So my wife comes home from a early morning indoor cycling class and starts telling me how it went. She was a little frustrated because the regular instructor was away on vacation for a few weeks and this morning they had a sub. There were a number of things she said that were amuzing (from an indoor cycling perspective), but this one took the prize hands-down.
During class the instructor is yelling “seven”. My wife, uncertain to what this means, asked the rider next to her. They don’t know so my wife yells out to the instructor “what is 7?” The instructor replies, “you know….4..5..6..7″. Well that clears it up. A bit later the instructor asked people to work at “6..ish”. Now is that between 5 and 6 or 6 and 7?
Hearing my wife’s comments, and those of others, continues to fuel my passion to bring real cycling and training to the indoor masses. I’m not down on instructors or blame them. Often times we are only using what we have seen or have been taught. All we can do is be the best we can be…..or at least the best-ish.
