Last week at the gym Caroline (my trainer, I'm not just talking to myself) convinced me to have a go at a spinning class. I've not done any kind of cyling before, let alone spinning but I've heard all the rumours of how tough it could be.
So, feeling brave, I took the plunge and turned up Friday night for the class. I got on the bike and wow, that was one hard seat! We're talking seriously uncomfortable. It felt like I was sitting on a piece of wood! I squirmed around a bit trying to get comfy but I just couldn't. After about five minutes I was just about ready to give up but of course the thing about spinning is that its not a solo activity - its a group thing with somebody running the session and encouraging everybody. Maria, who was running this session, knew it was my first time and at that moment she said to me "Caroline, I think you'll do great, you'll be able to get through this". So of course, I couldn't quit then could I?
For some of the session we stand up on the bike, lean forward and drive more with the legs. This makes the legs burn more and pumps up the heart rate but for me this was welcome releif from the pain in my a***!
About half way though I was going to quit again but Maria must have seen the look in my eye or something because she managed to come out with another comment that kinda forced me to stck with it. Well I did - I managed 45 minutes on that torture device. Never again!
Seriously, after a workout I expect my legs to ache, or my back to ache perhaps and after weight training then all sorts of things ache. What I do not expect is to spend the entire weekend nursing my seriously bruised nether regions and having to sit on extra cushions! I thought I had enough padding of my own down there but I guess not!
My second new experience of the weekend came Saturday night when I went round to some friends for a BBQ. One of my friends is a physiotherapist and she's just completed a course on accupuncture so of course she wanted to test out her new skills on everybody!
Now I'm not exactly a needle fan and the idea of somebody sticking a needle in my head (yup, head!) for a laugh just seemed a bit twisted to me. But what the hell, I grabbed a glass of wine and let her do it. "You wont feel it she said" and she spanked down on it. "OW, yes I felt that!". So when these people say you wont feel something, they LIE. Anyway it only hurt for about 0.2 seconds so I got over my wussiness eventually. It was actually really weird. I started to feel hot in my face and feel drowsy. It was just like a mild form of pethadine!
So that was my weekend, how was yours?
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