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Cycle-n-Sculpt
By Mike Gullickson
PHOTO BY PHOTO PHIL
Instructor Leslie McCoy leads the class in an invigorating sesssion of cycling. The Cycle-n-Sculpt class offers participants
a great cardiovascular workout.
Ifirst thought this would be a class Ritchie played. I thought I saw on the Cycle-n-Sculpt
where participants would jump off fitness room’s ceiling handprints, foot-
their bikes and apply paper mâché to prints and even a high heel caught in a Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m.
a chicken wire framework and sculpt a hanging sprinkler head, but maybe not. Cowan Creek
freestyle version of The Thinker. I was Strengthen and sculpt your body
wrong. It’s not that kind of sculpting After 30 minutes of cycling and stretch- with aerobic cycling and strength
at all. ing, weightlifting was next. It turns out training with various weight
this was the sculpting part of the class. equipment.
It begins with a warmup exercise. This They were sculpting their bodies!
warmup is more vigorous than many Questions?
of the other exercise programs I’ve ob- I personally like to think of this as
served. shape-shifting. I know this has other For more information about
connotations, but rest your mind because Cycle-n-Sculpt and other group
Immediately following the warmup, no one became wolves, eagles or pos- fitness classes, email Whitney
members take off cycling on their sta- sums, or at least I didn’t see that happen. Alexander at whitney.alexander@
tionary bikes. Everyone works at their sctexas.org or call 512-948-7753.
own pace. Cycle-n-Sculpt is an effective way to tone
your body and obtain the cardiovascular AUGUST 2015 SUNRAYS | 29
The exercise is done to ’60s music like benefits of aerobic exercise.
“Your Body, My body, Everybody, Move
your Body.” The class meets at 11 a.m. on Tues-
day and Thursday at the Cowan Creek
I actually believed it was impossible for Fitness Center. As with all Sun City
a stationary bike to exceed the speed of classes, you can work at your own pace.
light, but I swear I saw the instructor Exceeding or attempting to exceed the
blink out of sight into the future. speed of light is a personal decision and
not recommended.
When Tom Jones started singing, “Help
me build a mountain from my little pile
of clay,” I thought now the sculpting was
about to start. But no, it was just a song.
Then “Dancing on the Ceiling” by Lionel
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG
