You’ve heard of lactate threshold and anaerobic threshold, but have you heard of functional threshold? Ventilatory threshold? MLSS? OBLA? Do these terms only add to the confusion? There are about as many different terms to express what’s going on at this point as there are definitions to...

Everybody knows that nutrition is important. Whether a student’s goal is fat-burning or human performance, if the proper fuel isn’t there, the goal won’t be achieved. The problem is that it can be too easy to feed your students through the firehose on Day 1, scaring them away with big words...

While I was nearly drowning swimming today, I wondered if there were any other Indoor Cycling Instructors training for a Triathlon who would like to be “virtual” training partners. If so email me john (at) indoorcycleinstructor.com I made this video using my new iPod Nano. Very cool little...

I thought I’d post my profile for my ride this morning in class because it really worked out well and I feel simply awesome! Every now and then I dig around in my profile book and resurrect one I hadn’t done in awhile – the last time I did this one was last year during Base Building,...

After an exhausting but exhilarating week of grand opening festivities, I’m thrilled to unveil the new Spinning® studio at Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. Transforming a basketball gym into an indoor cycling studio was challenging, but with the help of a passionate Student Activities Staff...

Our friends at Pedal Studio in London are hosting a Charity Spinning Indoor Cycling Strength Ride to benefit Partners In Health and the people of Haiti on Saturday the 30th at 12:00. Partners In Health (PIH) PIH has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years. Partners In Health (PIH) works...

I’ve been holding back on presenting the threshold field test as an audio profile for ICI/PRO members simply to give you all time to learn more about what threshold is and to sell you on the concept so you can sell it to your students. You needed to ponder how to answer HR questions your confused...

This post from http://www.stage5cycling.com/news/they-were-in-shock and has been re-posted with permission. By Tom Scotto You don’t want to continually warn people how hard your certification testing is because it always sounds like you’re just trying to hype things up. That was never our intention....

The needs of Haiti and her people are of Biblical proportions and will continue to be. Earlier this week I challenged anyone to put together a fundraiser using your indoor cycling program. I very quickly threw together some suggestions on how to do that to someone who asked for some tips on how to do...

How does a beverage that has zero calories make you fat? My mother was addicted to diet sodas, she often drank more than a 6-pack a day of Tab (ugh, ever drink that? Abominable!) or Diet Pepsi when I was growing up. She was one of those women who lived their lives on a diet, and was never really very...

Ben Greenfield is our newest ICI/PRO Team Contributor. Through his new RockStar Triathlete Academy, Ben has promised to help me with my training for the three Multi-Sport events I have committed to this summer. Besides all of his education and experience as a competitive endurance athlete Ben is an Indoor...

When I am taking a class, it kills me to hear the same command over and over and over again. If all an instructor knows how to say is, “Turn it up” to tell you to add resistance, it always felt so uncreative and boring. I love to find different ways to say the same thing, and to teach instructors...

I received a great question from Spook on how to teach the Got Strength audio profile, (December) which uses the bpm of various songs to dictate rpm on hills, going through a pyramid from the low end of the cadence range to the high end and back down. I wanted to post it here for you  because my answer...

6 years ago I sat in front of my television and watched the same horrific videos over and over and over again of the destruction in Thailand and Indonesia from the tsunami. Aside from sending in my own donation, I was torn, because I wanted to do so much more. Like many, I wanted to go out there to help!...

Tyler Hamilton rides with a broken collarbone at the 2003 Tour de France When you are the author of a “How-to” book, it’s admittedly hard to separate your own bias. I mean, I believe in my heart of hearts that there isn’t an instructor out there who shouldn’t read this book,...

It was 1994 and I had just carried my two daughters (Abby 4 & Carly 8 months) up to bed. As I sat down to read them a story I realized I needed to wait until I caught my breath before I could start the story. 15 years of smoking and little or no exercise had done me no good. It was then and there,...

ICI’s very own Dr. Haley Perlus was recently selected by IHRSA (The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association) as an industry leader. This is an incredible honor, and we want to congratulate her for her contribution to the fitness world. To start off the new year right, IHRSA has...

- It worked for Subway so now Taco Bell has launched their “Drive-Thru Diet” complete with a spokesperson who supposedly lost 54 pounds eating at Taco Bell. What began with Subway Jared will be continued by Drive-Thru Christine. As you know, the Drive-Thru Diet® menu is not a weight-loss...

Will you be there? Here is the link for more information Spinning® Nation 2010 2/27/10

Sunday at 8:00 pm EST we will conduct our next teleseminar. The topic will be “How Big is Your Why” which refers to the compelling reason behind your goals. [Check your email for the number and connection code]. I will be giving tips on how to ensure you actually achieve your goals, instead...