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ICI/PRO Podcast #207 – Understanding FTP Functional Threshold Power with Cameron Chinatti
Functional Threshold Power, better known as FTP, is the basis for establishing individual training zones using power/watts. Now that I’m teaching power based classes I’ve developed some questions about FTP and asked STAGES Indoor Cycling’s Cameron Chinatti to answer them and give all of us a better understanding of Why is FTP Important? What exactly is FTP?…
More TRY in an Indoor Triathlon
Indoor Triathlons are very popular here in the frozen north, offering club triathletes the chance to swim bike and run long before its warm enough to be outside. In the past, the Life Time club where I teach used Spinner NXTs with a Spinning computer for the bike leg. Participants would run up from the…
ICI Podcast #198 – Teach Your First Class With Power! Audio PROfile from Cameron Chinatti with Stages Indoor Cycling
You only get one chance to make a first impression! While I’ve taught a lot of classes on Indoor Cycles that display Power/Watts, this morning was the very first Power based class I’ve ever taught. So what’s the difference? 65 new FreeMotion Indoor Cycles with Power meters that replaced conventional Spinner NXTs and very willing…
Now this is exciting!
I just got confirmation that the Life Time Athletic club, where I have a Sunday 90 min endurance class, will have 65 new FreeMotion S11.9 indoor cycles for my next class! There had been a lot of rumors, but I couldn’t get confirmation until today from our Group Fitness dept head. I’ll be meeting with…
Power Is ‘Boring’!
Of course, those of us at Stages Indoor Cycling believe the opposite to be true, (made you look, didn’t I!) but we hear this all the time from people that haven’t experienced a power-filled class the way it was meant to be. There exists an assumption that indoor cycling is moving away from fun and…
ICI Podcast #186 – Top Power Heads-Up Display from Performance IQ
It has taken me a while, but now I understand why many Instructors and Studio/Club owners are resistant to adding Indoor Cycles with power… they don’t want a class full of riders, with heads down, totally focused on the what the computer is showing. We all want our participants focused on us… Many of us…
Our Tools (Part 1): Killer Calories
Here is Tom Scotto’s first post in his official capacity as a Master Instructor here at ICI/PRO – Indoor cycling instruction keeps progressing and improving and so do the bikes we ride. Today, many of our indoor bikes have more than the ability to add and remove resistance. Bikes are now providing us with cadence,…
ICI/PRO Member Solves a Big Problem
Outdoor cyclists can be very particular about their bike fit and setup. So much so that many won’t come to your class because, after hundreds of hours on their own bikes, they don’t feel comfortable on the Indoor Cycles in your studio. Then there’s the issue of those who train with a Power Tap (or…
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