If you have ever tried to remove the shoe clip from these Schwinn® Triple Link Pedals, then you know exactly what I’m talking about! “Can you help me take these off? Always 2 minutes before class starts & leads to: Bruised knuckles Broken finger nails – 1/2 of us instructors...

I received a nice gift Friday from Liz and Jan Hunter @ Bike-O-Vision. THANK YOU! It was their latest DVD release Hawaii’s Big Island. Amy and I used it in the 2 hour class we taught on Saturday.

Amy found this hat on a Group Fitness Instructor site and thought some of my participants would want one.

Here is a quick step-by-step guide. Take a picture of yourself with your class or on your instructor bike. You may want to ask your club manager or one of the kids in the club’s childcare to take the picture so no one is left out. Attach it to an email to: john@indoorcycleinstructor.com Check...

I sleep better knowing that for 17 cents a night, everything I have saved on my computer is fully backed up. All my Indoor Cycling class music, profiles, playlists, files, pictures…everything. When I see the backup status report below, I know that my  three year old Dell laptop can fail tomorrow...

My wife suggested that some listeners (and a certain Group Fitness Podcast Host) may not understand the “subscribe in iTunes” thing. So I made a short video that demonstrates subscribing to her new show; Group Fitness Talk Radio! It takes you through the whole process and includes how to...

If you have ever tried to remove the shoe clip from these Schwinn® Triple Link Pedals, then you know exactly what I’m talking about! “Can you help me take these off? Always 2 minutes before class starts & leads to: Bruised knuckles Broken finger nails – 1/2 of us instructors...

Dennis Kesier, founder of Keiser Corporation and the Engineer of their M3 Indoor Cycling bike, joins me to talk about the physics of Indoor Cycling and to answer listener questions.  Dennis does an excellent job of describing what is Power, how is it measured and many of the specific differences between...

Amy is the “Senior Group Fitness Instructor” in our home so we thought she needed her own Podcast. Join host Amy Jo Macgowan and her entertaining guests as they explore your passion & your career as a Group Fitness and Exercise Instructor. Check it out and let us know what you think...

Too late to win my “most remote listener” contest but I wanted to get him on the site because they have a very cool studio. Wouldn’t you feel very special teaching with all those lights? Gary is the Group Exercise Manager for Fitness-First Middle East. They currently have two clubs...

Congratulations to contest winner Judith Buckley! Judith is a Spinning Instructor in Saudi Arabia where her husband maintains fighter jets for the Saudi Air Force! She wins a set of epicRIDES DVDs, courtesy of www.epicplanet.tv I’m planning to interview Judith in the very near future. I’m...

As a very proud father,  I can’t resist showing you a picture of my older daughter Abby with her Prom date Steve, just before they head off in a stretch Hummer Limousine with 24 of their friends. And yes, she gets her looks from her mother! This picture alone makes the expense for braces completely...

Jennifer is off to Italy to ride the Giretto! I had the chance to get an update as to her training and preparation for her participation in this year’s Giretto, a Livestrong fundraising event that is riding the first five stages of the Giro d’Italy ahead of Lance and all the other pros....

What if you lost it all? How much time and money would it take to replace it? That was the question my brother Dan asked me. Dan is the computer wiz in my family and makes his living fixing computers. When I checked I saw I have over 12 GB of music on mine! That equals roughly 2600 songs + all my pictures...