BikeFan
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- Joined
- May 12, 2003
And in this class, our heart rate stats are up on a big screen for everyone to see, along with calorie burn, etc. The numbers don't lie, I've consistently been the lowest in the class since the beginning of the year and I'm sure to others, it doesn't even look like I'm trying. I am CRAZY self-conscious about it, even though I (and the instructors) know that it's a victory that I'm getting there and moving at all. You just never know what's going on with other people, so yeah, if it's more important to you to judge someone else rather than focus on your own workout, maybe you're the one with the problem.
I'm not sure I'd be a fan of that stat screen up there for everyone to see. That sounds unnecessarily harsh to have it in full view of everyone like that. Good on you for still going to class anyway.
You bring up a good point though - we don't know about what's going on with other people. I had a very fast runner friend who got a heart virus, and was told to stop running completely by her doctor. Eventually, she healed up enough to be able to resume hiking and other outdoor activities she loved, but she couldn't ever return to the runner she was because it would be too much stress on her damaged heart. Looking at her, you'd never know she had a heart problem, but it was there and she couldn't really exert herself because of it.