Here’s a walking testament to the utter fallacy of (220 – your age) as a predictor of Maximum Heart Rate. Paul Pinkhouse Camerer is having his 93rd birthday today. To celebrate the occasion, Pinkhouse and a few of his friends will all train together at his home/cycling studio. During the training Pinkhouse will spend a large portion of… 
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Happy 93rd Birthday Pinkhouse!
PRO/Deal of the Week – Save 50% on Blink HR Monitors for your entire family
Santa Says; “It’s time you had a Blink Heart Rate Monitor of your own.” Today’s PRO/Deal of the Week is the perfect Christmas gift for yourself, your family members or friends planning to start a work out program in 2012. Sally Edwards says, “The joy of working out to blue, yellow or red cannot be…
Intro to ZONING in a CAN short video
If you teach “Club Athletes”, what many of us see as the majority of the student in our classes, and want to educate your students / clients on Heart Rate training program, I highly recommend you look into Zoning Fitness. In the video below, Chuck Cali and Sally Edwards present the Zoning Can – a complete…
ICI Podcast #177 – Problem Solved – Two Threshold / Three Zone Heart Rate Training In a Blink
For the past two year’s or so I have been lobbying for a universal “Standard” for the description of Heart Rate Training Zones. The purpose is to get all of us talking with a common language, so we aren’t confusing our students and help them reach their weight loss goals by training more effectively. I love what we have…
Free Heart Rate Monitor Inside
In a typical fitness conference “sponsorship”, Company A pays Event Promoter B a bunch of money to to be part of the event. That sounds good, but if you have been following us for any length of time you know that we don’t always do what’s “typical” here at ICI/PRO. So when Chuck Cali from…
ICI/PRO Podcast #163 – Tom Scotto on 2T/3Z Heart Rate Training Pt 2
Here is the continuation of my interview with Master Instructor Tom Scotto where we discuss if the 2 Threshold / 3 Zone system could have application in a power based class. During our conversation we discuss the idea of recruiting a number of our very intelligent Instructors to experiment with using a 2 Threshold / 3…
Is a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test realistic for your class? Part 3
In Part 1 and Part 2 of Is a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test realistic for your class? I was trying to make the point that although completely appropriate for Endurance Athletes, these 20 minute assessments aren’t really appropriate for the typical students in our Indoor Cycling classes. So if the old 220 – your age is a waste of…
Is a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test realistic for your class? Part 2
Who’s really in your class? Do you look up at a room full of smiling, fit, self-directed, endurance athletes? Or does your class more closely resemble the population where you live? In Part 1 I shared survey results that showed that a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test isn’t realistic (maybe practical would be a better…
Is a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test realistic for your class? Part 1
I am continually fascinated at the results of the Heart Rate Training Survey – Click here if you want to add your experiences. It’s well documented that a 20 minute Threshold Field Test is effective in determining an Athlete’s T2 (Anaerobic/Lactate Threshold) or FTP (Functional Threshold Power). In the past I’ve played the cheerleader for using 20 minute…
Using your Heart Rate Monitor as a GPS, not a speedometer.
Reaching the end of the MS150 yesterday Amy commented to me that she was still relatively fresh and willing to go longer… which was the exact opposite from last year when we arrived completely trashed at the end of both days. I was in complete agreement and began to wonder why I too felt great at the end of 150…
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