Hey! I knew swimming with my six year old on Sunday afternoons was good for something.

"Bring friends or family members or children.
This can be during open pool time or if you can get a free lane during lap swimming). Take a couple strokes and as you turn for a breath, have someone do a big splash of water in your face. Try to do this so you are taking a number of strokes and don't know on which breath someone will send a big splash or wave your way." . . . or cannon ball you . . . or pull your leg . . . or jump on your back . . . or throw a ball at you and hit you in the head . . .

I am such a loser. I haven't read any of your articles.

I have, however, listened to that one thing a few times. Hawt. 

I really wish you could listen to Jo Baxas's voice. She makes me sound like a croaker.

I think you are referring to DS2. Do you need a play bill? (I was going to say "dance card," but that didn't seem quite right.)

Hi everyone! Wow, I love the fact that this is a chatty group! I do have a question (again, remember for real NOOB here)... I did a spin class yesterday and now my knees hurt. Like my actual patella (front of knee). I'm sitting at my desk at the day job and they have a little throb. I've done spin classes before and have never had this. I did start the 16-week sprint training plan from the site last week, and I did just get back into running (jogging) last month. My settings on the spin bike were good (or so I thought). Could it just be I need to adjust my set-up? Is it just because I'm old and pushing my body right now? I guess I just would like to know is it normal?

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Sure. Could be all those things. Have you ever actually been fitted to an indoor cycling bike by a knowledgeable instructor? If you go early to a class, they should be able to do that (or arrange in advance to do it). If they look at you like you're from Mars, find a knowledgeable instructor to help you (or we can do a pretty decent descriptive job here). Then remember your settings (either by that specific model of bike or by body landmarks).

The other maxim to remember is try not to do anything on an indoor bike that you wouldn't do on an outdoor one.

Hi everyone! Wow, I love the fact that this is a chatty group! I do have a question (again, remember for real NOOB here)... I did a spin class yesterday and now my knees hurt. Like my actual patella (front of knee). I'm sitting at my desk at the day job and they have a little throb. I've done spin classes before and have never had this. I did start the 16-week sprint training plan from the site last week, and I did just get back into running (jogging) last month. My settings on the spin bike were good (or so I thought). Could it just be I need to adjust my set-up? Is it just because I'm old and pushing my body right now? I guess I just would like to know is it normal?

I promise an avatar up soon 

Sure. Could be all those things. Have you ever actually been fitted to an indoor cycling bike by a knowledgeable instructor? If you go early to a class, they should be able to do that (or arrange in advance to do it). If they look at you like you're from Mars, find a knowledgeable instructor to help you (or we can do a pretty decent descriptive job here). Then remember your settings (either by that specific model of bike or by body landmarks).

The other maxim to remember is try not to do anything on an indoor bike that you wouldn't do on an outdoor one.

It sounds like the saddle wasn't quite right for you.  See if the instructor can help you adjust your setup.

That being said, I have noticed that if I use the spin bikes at the gym too many days a week, I get aches and pains that I do not get when riding my bike outside.

Hi everyone! Wow, I love the fact that this is a chatty group! I do have a question (again, remember for real NOOB here)... I did a spin class yesterday and now my knees hurt. Like my actual patella (front of knee). I'm sitting at my desk at the day job and they have a little throb. I've done spin classes before and have never had this. I did start the 16-week sprint training plan from the site last week, and I did just get back into running (jogging) last month. My settings on the spin bike were good (or so I thought). Could it just be I need to adjust my set-up? Is it just because I'm old and pushing my body right now? I guess I just would like to know is it normal?

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Oh, another entrant into the Bike Gallery. Man I am backlogged for Tuesday.

Very generally speaking, with an indoor-cycle-knee-issue, the seat is usually too low.

Somewhere in those nearly 50,000allblather posts, there's actually a few about indoor bike fitting. Lemme see if I can dig one up, easier than rewriting it.

KITTY! Which one is that?

You ain't old!!!! It could be the body adjusting to new/more stuff, but I am by no means a health care professional.

The new one, Jahe "Deathwish." She, too, loves Moose but she moves too fast for me to get a pic of them together. I went off to the kitchen for ONE MINUTE tonight and she and Phoebe were having a Moose war on my bed when I got back!

Sure. Could be all those things. Have you ever actually been fitted to an indoor cycling bike by a knowledgeable instructor? If you go early to a class, they should be able to do that (or arrange in advance to do it). If they look at you like you're from Mars, find a knowledgeable instructor to help you (or we can do a pretty decent descriptive job here). Then remember your settings (either by that specific model of bike or by body landmarks).

The other maxim to remember is try not to do anything on an indoor bike that you wouldn't do on an outdoor one.

She looks like she might have some oriental breed in her.  The cat I mean.  Siamese maybe with that pointy face.

So yeah.  We have mentioned it a few times and there is a link in the roster that I created (which you can feel free to copy and paste into your training log) but Chris has kindly set up a Manatee Bike Gallery for all of our bike pjorn.

So, if you have a bike that you want added to the gallery, post it or somehow get a link to Chris and if you are nice, he'll probably add it to the gallery ;-)