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Wk32 – Spinfit and Insanity Day 16 Cardio Recovery
You might have noticed I’ve been a little quiet about any training in the last few days… usually I start Mondays with an early morning run, but after my disturbed sleep on Sunday night after my 5 hours gardening and … Continue reading
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Tagged cardio, catherine, helen, insanity, recovery, spinfit
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Wk31 – No double spinfit :-(
Tuesday night: double spinfit night and I got a text from our usual spin instructor Helen saying her cover had phoned to say she couldn’t make it. Helen is laid up with a broken leg just now, so we had … Continue reading
Wk22 – Double Spinfit
Tuesday night double spinfit… I felt good going into the first class and worked really hard. Helen is good at motivating you and by the end of the class I was dripping with sweat. By the time the second class … Continue reading
Wk18 – Double Spinfit with Helen
Tuesday night and I went straight from work as usual to Spinfit. Helen had promised us she made a great new CD, and she didn’t disappoint. It’s always good to get a new workout in spinfit. Helen does the same … Continue reading
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Tagged bellahouston, helen, Hills, intervals, new tracks, speed, spinfit, strength, sweato
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Wk11 – Double Spinfit
Tuesday night was spinfit night: double spinfit. 2 x 45 mins with the lovely and funny Helen. After work I really wasn’t fancying it, but I’m glad I went as I got a good workout. Spinning like that, high intensity … Continue reading
Wk8 – Double Spinfit
Usual Tuesday night – straight from work to Bellahouston for double Spinfit with Helen. I had a bit of a sore head when I started, thruogh maybe not eating enough snacks at work. I managed to plough some snacks into … Continue reading
Wk7 – Double Spinfit
Tuesday night was straight to Spin as usual after work. I wasn’t booked in for the first class as it was full when we tried to book it, but surprise surprise there were about 5 empty bikes!! Annoying. Nevermind. My … Continue reading
Wk6 – Double Spinfit
Every three weeks our usual spin fit instructor Helen works backshift so she isn’t able to take our class. She arranges cover and we usually dread who we are going to get. But tonight luckily it was Catherine who is … Continue reading
Wk3 – Double Spinfit Tuesday
Tuesday night = Double Spinfit night with Helen. She is rather funny and gets everyone going…and by the second class she’s high on endorphins and having a laugh. Tonight was the same routine as last week and I seemed to … Continue reading
Wk1 – Tuesday Double Spinfit
I was really looking forward to Spinfit on Tuesday… I was only booked in for a single session, but luckily hardly anyone turned up so I got to do both sessions. Helen was full of Happy New Years and glad … Continue reading