Fitness classes ‘make it burn’

by Brittney Jade Betzer BET05002@BYUI.EDU Scroll Staff

You are pushing a headwind, your thighs and calves are burning, you want to shift down so badly, then the encouraging voice of your Cycling 101 instructor tells you to keep pushing.

Robyn Grover, a sophomore from Kent, Wash., majoring in Health Science, helps students “make it burn” three days a week in the Hart building.

Grover said her main objective is to “help people get into shape and feel good about themselves.”

“Robyn’s class made me work, I definitely enjoyed it and I’ll be an avid cyclist from now on,” said Amber Graham, a sophomore from Newport Beach, Calif.

Grover was interested in teaching cycling after she had taken it herself, and then applied for the position with the aerobic training program.

Grover said students should, “give it at least one month, you can’t quit before that.”

Students don’t need any prior experience, said Tyler C. Horrocks, a freshman from Blackfoot, Idaho. “My first time cycling was alright. Some girl talked me into doing it.”     

Whatever the motives the classes are filled with diversity and are a major aerobic workout, burning upwards of 500 calories an hour.

Grover advises students to drink a lot of water before and after class, eat no more than one hour prior to the class and maintain a healthy diet.

Students work out to techno and remixed beats so that they can “stay pumped” said Grover. The cycling bikes have a pedal option for the training cyclist and toe clips that require regular tennis shoes for the novice rider.