Goodness me Kim!
This is indeed a new side to you - exciting! I also wasn't sure what Duber meant, but now you've explained I get it.
I'm really enjoying this gym idea - the fact is that you're doing a lot more than you usually might on your own, which is really commendable. I think I'll suggest the same thing to my own gym - I want to join in too!
In your bike ride at the gym, which bike did you use? There's 2 at mine - the one with the back support, and the one without. My personal trainer advised the one without the back support because apparently you then have to engage your core muscles to maintain your balance. But it can be really uncomfortable - it'd be cool to get an idea of what you do so I can maybe vary my routine.
Hi Rho~ I use the bike without the back support, I always try to sit up straight even at work, I see so many older ladies who hump over and I really don't want that to happen to me, it has to be painful. I would guess everytime I go to the gym and do my 2 hour workouts I must burn close to 1000 calories as Wishes said I was probably doing the 500 on the bike, then I go into my full blown cardio groove class for an hour and I know I have to be buring at LEAST 500 in that one, it's no stop and I really work it hard. If you keep up the work your doing now, I'm sur in a month or so you too will be burning those major calories at the gym. GOOD LUCK!!