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Happy 93rd Birthday Pinkhouse!

John — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:30:28 +0000

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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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PRO/Deal of the Week – Save 50% on Blink HR Monitors for your entire family

John — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:00:32 +0000

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...

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Intro to ZONING in a CAN short video

John — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:57:04 +0000

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...

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ICI Podcast #177 – Problem Solved – Two Threshold / Three Zone Heart Rate Training In a Blink

John — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:38:23 +0000

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...

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Free Heart Rate Monitor Inside

John — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:23:20 +0000

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...

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ICI/PRO Podcast #163 – Tom Scotto on 2T/3Z Heart Rate Training Pt 2

John — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:43:21 +0000

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 /...

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Is a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test realistic for your class? Part 3

John — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:33:38 +0000

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...

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Is a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test realistic for your class? Part 2

John — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:53:27 +0000

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...

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Is a 20 Minute Threshold Field Test realistic for your class? Part 1

John — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:09:54 +0000

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...

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Using your Heart Rate Monitor as a GPS, not a speedometer.

John — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:02:22 +0000

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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The 80/20 Rule

John — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:51:56 +0000

Now I think we can start working on some solutions. While researching this article I learned that the the 80/20 rule is also called the Pareto principle. It’s more of a rule of thumb drawn from multiple examples where roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Group dynamics frequently follow this rule and here’s some...

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The Paradox of Choice – Why More Is Less

John — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:20:38 +0000

And less becomes a whole lot easier to understand and embrace… As I continue to collect responses to the Heart Rate Training Survey -513 so far, and I would still love to know your experiences – it’s becoming clear that beyond the confusing Heart Rate languages we use, the sheer number of choices we have...

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Do you teach with a focus on Heart Rate? Does your club promote it?

John — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:51:53 +0000

Response to the survey on Heart Rate Training has been fantastic! I want to thank the 474 of you have expressed your experiences We would still love to hear from you. Here’s the link to take the short, anonymous survey. I asked the question; Do you teach with a focus on Heart Rate? ...

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Heart Rate Training Survey – The Language Barrier

John — Mon, 30 May 2011 10:45:50 +0000

Memorial Day Weekend, for many of us here in the Frozen North, is the official start of home maintenance season. I found myself at the local big box home improvement store looking for some primer paint. A helpful person asked if I had any questions. I explained that I had some pealing paint that I intended to...

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Heart Rate Monitor Survey – Early Results

John — Wed, 25 May 2011 15:14:33 +0000

Thank You to the 354 of you who have completed our survey! It is greatly appreciated. Because I chose to keep the survey anonymous, if you asked me to contact you I don’t know who’s who. Please contact me directly. My goal is to collect 1,000 responses. If you haven’t yet, so please take two minutes...

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Where are you with Heart Rate Training?

John — Sun, 22 May 2011 15:03:17 +0000

A common theme in conversations I am having these days is; “today we we find ourselves right here… what do we need to do differently if we want to end up somewhere else next year?” I have created a short survey (it should only take about 2 minutes) to learn where you are with Heart...

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More on ZONING – the video!

John — Tue, 17 May 2011 17:08:56 +0000

In this post I mentioned that I was using a Blink Heart Rate monitor because I can’t see the numbers any more. It’s flashing light shows me when I’m below JRA ( T1 or aerobic threshold), between T1 and T2 (T2 is anaerobic threshold) or above T2. Very simple. I like simple when it comes to...

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I didn’t need to see this… even if I could

John — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:20:17 +0000

This came in the mail yesterday and all I could think was, “this has to be for my dad. It can’t be for me.” No, I’m not going to apply… I guess it just one more predictable thing that comes with reaching the half-way-point. (I’m 50 at the end of the month and I’ve taken to telling...

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Why we need a standard method to describe heart rate training zones part 2

John — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 15:31:09 +0000

Ask Amy about her biggest teaching challenge while on a working fitness vacation at a Caribbean resort and she will tell you it’s accommodating all the different languages of the guests. Jamaica is very popular among Europeans and Asians, so I one class she may have students that speak German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese. Many...

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ICI Podcast # 131 – Winter Training With Cycling Fusion

John — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 11:36:30 +0000

Winter Training is on the minds of many of your class participants starting today! Base building, maintaining fitness and improving power are all things that the endurance athletes are looking for from you and your class. Are you prepared to deliver these things? Gene Nacey from Cycling Fusion joins me to discuss why you should...

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Why we need a standard method to describe heart rate training zones part 1

John — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:13:08 +0000

If you listened to Podcast #130 where I debate Jennifer Sage on the question: Should we adopt a standard method of describing Heart Rate Training Zones? My argument is that until we (I’m talking about everyone in the fitness Industry) all speak with consistent language, manufactures will continue to put stickers like this on fitness...

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Great video for a 20 minute threshold test

John — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:51:40 +0000

I used Epic Planet’s video Epic Acadia this morning in a class I subbed. Because these early AM people are very committed and they all understand the value of Threshold based training, I knew I could lead them on a ride that included a 20 minute climb at (or very near) Threshold. The first 30...

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Pro Cycling Team Garmin Transitions Turns To New Leaf For Training

John — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:27:30 +0000

I became a huge fan of New Leaf Fitness Metabolic Testing a few years ago after I had my first Metabolic Assessment. Before that I was convinced that my AT (Anaerobic Threshold) was 155 BPM, only to learn it was actually 162 BPM. If you can stand the poor audio quality of one my earlier...

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Heart Zones® Training Rocks!

Gino — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:00:11 +0000

Tomorrow we officially hit the half way point of our 16 week Winter Training program at the Global Ride Training Center. We’ve employed the Keiser M3 power indoor bikes and Cycling Fusion principals to maximize our use of the indoor environment. However, the foundational basis of all this training is anchored in the most important...

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ICI Podcast #40 – iSpinning™ iPhone® App & SMHEART LINK™ from iTMP Technology

John — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:29:14 +0000

iSpinning™, the new iPhone® App, along with the SMHEART LINK™ is coming to your studio soon! Here’s the link to the new Class Builder iPhone App for Spinning Instructors. As an Indoor Cycling Instructor, I feel it will be helpful for you to have some understanding of how it works and the value it can bring to...

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ICI Podcast #36 – NuMetrex Instructor Panel Conference Call

John — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:12:00 +0000

Amy hosts this episode along with Celebrity Coach Dr. Alinda Perrine. Together they conduct a conference call with the Indoor Cycling Instructors who participated on our NuMetrex Panel. Listen as each Instructor describes her experiences teaching and working out with the NuMetrex Sports Bra and clip-on-transmitter. During the call Dr. Alinda gives some excellent advise...

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ICI Podcast #33 – Keiser Instructor Certification and New M5 Elliptical Trainer

John — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:57:24 +0000

Keiser Master Trainer Suzette O’Byrne and I discuss the initial response to their new correspondence Indoor Cycling certification course. Keiser has recently introduced their new M5 elliptical trainer and have created a certification program so you can bring the cross training benefits of an elliptical trainer into your class. Update: here is a video of...

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ICI Podcast #30 – Dr Alinda Perrine – Heart Rate Training & NuMetrex Instructor Panel

John — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:42:28 +0000

Dr Alinda Perrine joins me again! We discuss introducing Heart Rate Training to your Indoor Cycling Class and announce the formation of a NuMetrex Instructor Panel. One of the Instructor “testing” opportunities I was hinting about. Alinda is the Celebrity Coach for NuMetrex and and creator of ZoneX™ Sensible Heart Rate Training. About NuMetrex Strapless...

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Heart Zones JumboTRON Heart Rate Display

John — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:48:55 +0000

This was very cool. Here is a video of the Heart Zones JumboTRON in use. Sally Edwards demonstrated it at the Heart Zones Indoor Cycling Certification Conference I attended. Heart Rate and training zones for everyone in the class is displayed on the screen. The video playing on the right is the Hawaii Global Ride...

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ICI Podcast # 17 – Heart Zones USA Indoor Cycling Certification

John — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:21:52 +0000

Dr. Alinda Perrine, O.D., M.P.H. and Red Jersey / Master Trainer with Heart Zones USA conducted the Level 1 & 2 Indoor Cycling certification programs I completed during the Active Healthy Living conference this past weekend. I felt the program was very well presented and would prepare a new instructor to teach a very effective...

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My new HR Monitor

John — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:32:20 +0000

I got tired of replacing the chest-strap-battery in my old Nike monitor so I though it was time to upgrade. Based on the recommendation from a Personal Trainer at my club, I bought this Polar RS200. It is the lowest priced Polar monitor he was aware of that you can enter your own HR Zones....

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ICI Podcast #9 – Two Special Announcements

John — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:55:31 +0000

The first is that I’m going to be doing live Podcast Interviews at the Heart Zones USA – ACTIVE HEALTHY LIVING conference, coming up November 14th – 16th 2008, in Denver Colorado. I will be participating as a student in their – Level 1 (primary) and Level 2 (advanced) Cycling Instructor certification programs. I will...

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ICI Podcast #8 – Sally Edwards & The Active Healthy Living Conference

John — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:36:18 +0000

Part two of my interview with Sally Edwards. Listen as Sally explains her upcoming Active Healthy Living Conference 2008, November 14th – 16th, in Denver Colorado. If you are looking to become certified as a Indoor Cycling Instructor, with the latest information on Heart Zones Training, this may be something you should check out. Who...

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ICI Podcast #7 – Sally Edwards talks Heart Zones Training

John — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:17:10 +0000

Sally Edwards, the originator of Heart Zones Training, and I discuss the origin of Zone based Heart Rate Training. Sally explains its importance to conducting an effective Indoor Cycling Class and the fallacy of using age based Max Heart Rate charts and formulas. Listen to the show below or subscribe with iTunes with the link...

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Upcoming Indoor Cycling Podcasts!

John — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:14:14 +0000

I’m finally getting ahead on my interviews so I’m not scrambling to meet my biweekly Podcast commitment to you. Get them automatically (and free) by subscribing with iTunes. Here’s what you can look forward to… ICI Podcast #7 – Part One Sally Edwards talks about the history and importance of Heart Zones training. ICI Podcast...

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ICIP Podcast #4 – Metabolic Testing: The Difference Between Knowing and Guessing

John — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:13:27 +0000

How effective are you at coaching to specific levels of exertion? Do you use the RPE Scale? Or some percentage of age predicted maximum heart rate? As an old bicycle racer it was common for me to reach my max heart rate at the end of a sprint. How many of your participants have really...

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