Boy Band Ride (or Bringing Out My Inner Teenager)

On Saturday, there was a special ride at SoulCycle. It was going to be all boy band music!

When I was in high school, it was like the battle of the boy bands. You were either a fan of *NSYNC or the Backstreet Boys. I personally loved *NSYNC. I remember recording their Disney special onto a VHS so I could watch it again (this was a time before DVRs). I had their CDs, I went to their concerts (with custom-made t-shirts as well), and I even did the choreography for a high school lip sync contest for one of their songs. One of my craziest memories of being an *NSYNC fan was when I was a junior in high school. That year, I started school at 7am. And there was a radio contest for *NSYNC tickets on May 5th (they called it *NSYNCo de Mayo). I remember leaving the house at 4:30am (with my parents’ permission) to go try to win tickets before school. That’s dedication!

Anyway, I was beyond excited for this spin class!

When I arrived, the lobby area was all decorated with boy band pictures.

I checked in, put on my fancy bike shoes that I’m loving, and headed into class.

There was some One Direction music in there, but most of it was *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys. We were encouraged to sing along, and yes, I remembered the words to almost all the songs!

The instructor, Heather, was amazing! First of all, I like that she pointed out that I was singing along when she asked us to. I was working hard to sing so I like that she saw my effort. Also, during the class, Heather mentioned that she used to weigh over 200 pounds and has managed to lose the weight. I love getting to meet people like that, because I really feel that they get me. She never pointed out that I did most of the class sitting down (I’m going to ask my hip surgeon about doing the stand up work when I see him at the end of the week).

After the class was done, I was a sweaty mess, but I had to get a picture with Heather, who is now one of my favorite instructors!

I’m back to work this week, so I’m trying to figure out where spinning can fit into my life and not be an issue. I’m obviously not going to miss work to spin. I can’t do that with a seasonal job. I’m hoping that if I go early enough in the morning, I can make it back home to shower and then get to my job on time. I don’t know if I’ll try that this week since I’m going to be getting adjusted to being back on a 6 day a week work schedule, but I’m hoping that next week I’ll be back in the groove.

Thanks again to Heather who was such an amazing and motivating instructor!

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