Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
Does your gym offer spin classes? I find it hard to be motivated on a plain exercise bike outside of a class. With a good instructor, you can get a tremendous workout.
I can motivate myself on the exercize bike (for a while anyway) by bringing along my own music, and maybe even a book to distract me, or pick a bike facing a tv screen at the gym. Buuuuut ... those ex. bikes are not as adjustible as the spin bikes, and they have fat cushy "comfort" saddles, which are a pain in the b*tt after half an hour! So I do better (as in stick with it longer and work harder) at spinning, but that too is getting boring by now after 3-4 months. Good to hear that this is likely to have paid off by the time the snow's gone and I can ride my bike on the road again. I feel stronger, but there's this niggling voice of doubt that maybe I'm kidding myself. I'm up to 6-7 hours of spin classes a week, this week half of that just on Monday after work . And I still have to keep building hours if I'm to be in shape for ALC come June. If I don't get out on the road pretty soon where there's wind through my helmet slits and changes of scenery I'm afraid I'll go spin crazy .