Cosmic Spin

The short work week hadn't make life easier what with my lousy mood and all ... so needless to say, my body and soul were just so glad for the reprieve on the Good Friday weekend.

Headed down to Paragon FF at 9am. Never been to Paragon and didn't had the time nor mood to check out the gym on their website before heading down. Was expecting an older, non-descrip gym so was pleasantly surprised when I saw that the gym was HUGE, quite new still, comfortable (the changing room was just like RQ or GeorgeSt). I was already lost even before I got INTO the gym! They had these gantries set up at the entrance where members were suppose to slide their membership card across a device attached above the gantry. I had to ask the front-line staff for help before I successfully got myself into the gym -_-"

The gym, shaped like a horse shoe, was well-equipped. There were rows of treadmills, elliptical & step machines on one side of the gym. Lots of weight machines and stuff. Definitely worth checking out! And surprisingly the gym was already busy early in the morning. Physically I was feeling really lethargic and so just did my strengthening exercises and just roamed around the gym while waiting for the spin class to start.

Spin class was led by one of my fav instructors, Rue. She is this very cool, tough-looking (not those sweetie pie type of gal), almost no-nonsense and those work-u-damn-hard instructor. Being a holiday, FF had special class schedules and Rue was gonna conduct this 75 mins spin class. I was really game to try the class despite my really tired body, will be a good workout to start the long weekend and to purge all the negativity in my body i reasoned :P

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the spin studio was not any like I've ever seen! It was pitch black with images of the planets & galaxies painted on the black walls. There were also UV lights and all, making one feel like he/she is in outer space. Very interesting concept and that lifted my spirits and made me die-die-want-to-try the spin class. Needless to say, thoughts of backing out of the spin class flew out the window :)

The class was full and thankfully I managed to register early. The whole experience in the darkened spin room was good. The semi-darkness made me less self-conscious, also less conscious of my surroundings and I was able to just listen to my own body and spin accordingly. I couldn't see where my resistance knob was at and so I didn't had to feel guilty about not turning up the knob high enough etc. Basically just spin according to how my body felt ... SHIOKZ!

Rue was GREAT! She was motivating, psyching the "team" (this is what the instructors will term us all while spinning. Sometimes they use the term "crew") up, cheering us on and throughout she was working so hard and yet still shouting out instructions to us without panting into the mike! SALUTE! And she has this very cute smile that didn't leave her face ... amazing! If only I could be half as fit as her! Will be damn happy liao lor!

That's not all, there was another, I suppose, trainee instructor that day that provided much distraction for me during the 75 mins :P This eye-candy of an instructor has well-toned and defined biceps with a pretty face to boot. Though Divey (yes, she decided to hit the gym for the spin class after a morning biking session on the road *faint*) thought he seemed gay-ish ? His instructor skills were anything to boast about but aww well, who cares as long as I get some distraction during my torturous spin class eh ? hahaha :P

Very enjoyable spin experience what with the cosmic experience, the great instructor & some yummy eye-candy ... the 75 mins almost seemed enjoyable "endurable"

After the good workout, we treated ourselves to some healthy buckwheat soba at the Simbashi Soba restaurant at the basement. Also had a toufu dish that didn't look very healthy ... but tasted all-so-yummy! Glad to be able to catch up with Divey a little!

Great workout with Roentgen & Divey. Thanks for the company ! :)