Spinning NSV :)

So, yesterday I had my first spinning class. Boy was I in for a wake up call!! I got there and everyone was doing their spinning while standing ... and I hardly could stand more than a few seconds. I never stopped pedaling, but it was so hard... here I am, a 22 year old woman, and there were older women in there who put me to SHAME!!

after the first 20 minutes, i was dead on wheels, i felt like a total failure. i could see the instructor keep looking over at me and i knew he was thinking "i should recommend another class to her or something, she's really struggling." ... i could just tell. everyone else seemed like they had no problem standing the entire time, i could hardly stand at all. i tried various times through the class, and could only do it a few times and had to stop every time. I honestly looked at the clock and thought of leaving and finding a treadmil and walking for a while.

i stuck around for 30 minutes, and then the instructor got off his bike and started making a round to everyone in the class, just seeing how everyone is doing, etc. I was hoping he'd suggest something better I could do, another intro class or something. He gets to me and says "hey there! how ya doin so far??" i told him "I'm good, hanging in there, haha" ... and he looks at me with a smile and says "well, I am really glad to have you here. Keep up the good work" and he said it in a really sweet tone, i knew he wasn't being sympathetic. he was actually PROUD of me, regardless of sitting down.

Then it hit me... so what if i couldn't stand up the whole time... I'm HERE. I can't expect to be perfect at it already, that leaves no margin for improvement. I didn't feel bad after that, i finished off the class, and I'm pretty darn happy about it