Me: I love my new Spin class.
Mom: Ew, I don’t think I could do that one; I’d throw up.
Me: Yeah, I feel pretty bad for the first 15 minutes, but more my breathing than my stomach.
Mom: But aren’t you really dizzy after all that spinning??
Me: What do you mean? Just your legs are spinning.
Mom: Just your legs??? I thought…don’t you…well, what is Spin class anyway?
That’s One Way To Lose Weight
October 4, 2010 by ybonesy
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Very cute!
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This made me laugh!!
And – I wanted to thank-you for your sweet and supportive comment over at Seeded Earth. Would love to know more about this ‘daily writing practice’. Looks like a perfect compliment to my daily photo one!!!
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I love your mom. This is such a classic snapshot of the disconnect between generations.
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I must admit the first time I heard of it, “spinning class” –I thought the same thing, it must be like the whirling dervishes or the Tibetan Rites. That would make anyone dizzy!
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So sweet.
I’m not too sure just my legs would like that kind of spinning though. I’d much prefer a hike to a spin. I should probably follow your good example though — exercise in the winter gets so difficult to fit in. No outside activities for me!
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Bo, I’m loving it. More than anything else, I am enjoying (and needing) “the push.” And I like that the classes are structured so that I can fit them into my work day. But on the weekend, especially this time of year, you can’t beat being outdoors!
lil, I remember when I used to go dancing in my early 20s, I could sweat just about the same amount as I do in Spin. I guess I was something of a dervish. 8)
Ah, Sharon, so true. And yet, Mom works out three days a week at a gym, so she’s seen and/or heard references to Spin Class. I think she must have just all along pictured the spinning. I get the feeling that what she’s pictured is akin to those rides at the fair where everyone gets strapped into a straightjacket, standing up, in a wheel-like device, and then the thing just starts spinning. Ugh.
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Marcie, thanks for stopping by. I hope you will explore Writing Practice. Here is the link to our Writing Practice [LINK] tab, for more information. Also, you should read this red Ravine interview with Natalie Goldberg [LINK], who writes about the concept in her book Writing Down the Bones.
I think you’ll find it to be a good complement to your daily photo practice. I hope you had a chance to click on the link over on the sidebar, titled BLACKBERRY 365 [LINK]. That’s my blog partner’s photo practice, which I referred to in my comment to you.
And bex, isn’t our nanny so cute!? 8)
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ybonesy, I love your Mom! Anytime you write about her, I am drawn in to reading. I have to admit, I had no idea what Spin class was when you first started writing about it in our Writing Practice group. I feel behind the times! Or maybe just behind the exercise times. I walk a lot in my daily life and it feels like enough. Can’t imagine the Spin!
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