I was checking out pictures in my SD Card when I saw this:

Bloggers’ Spinning Class: Dulce, Chattee, Lyle, Moi (in blue), and Drew

I almost forgot that last August 28, I joined my first spinning class at the Holiday Fitness Spa and Fitness Center.  I honestly didn’t want to take part in it since I have an idea how physically tiring power cycling can be (I watched Simon Pegg’s Run, Fatboy, Run) but my friends wanted to try it so I joined them anyway.

Spinning is  so tiring that even if my friends and I arrived 20 minutes late for the class, I was out of breath within  5 minutes of cycling.  I’m such a wimp when it comes to fitness and exercise (I’ve had exercise-induced fainting spells before) that even if the speakers blared high-intensity exercise music, I cycled leisurely and mentally hummed “What a Wonderful  World”.

When the spinning class was over, I was so weak that I nearly fell when I got off the exercise bike.  I was sweating like crazy that I’m thankful I applied an extra coating of anti-perspirant that day. I also ached all over, not to mention that I felt like somebody shoved a fist-sized  rock up my ass.

If that spinning class was memorable because it gave me body pains that lasted for more than a week, I believe  it was more memorable for Lyle.  A few hours after our spinning class, he had muscle weakness in his legs.   At first, we thought it was funny that he couldn’t walk properly but it came to a point when he was paralyzed from the waist down that we had to bring him to the ER.  Apparently, he was so dehydrated that his blood potassium levels took a nosedive, hence the temporary paralysis.  Below is a pic of Lyle in the ER.

Spinning Class Flunkie does the WordPress Sign

Although it burns a lot of calories (around 450 per 45 minutes),  I’m going to think it over a hundred times (a thousand, even)  before  I try spinning again.  And since it’s  not in my list of priorities in the next 5 years, I made sure I had my pic taken after the session.  Lolssss.

Sweaty, aching all over, and close to fainting