Shannon has been cranking up the intensity of her indoor cycling classes since October and we’ve all gotten much stronger as a result. Today was no different — once again she turned it up to eleven. But today, it was much easier to attain that level of intensity. Why? She put away the techno (which is still pretty good for the purposes of spinning) and busted out the heavy artillery.

The last time I was in a spin class where three songs by the same “artist” were played, I nearly removed myself from class right then and there. Today she kicked things off with three from Rage Against the Machine. THAT, my friends, is how you get the old Evinrude cranking at 5:30 in the morning. From there, she played a few nice Beastie Boys selections and went into a respectable set of butt rock tracks. The techno she chose as a closer was unfamiliar to me, but was also good.