I’ve recently started spinning Tuesday evenings and oh boy… It’s not a stroll in the park. After briefly seeing the spinning classes while walking through the gym, I gave it some thought and noticed that there weren’t very many young people, it was mostly moms and elders. Now, I’ll admit, I was quick to judge and I assumed this workout would be easy. But, I was in for a surprise… Here are my thoughts in memes during my 1 hour spinning sessions. Prepare yourselves for humor, sweat and Ariana Grande.

1. What’s the difference between easy and hard resistance?

“Put your resistance to hard, you’re biking through mud!!!” My thighs are dying, is this normal or am I on an abnormally high resistance? Will she notice if I turn it down? What if I’m just a weakling?

2. I think I broke my butt as well as my vagina.

This might be a little TMI but the spinners who are reading this right now know what I’m talking about…

3. Wait, you don’t just ride the bike?

According to my spinning instructor, you also “dip” and you can also do “jumps” all while pedaling through hell.

4. Don’t look at the time.

Of course, every time I tell myself this, I end up looking at the time just to see that our spinning session is nowhere close to being done.

5. I wonder if I look like Ariana Grandes Dangerous music video.

6. I’m going to look exactly like Ariana Grande after this spinning session!

!!

7. OK, it’s been almost a full hour and my spinning instructor still has the motivation to encourage us to go faster. How does she do it!?

8. Finally, it’s over. So, when’s the next spinning class?

Spinning classes have taught me a lot, I swear it’s also a mental workout. When I’m spinning, my body takes over and I’m there sweating my butt off thinking about how I must keep pedaling. Surprisingly, I really get in touch with myself. I zen out of my real problems and fully concentrate on myself and this bike. All the stress I was dealing with is literally being sweated out and my only focus is to nail this spinning class. I may be complaining about how I feel like I’m dying, but at the end of the class, I sign up for the next one. Spinning is truly addicting, and yes, sometimes I secretly do think I look like Ariana Grande when I spin.