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I was going through my list of fitness-related blog links and realized I have some that need to be shared. I try to keep them around long enough to see if I can fit them into a specifically-themed post in some way, but these span a wide range of topics -- I either haven’t had a chance to use them all yet, or they fit into categories I’ve already written about. Some of them were written last year, but they’re great posts and the bloggers are still blogging.
Biking
Jeanne at Not Born to Run had a friend spend multiple hours teaching her how to replace the tires on her bike. But first, the lesson included getting the bike into her car:
[H]e had to first TALK ME INTO GETTING THE BIKE INTO THE CAR. Which involved taking off the front tire. I actually printed out his directions and read them while performing. Cuz performing was what I was doing in my parking lot at work (where I keep my bike), trying to read while unscrewing this and moving the seat, and the pedals...well, heck, I'm might as well just share it all with you, should you ever have a need.
Alice in Blunderland says that biking in heels isn’t as hard as it sounds, but it attracts attention.
On my way home last night, I was stopped at a red light on E Street, and this group of teenagers was crossing in front of me, one of them singing "Low" by Flo Rida. I laughed at his antics. After they crossed, they turned right to head up the street on which I was stopped. He took a sideways glance at me, then turned to his friends with much fanfare, and shouted "Yo, this girl's ridin' a bike IN HEELS!!" One of his female friends replied "Wow, that takes talent."
Kickboxing
The Adventures of KVV: when a girl in her kickboxing class had the bad etiquette to stand directly in front of her, she found it difficult to concentrate.
Her arms were flailing, her shoulders were out of control, who knows what her legs were doing, but absolutely none of it went to the beat of the music! I have never in my life seen someone completely devoid of any rhythm!! [...] My frustration started out-weighing my fascination and by the end of class I was pretending to punch her lights out and kick her head off... However, I think she thought I was really out to get her because at the end of class, when I smiled at her, she shot me a very evil look... oops.
Kayaking
Weight and Paint took a kayaking lesson and loved it.
We got a lot of paddle time: it was a four-hour class and I think we spent at least 2 hours in the water, maybe more. None of us wanted to get out when the class was over! I think I did well with the various strokes. It requires a lot of torso rotation; it's not all arm-power. I've always had great obliques, don't know why, and am much stronger in twists than straight back-and-forth stuff, so I think I got the form pretty well. I was only a little sore and a little tired the next day, so that is an indication that I was doing it right.
HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)
Tokaiangel talked about her experiences with HIIT. One example:
Session 2: Treadmill. Worked much, much harder during the intervals this time with faster sprints and steeper gradients all the way through - still managed to complete the 20 minutes without pausing. Felt very pleased with myself for seeing it out. Got LOTS of weird looks from the girls on the machines next to me. Felt secretly quite pleased for being so hardcore.
Zumba
Greta says It’s Fun to Zumba at the YMCA. Here’s a snippet of what happened when she and her friend Kiki tried it for the first time.
Kiki: Are your shins hurting already?
Greta: (inaudible from the panting)
Kiki: Seriously, shin splints.
Greta: Um...I’m trying just not to piddle. There’s a lot of bouncing involved in the Tango.
Kiki: Oh. I’ve for sure wet myself. And this isn’t Tango it’s Salsa.
Greta: Then I need chips and a margerita.
Running
Luanne gives her Top 10 (tongue-in-cheek) reasons for why she used to run marathons.
2. Blingy medals - as if I was ever going to wear them anywhere except home from the finish line. I have yet to see one around some one's neck at church or a
