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So... I have found that riding a stationary bike can be quite...well boring. The first few weeks it wasn't because I thought I was going to die! That kept me somewhat interested. Now I ride for over an hour and frankly it gets stale. So ask me! Go ahead...Ask!
What do you do to help the boredom pass? I'm glad you asked...here are some of my favorite things to do while riding a bike bound for nowhere.
Ride for your life: While riding one day, I noticed the mirror straight ahead of me. I wasn't to enthused with seeing my sloppy, sweaty self exercising until I realized that I could also see a bunch of people behind me that appeared to be chasing me! I quickly developed a sense of determination to outrun them... even despite their crazy looking running machines (Eliptical trainers). I ride as fast as I can and manage to keep about the same distance from them throughout the ride. You might not think it is very scary having a bunch of petite 30 something age women chasing you down in pony tails and spandex...but when the sun is just right all you can see are silhouttes, and well their is your occasional creepy old guy chasing me too. I always seem to outrun them all.
80's rock star: My iPod is full of 80's dance music, it has a good beat and well its what I have on mp3. Sometimes during a long ride a song like "Ice,Ice Baby" will come on, and this is when the magic happens. I start by swaying back and forth in my bike seat, then I start bobbing my head to the beat. I mouth the words, but obviously I dont sing them outloud...that would be embarrassing. I do small hand motions...like the "rock on" symbol and the peace sign past my eyes "Prince" style. Then If I look around and nobody is looking, I look all around me to the beat..staring off one way and snapping my head the other...It is really sweet and a good use of my time. That is until one day my iPod cut out and I realized that my "word mouthing" sounded alot like a wheezing rhino in heat...and my moves in that mirror I discussed above, looked like I was having convulsions! So... thats why people stop and ask me if I'm ok.
More to come...stay tuned.
The title of this BLOG needs some explaining. I'm fat. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! I'm talking about scales and measurements of all types. I threw them away and yes,I threw away that DAMN bathroom scale. You know the one,tells you that you lost 10lbs one week, and then gain 13lbs the next, eating celery and laying in a puddle of sweat and diet cola. Listen...It's working, stay with me and share my journey.
A little twist on RIDE FOR YOUR LIFE above
ReplyDeleteThe past few days I have joined the noontime crowd at the gym... I had to change my schedule up a bit. I was riding the bike and reviewing my BLOG and looked up to see what crowd of people were "running after me" while I was riding and SUPRISE! The noon crowd is... well lets just say that I nearly jumped out of my seat because the 30yr old ponytails in spandex has turned into ZOMBIES with blueish hair...I relaxed a bit though when I realized they werent moving fast enough to catch me anyway.
Rocky I,II,III, get me an IV
ReplyDeleteThe other day i was riding and bored as usuall, I was lucky enough to have one of the themes from Rocky come on. This gave me an idea...I quickly created a playlist of all the rocky songs and there I was...Rocky running up the...well riding up the steps... I was lifting rocks and sparring with Apollo...I yelled out cut me mick!...got a few weird looks. It was all going great until I jumped up and hit this tall blonde dude with a crew cut!!! I think he was speaking russian too after that.
(everything except the hitting part is true to the best of my knowledge)