
• It is fun!! :D