It was a little bit scary but honestly so fun. I just hope that I gave my students a good workout and they liked my music and walked away thinking, "Hm, I might come back next week!"
I practiced my playlist yesterday afternoon, so needless to say I was completely physically drained by 7pm, but found the energy to teach and jump around on pure adrenaline alone.
Here's the profile I used. I found that it's really hard, has not too much recovery time, and a lot of sprints. Oops! Way to kill 'em your first class, Danielle.
1. Black & Gold - During the warm-up song, which has a really great beginning section for talking and explaining safety precautions, we began in the seated flat. Then added light to moderate resistance and I demonstrated second and third position while the class followed along
2. Light it Up - Jumps from first to second position during the verses, seated acceleration while adding in resistance during the chorus.
3. Alive - First climb of the class. Add a gear every time the music gets more intense. First half of song seated climb, second half is standing climb.
4. Hands to Myself - 1 min. of recovery in seated flat. Jumps from first to second position during the song, adding in resistance while in second position during each chorus. 1 min. seated acceleration with heavier resistance during the very last chorus (it feels intense!)
5. The Right Song - Seated for verses, moderate to heavy resistance in second position for the chorus
6. Temperature - Jumps! Take two 8-counts to travel from first, to second, to third, to second, to first. Add in a gear in the saddle occasionally. Cut jump time in half to one 8-count midway through song.
7. Renegades - Gear training. Put three gears on, take two off. Repeat 3 times.
8. Something About You - Heavy climb. Add a gear about every 30 seconds for a total of 8 gears. First half of song seated, second half is standing climb.
9. Work - Jumps from first to second position during the chorus, standing flat for verses. Light to moderate resistance throughout.
10. Get Ugly - Seated with moderate resistance during verses. Seated climb with acceleration during chorus.
11. Wildest Dreams - BIG FINISH. 1 min. seated flat. Add in resistance as music builds. Sprints during the chorus, pop out to third position to gain momentum and back down to seated, peddle it out. Meet in second position to run up hill during first sprint. Second sprint is all out in the saddle until the end.
12. The Morning - Cool down song. Seated flat with upper body stretches while in the saddle and lower body stretches off the bike.
* I meticulously searched for the clean versions of these so as to not offend anyone in my class since I wasn't sure of my demographics yet.
For a first class, I think I did pretty well!
I do think that some things I could probably work on would be:
- Talking too much
- Being sure to clearly explain the different positions at the beginning of class
- Trying to get off the bike more
- Speaking more clearly since the mic SUCKS.
I'll be posting all of my playlists here as they accumulate with descriptions of the actions for each song, so stay tuned!
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