Spinning Class Is Just Like Hollywood

posted by Rachael on Saturday December 5, 2009

Filed under: Miscellaneous Jackassery, Ranting

Spinning class is just like Hollywood.

We are surrounded by beautiful people.
Some are new and don’t have the right shoes.
Some have been here for years and we’ll never keep up.

We open our eyes and realize we are the only ones standing while everyone else is sitting.
We don’t think we can make it, so we slow down, sit down, put our heads down, and tell ourselves, “all that matters is to keep pedaling.”
We’re sure everyone sees we’re off rhythm, overweight and out of practice.

But look around.
Everyone is concentrated only on themselves.
Making it through their own workout.

There are moments when everything clicks, we’re on pace, sweating and smiling.
There are moments when we hear a lyric from a familiar song as if for the first time.
There are moments where it suddenly feels effortless.

From the outside we look like people on stationary bikes,
Spinning our wheels.