I started taking a spinning class because apparently when you take up a sport like speed skating you’re supposed to ‘cross train’ which has nothing to do with having a priest chase you so you’ll run faster and everything to do with making even more parts of your body hurt through exercise.
That’s where the spinning comes in. It was my hope to build up my leg muscle and cardio with spinning and I went in expecting a world of hurt. Only it’s not my legs hurting me, surprisingly they’re actually quite fine. Nope, I’m just gonna be honest and come straight out and say it. Those bike seats are hard and it’s my *ahem* bojingo playing the price. There’s very little padding on the seats of spinning bikes and my Lady Bidness is taking a licking, so to speak.
So I felt it was my civic duty to let y’all know that if you start a spinning class, purchase a gel seat for a little extra padding. Your Hoo Haw will be yelling Yee Haw. Just saying.
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Dude, I’m so glad someone had the (ahem) balls to come out and say this about spinning!!! I’m a hardcore runner, but when I “cross-train” (i.e., make use of my expensive gym membership to strengthen my kid-dusting skillz) I have to do the kickboxing or body-pump (weight-lifting) class b/c the 2 or 3 times I tried to Spin, my Twididdle objected so strenuously that I had to feign knee-injury and excuse myself to the treadmill. WTF? Who are these ladies with twats of steel I see emerging from the spinning-dungeon every time I’m at the gym? I don’t know whether to bow down or say a novena for them. There must be a sadist-cheapskate duo designing those spinning seats b/c I’ve never had a problem w/my super-cheap Huffy mountain bike.
Oh dear gawd…..twats of steel made me spit laugh! Please come back and leave more comments like this.
I want to try a spinning class…. I am not brave, however, like you.
I am writing an entire post dedicated to you because I’m not brave AT ALL. I mostly just figure, What the hell…might as well give it a go….and then I do. But every time I try something new I’m nervous, afraid, I regret committing to it and mostly want to vomit. BUT when it’s done and over, more often than not, I’m glad I did it.
The spinning does wreak havoc with the lady bits, but they definitely harden up. (did that come out wrong?) I mean, you get used to it…
I didn’t even notice my hoo-ha in spinning class (numbness caused by decades in a chastity belt? I’m not sure) because I was too busy dying. Felt like I was going to pass out, vomit and expire — all at the same time. How novel is that? I was practically having a panic attack. Go figure. And I love cycling.
Think I’m going to try daytime aqua fitness – for seniors. Me ‘n the blue-rinse, frizzy perm set.
That’s a smart answer to a dicffiult question.
Haha, yes your hoo-ha can get a little, er, sore! I LOVE spinning – it’s really the only cardio I do these days because the rest bore me completely. Spinning pumps me up like no other exercise – I bust my tunes and ride… love it.