IT

Terrific class this morning my dear friends. THAT was the way it's done. So if someone could please explain to me the difference between this morning and any of the other, proceeding 10 years of spin sessions, for the benefit of all mankind in adherence to the scientific method, please feel free to volunteer an opinion. 

OK, I'll start. 

We introduced a new theme. No longer is it sufficient to merely sit and spin. The days of grunt and grind are gone. You have now, officially, entered the realms of the superior. Where average, good, medium, okay and normal are anything but. As well as totally unacceptable. 

You have now experienced the above average, the better, the higher, the more, teetering on sublime. We have added an element so powerful that it has changed everything. It has pushed you to heights you once thought unreachable, to levels previously inaccessible and to gains once suspected to be impossible. 

And we accomplished all this without taking drugs, blood doping or getting therapeutic use exemptions!

We earned it. We worked hard, consistently overloading our systems in order to stimulate muscular adaptation. As we orchestrated this minor miracle, we were simultaneously increasing the performance levels of our hearts and lungs. We are also learning how to breathe properly and to most efficiently impact our range of motion. 

Excellent. 

But not IT.

The IT is attitude. The IT is enthusiasm. The IT is inviting your gumption to the party. AND DEMONSTRATING IT. SHOWING IT TO THE WORLD. SHARING IT WITH THE UNIVERSE. 

That was the difference. The very moment you accepted this premise as truth, everything changed. You were suddenly responsible for its manifestation. You had to prove it. You had to show that you understood. 

And you did.

At right: The HoM Attitude Room.