Archive | November, 2009
Indoor Cycling and Spinning® Class DVDs

Indoor Cycling and Spinning® Class DVDs

The number of Indoor Cycling and Spinning® Class DVDs available has grown exponentially over the last year. My students have really enjoyed having something to watch… other than me There are many different ways you can use these in your class and we will be exploring them in a future episode of the Indoor Cycle

071 ICI Podcast #71 – Indoor Bike Maintenance Expert Jeff Wimmer

071 ICI Podcast #71 – Indoor Bike Maintenance Expert Jeff Wimmer

 Jeff Wimmer’s name came up during our interview with Johnny G last year. (I’ve been trying to get him on the Podcast ever since) Jeff and his company StudioCycles is recognized by most of the Indoor Cycling Bike Manufactures as the expert when it comes to maintaining those poor bikes that are so often ridden

A Forum We can Call Our Own!

A Forum We can Call Our Own!

Big Announcement for ICI/PRO Members! We have partnered with Pedal – On to provide our ICI/PRO Members with their very own Forum. Here is a short video that shows how to sign up and request membership in the ICI/PRO Group at Pedal-On

Bike Torture Chamber

Bike Torture Chamber

See how lucky we are! We get to ride in a nice studio with our friends while these poor sods grind it out, all alone, in some dark & smelly basement. Actually this is only one of many cyclist submitted (they’re actually proud of this) pictures of Bike Torture Chambers over at http://www.thesufferfest.com While you

What are the top three reasons for people joining a health club?

What are the top three reasons for people joining a health club?

Here is an interesting article from IHRSA IHRSA recently (April 2009) conducted a survey of 1,000 Americans and asked them why they are attracted to their health club, what their personal goals were, and if they were not members of a health club, what prevented them from joining. The responses were very interesting. When members

My apologies to Windows Media Player, Zune – MP3 Player users!

My apologies to Windows Media Player, Zune – MP3 Player users!

Please forgive me MP3 users! I just received an email from Terrance, a listener to the Podcast, who alerted me to a problem; One note or request about the Podcasts; Can you add the show or episode number when creating the show?  I see that you add it to the title but there  is a

Bicycle Power Calculator at http://www.indoorcycleinstructor.com

Watt Is Power?

Watt Is Power? Or rather what is power? With a title like that, we could be here for days.  Perhaps a better title would have been: What Is Power As It Relates To Cycling or even more to the point would be: Training on Indoor Cycling or Spinning® Bikes With Power.  But as you see,

How do you bring music to your class?

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Proper spinning bike maintenance at www.indoorcycleinstructor.com

Bike Maintenance? We don’t need no stinking bike maintenance!

Short notice but I have an interview with Jeff Wimmer of Studiocycles.com and BikeTekUSA.org today, Saturday Nov 14th, at Noon PST.  As far as I can tell JEFF IS THE EXPERT when it comes to Spinning and Indoor Cycling bike setup, maintenance and repair for any model bike you use. I’m planning to discuss his

Lower back pain

INJURED? THINK TWICE BEFORE POPPING THAT PILL

Pain sucks. When we get injured or sore or uncomfortable, we instinctually try to fix it. We reach into our medicine cabinets, pop some pills, and “get back out there.” But are we really doing ourselves a service? Can we actually be inadvertently putting ourselves at risk? Turns out, maybe so. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs),

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