RPM

As I said this morning, Jenny and I have been working out everyday during Spring Break. Well, we met our friend Jamie at RPM this afternoon. Okay, some of you know about this class but bear with me. I have always seen the commercials and videos for this high intensity biking workout and thought that only "the fit" could do it. I thought that I would fall over or be asked to leave b/c I couldn't keep up. I mean, they turn the lights out and yell at you! Well, during February break my wonderful friend Kacee said that we should try out all of the classes. Which meant trying RPM. We came in and was nicely asked if we had ever taken a class and when we said No, the instructor showed us how to set up our bikes and told us all about how to work the bikes and what she would be screaming out to us. I instantly fell in love with the class. I came out soaking with sweat and did the bare minimum to get through the class.

Back to today. I had already done a Body Pump class with Jenny this morning. It was the toughest that I have ever done! I was so glad that on the way home Jenny had agreed with me and told me that it was tough for her also. I even had added more weight during the class.

Well, there are a couple of different instructors for RPM. I like them all but they all are different in different ways. Well, the one that we had would be Jillian from the Biggest Loser. Another time I saw her in the gym and told her that I loved her before and after her workouts, and hated her during it. She said that's exactly how she likes it. So, after being tired from Body Pump and taking a nap, seeing her come in was not my cup of tea. She likes to call out your name and tells the group that if they don't keep up that she would start the circuit all over again. So, we start to bike. One the second song she tells us to race for 30 seconds at a nice pace and to just close our eyes if we want to. I felt so healthy and my breathing was right on target. From a girl that has had panic attacks for the past couple of years, saying that my breathing was right on target after pounding out fast on my bike is wonderful. We were on the third or fourth track which is the worst. We put resistance on the bike and then stand up and bike. We do that and then sit back down not moving the resistance back which makes your legs feel like it's going through mud. Straight mud on the feet. At the third time I am standing up and moving, I realize how far I have come. How in the past I couldn't even jog I walked when we trained for my half marathons. I couldn't even make it up things or go really fast. And now I am breathing correctly and am moving fast on a bike. I am keeping up with the instructor as she is yelling out to go faster and to move the resistance up. She screams out that at the bottom of the gym is a huge sign that says FAILURE. She screams that as we are running up the mountain and going super fast on the bike, we need to go as fast as we can. She tells us that we need to not FAIL and do the best that we can. So, that's what I did today. I pushed myself as much as possible and finally saw what other people have been seeing in my outer presence. I was shown today that I have come far. Yes, I have about 5 more weeks until my Biggest Loser ends. I may not get to the 30 pound weight loss that I had made as a goal weeks and weeks ago. But, I can jog a mile. I can put on 20 pounds of weight while doing lunges at the gym. I can do all of these things that I wasn't able to do years ago, let alone before starting the Biggest Loser. In Body Pump today we did push ups. I couldn't even do push ups when I started Biggest Loser. I so can do some now. When I first started the Biggest Loser I wasn't able to hold myself in a plank position for a couple of seconds without needing a break. I couldn't even go from plank to push up position without getting up or putting my feet down to change positions. Well, NOW I CAN!!!!! I can SO SO SO can be in plank position and then move my arms to make a push up. My legs don't even move!!!