By ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Many things contribute to a great Indoor Cycling class, but none as much as cueing. Cueing a class is a skill, even an art, that develops over decades. Like public speaking, it’s about more than the words and involves multiple factors. Cues add depth and color to a class… 
Tag Archives: Coaching and Cueing
The Art of Cueing
Killer Cues
The power of presentation is important in every industry, from food to fashion, and learning to present your rides with fresh, creative cues is a skill all instructors should desire. Powerful verbal coaching exudes passion, encouragement and inspiration, and well developed cues help students find the inner voice that keeps them loyal and coming back…
How You Sound – Are you cueing on time?
This week we are exploring How You Sound and in the spirit of learning about ourselves and our individual “sound”, I want you to do something….it will be easier for those of us that teach in a club setting, but hopefully those of us in a studio setting will be able to explore this as well.…
The 3 most important things that keep a class full: Variety, Variety, Variety
After more than 6 years operating a 46-bike cycling studio in the suburbs of Boston, I have seen a ton of instructors come and go. We’re not a big health club, we are a dedicated indoor cycling studio, so the survival of our business depends on our instructors abilities to fill up classes. Because we…
ICI Podcast # 118 – Jade Ng explains why you should bring your dictionary to class.
Can simple words change your Indoor Cycling Class? Jade Ng with the Finish Strong Training System has been using her dictionary to find words that help her communicate with her class. Listen to the Podcast below or subscribe for free using or Information about our lost Podcast episodes is here ICI Podcast – The Lost…
International Indoor Cycling Instructors Invited To Compete
(MMD Newswire) July 30, 2010 — Dedicated “Spinning®” students or those who attend any Indoor Cycling class, know what a difference a great instructor can make. Now local fans can prove just how great their favorite instructors are by urging them to enter the first contest of its kind: The World’s Top Ten Indoor Cycling…
Explosive Power pt 1 – Video PROfile with Tom Scotto from Stage 5 Cycling
In this Video Profile Tom Scotto takes us through a progression of drills for teaching Explosive Power Sprints. Because the total time on this would be > 30 minutes I have broken it into 3 parts. Part 1 focuses on coaching proper and safe form in what Tom calls…Form Sprints. Listen very carefully to Tom’s…
ICI/PRO Podcast #110 – RPMx Video PROfile with Tom Scotto from Stage 5 Cycling
Here’s the second Video PROfile from Stage 5 Cycling’s Tom Scotto, that I recorded during the Indoor Cycling Certification training we took earlier this month. You may want to review ICI/PRO Podcast #95 – RPMx Audio PROfile with Tom Scotto from Stage 5 Cycling
ICI/PRO Podcast #99 – Pt 2 Analyzing Indoor Cycling Techniques from a Personal Trainer’s Perspective
Here is part two of our conversation with Doug Rusho. Listen to the Podcast below [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Using Imagery to Improve Technique
Athletes know all too well the benefits of using imagery before competition. A tennis player will imagine his powerful topspin-slice first serve. A golfer will rely on imagery to review her plan of action for her next swing. A baseball player will use imagery to get motivated for when it’s his turn at bat. With…
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