We tested out a 3 week spin challenge at Psycle to see if it would transform our fitness
class before – just once and at the height of my gym bunny phase. As a fluid 24-year-old who went to the gym six times a week, I seemed to glide through that initial class and the heavy beats blasting out into the studio were as comforting to me as a large bowl mug of herbal tea is now.
After energetically asking us 'What’s stopping you? What’s holding you back?' All I could do was run a list through my head of the perfectly legitimate reasons that were holding me back:I left the class with a strong suspicion I will lose the full function of my arms and legs tomorrow but looking forward to the next class, now I’ve somewhat conquered my fear of blacking out and falling off the bike.
Happily by the end of week two my cold has subsided, and I’m back to pushing myself to the limit. I’m getting better at riding to the rhythm and am starting to feel at home on the front row.Not only am I feeling fairly smug, I’m also feeling confident and find myself wearing a dress I haven’t even considered in months. While my weight is much the same, crucially, my attitude isn’t.
My muscles are now aching quite a lot – my thighs, bum and arms are all burning are decidedly baggy but more importantly I am full of energy, positively vivacious.With the end of the challenge in sight I really wanted to give it my all –I could do that for 45 minutes I told myself. I had begun to recognise the instructors and they had begun to give us a knowing smile as we walked in, which made the harsh lights of the studio feel less intimidating.
Reflecting on other classes with different instructors, I realised keeping on beat really makes the class so much easier, not just because the moves are easier to push your body into and it's so much less effort than moving to your own beat, but moving with the class ‘en-masse’ feels amazing and really sucks you into this club-cult mentality. Scary-sounding but highly addictive.
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