Cycling Group Observation

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On November 3, 2016 at 5:30 pm, I attended a cycling group fitness session instructed by Liza A. The class was held on the second floor of the Student Recreation Center. Cycling is a rigorous cardiovascular training using an indoor cycling bike. Through the workout you do sprints, jogging, and climbing in either position 1,2, or 3. The instructor used various motivational techniques. She would personally praise an individual for having good form and for excelling on the bike. After every sprint or high intensity interval, she would congratulate the class for doing a great job. One motivation technique that she used to get everyone to power through their last sprint was that she told everyone to do an intermediate recovery in position 3, which is standing up and hands on top of the handle bars, while one row at a time took their turn to do a 25 second sprint. This technique gave everyone the courage and mindset to know that for 25 seconds we can give it our all. …show more content…

There was various intensity level through the workout for warm up we stayed between 60-65 RHR, during the climb we would have a range of 65-75 RHR, the jogging intensity range was 75-85 RHR, and the sprints we had an intensity range of 95-105 RHR. The cycling class was a 50-minute workout session. The workout consists of 5 minutes’ warm-up, 40 minutes of the actual workout and 5 minutes for a cool down and stretch. This workout has a steady incline and have its peak at the end right before the cool down. The workout is a cardiovascular workout that targets the lower body and abdomens area of the

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