Indoor Cycling Endurance Learning Class

Does you club offer a Indoor Cycling Movie Night? Mine does as a way to get people in for long rides minus the boredom Working on that concept would this work? Have an “Indoor Cycling Endurance Learning Class” where you play instructional DVDs on different topics. I got the idea over at EnduranceFilms.com I have a few of their Indoor Cycling DVDs and as I’m training for my first triathlon I was intrigued by this 5 DVD Triathlon Training Series.

2010 Ride of a Life Time Fitness Registration

I'm planning to ride this. Are you?

Life Time Fitness is planning an Indoor Cycling world record attempt on March 7th 2010 in Minneapolis MN.

Here is the link for more info on how to register so you can join me there.

You are invited to participate in the World’s Largest Indoor Cycling Event:

We will find out if 1,000 Spinning Indoor Cycling Bikes will fit in the Target Center

That was the heading of the email I just received.

It continued:

Life Time Fitness is holding a record breaking 2 Hour Spin class with 1000 bikes for the ride!  The event will be held March 7^th from  11am-1pm in the Target Center Downtown Minneapolis.  CEO and Founder Bahram Akradi, along with 4 of Life Time’s top spin instructors, will lead you through what is bound to be a tough but fun 2 hour ride!  During the ride you will have the BEST tunes spun by DJ Roberto Costa with various guest appearances that will keep you entertained throughout the ride.  In order to participate in this record breaking event, you will need to wear a Life Time Fitness jersey.  If you do not own one already, you can order one online or you can purchase the 2010 jersey from me for $49.95. (there’s always a catch; John)  Look for additional details this week on MYLT.com.  Your Group Fitness Department Heads as well as the General Managers of your home club will have sign up and jersey procurement information as well.

Please make sure that you reserve your space for this event AND spread the word!!!! (with 17,000 visitors  a month I’m guessing I’m doing more than my share :)

I will update you when I know more….

I’m curious to know, who exactly are “4 of Life Time’s top spin instructors?” Nobody called me

Spinning® Nation 2010 2/27/10

Will you be there?

Here is the link for more information Spinning® Nation 2010 2/27/10

We need a day of of our own

Wouldn’t it be cool if we, indoor cycling instructors, studios, enthusiasts, etc, had our own Indoor Cycling Day?

A special day where we would celebrate the move indoors as the days get colder and shorter?

Daylight Saving Day is the first Sunday in November (Nov. 1st this year) here in the USA, one week after our European friends (Oct 25th). This change in time and weather has always triggered the change in my own personal training schedule; except for an occasional ride on some odd nice weekend day, this is when I make the move indoors.

What if we celebrated Daylight Saving Day as our own “Indoor Cycling Day”. Does that make sense to you?

Perhaps you could plan a long endurance ride to welcome back everyone you haven’t seen in months; maybe we could tie it in with a fund raising event?

Let me know your thoughts on this in the comments box below. And, if you feel inclined, may you could volunteer to help with creating the actual event that we can promote right here on ICI.

Our Master Instructor is off to Interbike in Las Vegas

Our favorite Master Instructor is at Interbike this week promoting her VivaTravels Bicycle Touring Company.

Interbike on www.indoorcycleinstructor.com

Interbike is a huge trade show all about Bikes! Everything and anything relate (even remotely) with bicycles is on display there.

Jennifer will be reporting in soon as to all the cool bike stuff she saw and people she met.  Then Jennifer and I are meeting in the Denver Airport Thursday night as the start of a long weekend of, recording, Podcasting and writing the Audio PROfiles that our ICI/PRO members will be teaching the following week.

30 Year High School Reunion Day

Hard to believe but 30 years ago this summer I was heading off to college with my great hair.

To celebrate in my class this morning I used my favorite climbing song;  Strangle Hold (live version) from Ted Nugent. 8 min+ at 74 RPM.

I asked the class to visualize sitting in a smoke filled (don’t ask what kind) basement in 1979, listening to this record for the first time and knowing that 30 years later you would be climbing with it in a Indoor Cycling class.

I didn’t make any of previous reunions….I wonder how my old girlfriends look?

20 Years of Step Aerobics started with Gin Miller

What Johnny G is to Spinning & Indoor Cycling, Gin Miller is to Reebok Step Aerobics. This year at IDEA they are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Gin’s creation.

Gin’s story is very similar to Johnny G’s. They both needed to train differently, created a prototype, developed programing and through force of will and enthusiasm they changed the world!

Amy has a very fun interview with Gin over at Group Fitness Talk Radio where Gin tells her story.
Listen to the Amy’s interview with Gin below.

[audio:http://www.groupfitnessradio.com/audio/009_Gin_Miller.mp3]

Hip Openers for Cyclists – Summer Series of Yoga Video from ACE

Here are some great stretches you can use in your class. I found this over at the ACE site and thought you might find it interesting.

Most Remote Listener Contest Winner

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 very interested in hearing about the unique challenges faced by an instructor in a country that puts such severe limits on women. Here is an article from Reuters she passed on to me that illustrates what women in places like this face. Saudi Arabia clamps down on unlicensed female gyms