Welcome Spinning News Readers! Would a mentor have helped you when you first started teaching Indoor Cycling? Or are you interested in developing a mentoring program for your club? Jennifer Sage and I discuss the benefits of mentoring with Bob Rebach, or SpinBob as he is known on the forums. Bob has...

Interview with Keith Burnage, AKA Keifer as he is known on the Indoor Cycling Forums. Keith is as close to an expert with Mix Meister music software as I have been able to find. Cadence Revolution is a weekly Music Podcast that Keith discribes as: A weekly sixty minute Podsafe mix of fitness music to...

Jesse Piersol is a frequent contributor to the Spinning News and also an Adjunct Professor at West Chester University. There she teaches Public Speaking as well as Business and Professional Speech Communications. We discuss an article she wrote for the June 2007 issue – Literally Speaking. Jesse...

The three winners of a set of three Bike-O-Vision DVD’s are: Angie Cupp – Kingsville, Texas Kara Vandenberghe – Petrolia, Ontario Canada Terry Schamp – Denver, Colorado Listen to their interviews here Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this...

Jennifer Sage’s new ebook* is now available! Order Your Copy Here Download the Intro and Table of Contents Keep it Real in your Indoor Cycling Classes Why should I read this book? As an Indoor Cycling Instructor, you love having road cyclists in your class. All winter long they come with their...

Amy and I got to participate in the final stop on the Global Ride Road Show.

Hi It’s -5 below zero (F) here in Minneapolis as I write this. After listening to Ryan Hogan, from the Australian Fitness Network, describe how nice it is in Sydney I’m ready to go! Ryan, Jennifer and I discuss Indoor Cycling Down Under (but no, he wouldn’t give me a proper Good Day...

Minneapolis was the last stop on the Global Ride Tour. It was at Pedal Indoor Cycling Studio a wonderful private studio in NE Minneapolis. The studio’s owner Maryjo Hackett made everything work on short notice. I had a chance to sit down and hear from Spinning Instructor Gene Nacey about his two...

After interviewing representatives from both Saris and Keiser, I have watched the debate about Indoor Cycling Bikes with power readings i.e. Keiser M3 vs. CycleOps Pro 300PT, with great interest. The CycleOps Pro 300PT IC Bike uses a version of their “Powertap” hub to sense torque. The...

Thanks to all of you who have already completed the survey! We are getting lots of good ideas for future shows. I will be announcing the winners on December 20th and each winner will have the chance to be on a Podcast with me and Jennifer + win a set of 3 Bike O Vision DVDs! If you haven’t done...

I’m continuing my series on Indoor Cycling Certification and Continuing Education programs. Clair Cafaro, the president of C.O.R.E CYCLING joins me from Toronto, Ontario Canada.  C.O.R.E is an acronym that stands for Creating the Optimal Ride Experience. Its an indoor cycling instructor certification...

I met Gene Nacey, the founder of Global Ride, LLC, at the Heart Zones Convention last month. Gene premiered one of his new Virtual Ride DVD’s during an Indoor Cycling Class. What’s unique about these DVD’s is that you can teach to them. I had a chance to talk with Gene during a short...