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I am a member of a gym that has a location near my office and one near my home.  They offer a lot of spin classes that fit my schedule so it is a great convenience.   Exercising at home has never worked well for me, too many distractions or reasons to procrastinate.

Im also a male (pig) and the scenery in spin class is soooo much better than that found in my basement. 

I have never ridden a trainer so I dont know which would give a better quality workout.  When I get out of spin class I am soaked in sweat and when I wear my heart rate monitor the rate is close to what I get on the road.

Thanks guys...  I have a gym membership where I will swim, lift and hope to bike.  I was going to buy a trainer last week, but it was going against my mantra of doing the 1st year on the cheap to make sure I am going to like this and stick with it.   So I reconsidered and bypassed the trainer. 

My wife does spin classes 3x a week and swears by them.  She used to competitively mountain bike ride and she says shes in better shape now from spinning.  I'll be at the gym anyway so hitting a spin class or even just using the machines for the requisite time in my plan will/should be easy. 

Oink!

Thanks for the replies. 

I'm going to go with the spinning to the extent of available classes and use the machine when classes are not available.  If/when it is nice, I'll ride my piece o'crap mountain bike outside. 

Sorry I missed the chat.  I went running and forgot all about it until I logged in to put in my workout info.  I tried to get into beginner chat about 925 central but was denied because I'm a cheap bastard and won't pay for the bronze membership. 

Hey guys,

 I am sorry but i will miss the chat tonight.  I don't know if it was the gas they gave me at the dentist or just that it has been a really hard week but i was falling alseep driving home from work tonight (not good).  I am going to go take a hot shower to get cleaned up and then hit the hay.  I should be sawing logs by the time you have the chat going.

First one there open a chatroom called Hikergerb's group - like you did last week Ken.

I'm really sorry.  I'll get in on the next one.  Why don't you all drop me a line or two and let me know how the training is going.

 Steve

I'm hoping you all forgave me last night.  I was just exhausted.  I'm doing much better this morning.  Looks like we have about half of the group that can't chat so we should try and stay in touch through PM's and Inspires.

Lisa - It is fun when you get to the point where you enjoy the workouts.  I actually miss them when I am down for a while.

MID MONTH CHECK IN:

GOALS:

Swim: - 4h
Bike: - 14h
Run: - 15h

ACTUAL THRU 1/15

Im close to where I planned.  Foot and knee are showing some improvment.  Still questionable if I can run a half marathon on 2/17.

Sorry about not posting yesterday - swamped at work!

I am behind on all of my goals for the month.  Being sick the first week didn't help.  Also since I have yet to be in the pool I have no hope of making my swim goal.  This is an example of having to roll with the punches.  I could get worked up and over train the next two week and screw myself up or I can write off the messed up training and go gorward which is the approach I preffer.  I should come close on the bike and run though.

Good morning all!  It is indeed an effort to get my arms up to the keyboard this morning!  In the pool at 530 this morning...

My progress toward my goals is mixed.  I changed up my plan about 10 days ago so my goals are different.

My initial goals were:
Run            680 min
Swim          54 min
Bike           108 min
Bootcamp   240 min
Core           60 min.

Changed training plans, updated goals:
Run            734 min
Swim          73 min
Bike            102 min
Bootcamp   240 min
Core           60 min

At the halfway point…
Run            6h 46m  - A bit behind
Swim          22m  - On target
Bike           15m  - On target
Bootcamp   What bootcamp?
Core           20m  - Way behind

Well, I ordered a new bike today:

Specs are here: http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/windsor/kennet_07.htm

Now I just have to figure out how to pay for it.