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Monday
May112009

Shameless Plug: Gym Belle Needs You!

DateMonday, May 11, 2009 at 11:18 PM

Yay! I've been selected to ride in the Cyko Challenge! (Ok, so my name got picked out of a hat, but yay!) What is the Cyko Challenge, you ask? It's a 4 hour spin session this coming Saturday to celebrate the grand opening of the new Zone Hampton studio in Soho. If you ride for all 4 hours and keep up with everything the instructor says to do, you get 50 free sessions!!! Amazing!

There's one catch, you need to have 5 friends show up during the event (between 9 and 1) in order to get the sessions. People, I want this!!! To help entice you, they will be giving away gift bags and "treats" and there will be a Lululemon trunk show. Plus, you can check out the awesome moving bikes. Plus, I'll be your best friend. So, come! Stop by, cheer me on and then go eat brunch in Soho like normal people do on Saturday mornings. Who's in?

-Gym Belle-

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Tuesday
May052009

She's Alive

DateTuesday, May 5, 2009 at 7:23 AM

I do have a pulse! After buying two non-functional Suunto T3 heart rate monitors from City Sports last week, I gave up on the idea of trying something new and went back to the Polar F6. (Despite the issues, I have to say that everyone at City Sports was very nice.) I can happily say that in Marion's 45 min. class at ZoneHampton this morning, I burned 318 calories, hit 175 as my max and averaged at 145. I would've guessed the numbers would be higher - this was a tough class - so this is good to know.

I spent the walk down there justifying the impulse spend: (1) Equinox 74 has no early am classes on Tuesdays; (2) it's raining so I'd have to run indoors (3) perfect excuse to get the good coffee from Food Emporium on the way home. Once there, however, I had no regrets other than my choice of bikes. I'm guessing "ow" yelping guy behind me got his coffee before class.

-Gym Belle-

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Saturday
May022009

On The Move Again

DateSaturday, May 2, 2009 at 11:02 AM

A slight concussion (thank you NYC taxi drivers) kept me out of that Tuesday class I was looking forward to, but this morning I finally made it back to ZoneHampton for my second spin class on the bikes that move. Since I knew what to expect and just how much that bike would wobble, I was able to relax my arms this time and go with the flow. I wish I could say for sure that I really worked my obliques. I definitely used my core more this time, but I suspect my technique still needs some work. I'm still between heart rate monitors (thank you CitySports for selling me not one, but two bum watches this week!), but I promise this was a good workout. Do these bikes really make it worth spending money for spin when there are plenty of good classes at Equinox? I'm definitely in for a class or two more before I make that call.

-Gym Belle-

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