The devil rides on…
I knew we were in for a challenge when I walked into spin class to find tonight’s title - The Devil Rides On! - written on the whiteboard at the front of the class.
I love our RATs spin classes. Taken by Coach, they are always hard work, but extremely satisfying. Between 40 and 50 people rock up each week - in the bitter cold. When I left tonight it was 4 degrees!
And the music rocks! Tonight’s spin class was proudly brought to you by Led Zeppelin and ACDC! I was in my element. Mike has always given me a massive amount of grief for my passion for hard rock - the louder the better - but nothing beats hard rock for making you work harder.
A basic five minute warm up was quickly followed by a five minute fast spin. Then we were straight into 10 sprint sessions - one minute sprints in a very hard gear, followed by 30 seconds recovery. By the time we got to the last few sprints my legs were screaming! But that was not even half the fun that was in store for us! Those intense sprints were followed by a set that started with one minute on (still in a hard gear), one minute off, two minutes on, one minute off etc up to five minutes and then back down again.
To say that it was hard work would be an understatement! But it was just fantastic.
My head seems to be in a much better zone for cycling and I was determined to have a solid workout today. I did.
And I need to, as my dear friend Stu reminded me this week…262 days to go!
Thanks Stu.