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ICI Podcast 98 Analyzing Indoor Cycling Techniques from a Personal Trainer’s Perspective
ICI/PRO Member and Personal Trainer Doug Rusho joins Jennifer and me to discuss “Analyzing Indoor Cycling Techniques from a Personal Trainer”™s Perspective” As Doug describes it "There is no...

ICI Podcast 295 – What's the secret to Orange County's Top Indoor Cycling Studio?
CB Cyclebarn was recently voted the top Indoor Cycling studio in Orange County, CA. The "Barn" as it's affectionately known, is run by first time business owner / Instructor Karen Casler. Karen...

The Weekly Ride – 04/16/18 Speed and Muscular Endurance
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion No more hunting for new music or counting out cues to develop your ride profile. Here is your ready to ride profile for a fully choreographed ride,...
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Best Practices
ICI Podcast 295 – What's the secret to Orange County's Top Indoor Cycling Studio?
CB Cyclebarn was recently voted the top Indoor Cycling studio in Orange County, CA. The "Barn" as it's affectionately known, is run by first time business owner / Instructor Karen Casler. Karen shares with us a number of the secrets of her success...
The Weekly Ride – 04/16/18 Speed and Muscular Endurance
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion No more hunting for new music or counting out cues to develop your ride profile. Here is your ready to ride profile for a fully choreographed ride, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed...
Indoor Bicycle Safety – Part One
The overall concern of any fitness professional should be safety. We must always make every effort to provide a safe environment for those taking our classes. Health clubs and fitness studios are responsible for providing a safe environment and...
Engage Your Students
The Cycledelic experience
After attending ICI/PRO Conference 2010, Kathy Ehrlich-Scheffer and husband Matt were motivated to open their own studio. In her words, “to bring the best the industry has to offer to our riders.” And to her credit, she has done just that. Kathy...
Morning of the living dead class
Hate isn't the proper word... detest is a better way to describe my feelings toward my first Monday 5:45 am class after the Daylight Savings switch. Nothing more, just wanted to express that.
Pulling back the curtain on SoulCycle
Amy and I are in Santa Monica, CA this week for the MINDBODY Bold convention. I knew I would have a bunch of downtime and did a search for classes near our hotel. Imagine my delight at discovering a SoulCycle just a few blocks away 🙂 We attended a...
Certifications
Why is Sally Edwards dressed up as a couch potato?
To demonstrate the point that inside every "couch potato" is a Triathlete. I found this interview video of Sally Edwards very entertaining and motivating. I have forwarded it to my Indoor Cycling Class participants. Click the link or the picture to...
Understanding FreeMotion's New Carbon Belt Drive
FreeMotion introduced a new belt drive option for their S11 series indoor cycles at IHRSA this year. Bill Pryor and I discussed it on Podcast # 204. Not being there to ride it, I figured that a belt is just a belt, right? Well no, in this case it...
Schwinn AC Performance vs. FreeMotion S11.9 Indoor Cycles with POWER
I now have access to both Schwinn A.C. Performance Indoor Cycles and FreeMotion S11.9 Indoor Cycles in a super secret location* I'm planning a comprehensive review of both cycles over the next couple of months. Both the Schwinn AC and FreeMotion...
Instructor Tech Help
ICI/PRO Podcast 0021 – 2018 Holiday Ride Podcast
This week features the 2018 Holiday ride from Joey. The ride is primarily focused towards strength, but there is a fair mix of cadence work. Good luck and have fun. Joey Get all of the ride details HERE. Get all of the ride details HERE....
First Live Spotify Training is Today
We're kicking off our Fall Spotify online training calls this afternoon @ 5:00 Central time. More of these training sessions to come - join the notification list here. I'll be covering: Spotify basic setup on your desk top Phone settings - iPhone...
Having Problems Downloading the Massive Amount of Free Media On ICI/PRO?
Have you been having a hard time figuring out how to download media from the ICI/Pro website? Try following these directions and let me know if it helps: To download media to a Mac: Right Click on the blue underlined link Select...
Instructor Training
ICI Podcast 98 Analyzing Indoor Cycling Techniques from a Personal Trainer’s Perspective
ICI/PRO Member and Personal Trainer Doug Rusho joins Jennifer and me to discuss “Analyzing Indoor Cycling Techniques from a Personal Trainer”™s Perspective” As Doug describes it "There is no wrong in fitness, just risk and reward.” This is...
ICI Podcast 295 – What's the secret to Orange County's Top Indoor Cycling Studio?
CB Cyclebarn was recently voted the top Indoor Cycling studio in Orange County, CA. The "Barn" as it's affectionately known, is run by first time business owner / Instructor Karen Casler. Karen shares with us a number of the secrets of her success...
The Weekly Ride – 04/16/18 Speed and Muscular Endurance
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion No more hunting for new music or counting out cues to develop your ride profile. Here is your ready to ride profile for a fully choreographed ride, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed...
ICI/PRO Featured Instructor of the Month

Cameron Chinatti
Master Instructor with STAGES Indoor Cycling / FreeMotion Fitness
Cameron is the Director of Education for Foundation Fitness and Lead Developer of Stages Indoor Cycling. Concurrently, she serves as CEO of Sounds Fit Solutions Inc; a company dedicated to fitness and audio systems education. She is a Premier Consultant for Sunshine Fitness Resources and an international presenter/lecturer, Cameron has had the opportunity to educate on numerous topics ranging from indoor cycling to fitness career development. Her recent publishing credits include work for Foundation Fitness, Wexer.com and multiple contributions to the IDEA Fitness Journal and IDEA Fitness Manager. A background in Opera Performance and Vocal Pedagogy has led Cameron to create a specialty...
Podcast Pro

ICI/PRO Podcast #233 – The Anatomy of a Profile
What are the component parts necessary to create an effective Indoor Cycling Class Profile? Tom Scotto joins me to discuss what he's calling The Anatomy of a Profile in the latest episode our ICI/PRO member's only PRO/Podcasts. Download the transcript of this podcast....
Audio PROFILE

The Weekly Ride – 04/16/18 Speed and Muscular Endurance
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion No more hunting for new music or counting out cues to develop your ride profile. Here is your ready to ride profile for a fully choreographed ride, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards...
Engage Your Students

The Cycledelic experience
After attending ICI/PRO Conference 2010, Kathy Ehrlich-Scheffer and husband Matt were motivated to open their own studio. In her words, “to bring the best the industry has to offer to our riders.” And to her credit, she has done just that. Kathy and Matt opened...