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Even though I am not really following along with the class's program or the sprints and grinds and up off the seat and down on the seat HIIT system, being in a class and having a trainer and being committed to not farting around at all during the 45-60-minutes the class takes place, makes it all worth it for me.

I really enjoyed my second first ride. While yesterday was my first first ride back, I didn't reach any flow. It was just a shakedown. Yesterday's was more fun. I felt back at home. And, I stayed within my Maffetone range of 105-115bpm 90% of the time.

Join Chris Abraham as he shares his journey from slow jogging to intense spin classes and rowing. Learn about the importance of showing up, building habits, and the supportive fitness communities both online and offline.

I just committed an unlimited month, starting tomorrow, and aim to continue into the future.

How in the world can just 45-minutes of pedaling a stationary bike take my body to its physical limits?

Well, I have had so much fun going to indoor cycling class every day since Monday—even in all of this freezing Polar Vortex weather. I have taken a variety of classes, I have made friends, I have hopefully gotten stronger, but I can also feel a certain level of diminishing return from riding every day.

After an awesome ride at CYCLEBAR Columbia Pike over the weekend, the co-owner, John Ryan, mentioned that some riders at the studio ride three sequential rides—three rides in a row—and I thought, "maybe I can ride every day."

Today's my spin day. Tonight at 7:15--15-minutes early, as I always try to be--I'll be joining a new instructor, Sam, for a 7:30 ride called The After Party.

While I do concede that recovery days do rob me of valuable caloric expenditure, fitness is a series of ascending plateaus.

The pledge I made in my last post lasted only a couple hours until I both drank and ate chicken! Oy vey!