This morning I taught two cycle
classes back to back.
I don’t normally do this, but the gym needed a sub and my students asked me to
teach so I said “o-k!”
Now to put this in perspective I’m not a
spring chicken. Teaching any kind of exercise class is challenging. With a few
years on my side and the intensity of a cycle class teaching two classes back
to back is no small feat. But I love teaching and I love the challenge.
After the
second class I asked myself if I thought I could teach back to back cycle
classes twenty years from now. I’ll be into my eighties, so I doubt I will be teaching
cycle unless I develop a senior cycle
class focused more on getting on and off the bikes and just moving without
intensity. I could play music from the sixties; wear hippie beads and burn
patchouli incense. Not such a bad idea!?
Then I had a
flashback to twenty years ago. In my
forties I doubt I would have been able to teach back to back cycle classes
without a few groans and moans. I wouldn’t have known how to pace myself and
instead would have burnt myself out trying to prove something. What, I’m not
sure, but I do remember in your forties you are trying to prove something; like how many of life’s metals can you pin to your
chest?
I’ve got a few metals on my chest, but I’ve also lost and left
many good ones behind. That’s o-k. I
made choices and those choices led me to the here and now.
There’s a
Crosby Still and Nash song called Slowpoke
that has a great line. “When I was
faster I was always behind.” And yes when I was younger I ran so fast that
I was always behind. I was always trying to get somewhere not realizing that
somewhere was in the moment. Once it’s gone-it’s gone. Now that I’m older, like
the song says, I just want to be a slowpoke. I want to embrace the moments. Especially
the ones where I feel good and I have lots of energy.
Two cycle classes back to back and
I’m now exhausted. I
did it to help out and to keep in the good graces of my students and employer.
I also made extra money which never goes unappreciated. I think it’s time to
relax and may-be call it a day.
“Slowpoke I want to run with you.
Wear all your clothes and do what you do. We got some things to find. When I was
faster, I way always behind.” Crosby Still and Nash
Doctor Lynn
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