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Our Class Promotion Card
In Podcast #5, I talk about a service where you can create your own Indoor Cycling Class Promotion Card that includes your picture and printing on the back. Here are the front/back proofs I made...
Ride indoors with a Pro Cyclist and he'll have you doing high cadence standing climbs
This is cool! Professional cyclist Alex Howes taught a class at the Peloton Cycle studio in Manhattan. This article explains how Alex taught what was only his second Indoor Cycling class. My guess...
Could You Lose Your Job To A Video?
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas IHRSA 2013 demonstrated a major increase in club owners”™ interest in virtual indoor cycling classes — rides led by a virtual coach or voice-over using...
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Best Practices
Could You Lose Your Job To A Video?
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas IHRSA 2013 demonstrated a major increase in club owners”™ interest in virtual indoor cycling classes — rides led by a virtual coach or voice-over using Forward Motion Video (FMV). No instructor present. It...
The Weekly Ride – 021119 Spinning Valentines Spotify
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion Welcome to our new era of The Weekly Ride, you get: Full Ride PDF Apple Music Playlist Spotify Playlist File to Download the Ride directly into My Fitness DJ (Yes, no Programming) The Ride will be...
Stop the Talkers – Step Three… Let's Fix This Today!
In part two we identified how the talkers act the way they do because of; cluelessness, a lack of respect for you and your class or they're challenging your position as the leader. Much of this could also apply to the texters/bring their own...
Engage Your Students
Tri-Lingo 101 — Part 1: Common Triathlon Swim Terms
As an indoor cycling instructor, you”™re going to find a large percentage of your students dabble in triathlon, or engage in it as a serious sport. Either way, you don”™t want to be embarrassed by using the wrong triathlon-related words or terms in...
ICI Podcast 275 Follow Darcy Knoblich's Lead and Promote Yourself Online!
Meet Spinning® Instructor/Personal Trainer and Fitness blogger Darcy Knoblich! Darcy is doing a fabulous job connecting with participants and other instructors, while promoting herself online through her website darcyknoblich.com. I really enjoyed...
How You Look – Connecting with the 60%
Guest post from ICI/PRO Member / Contributor Christine Nielsen HEAR - SEE - FEEL There are many models which attempt to explain and categorize the ways in which people learn new material. Most of them are very arcane and debates abound in the...
Certifications
Q Factor – What is it and should you care?
You will be hearing more about "Q Factor" from Spinning® / Star Trac so I thought you may appreciate knowing what it is, in case it comes up in conversation. Q Factor (also know as Tread) is simply the separation/distance between the two pedal...
LIVESTRONG® Fitness to Release Special-Edition Indoor Cycle Dedicated to the 28 Million People Living with Cancer
Proceeds to benefit LIVESTRONG From: http://www.pitchengine.com 11.24.2010— COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. — In January, LIVESTRONG® Fitness by Johnson Health Tech will release the LS28IC, a special-edition indoor training cycle honoring the 28 million people...
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...
Instructor Tech Help
ICI Podcast 275 Follow Darcy Knoblich's Lead and Promote Yourself Online!
Meet Spinning® Instructor/Personal Trainer and Fitness blogger Darcy Knoblich! Darcy is doing a fabulous job connecting with participants and other instructors, while promoting herself online through her website darcyknoblich.com. I really enjoyed...
Tech Tuesday – SpotiPhone the $75 dedicated Spotify Player
Why isn't there a low cost handheld device just for Spotify? There isn't - I checked. But why not? OK, that's a dumb question. With about a Gazillion iPhones/iPads/iPod Touches and Android devices in the market already, why would a company create...
Beware the Apple Genius Bar Diagnosis!
Computers and cars fall into the same scary category for me: I depend on them, with little knowledge of how they work and how to repair them if when something goes wrong. You may not know this- but I got very lucky (or chose wisely), as my husband...
Instructor Training
Our Class Promotion Card
In Podcast #5, I talk about a service where you can create your own Indoor Cycling Class Promotion Card that includes your picture and printing on the back. Here are the front/back proofs I made online in about 15 minutes. Very simple &...
Ride indoors with a Pro Cyclist and he'll have you doing high cadence standing climbs
This is cool! Professional cyclist Alex Howes taught a class at the Peloton Cycle studio in Manhattan. This article explains how Alex taught what was only his second Indoor Cycling class. My guess is that he doesn't have a IC cert - not that it...
Could You Lose Your Job To A Video?
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas IHRSA 2013 demonstrated a major increase in club owners”™ interest in virtual indoor cycling classes — rides led by a virtual coach or voice-over using Forward Motion Video (FMV). No instructor present. It...
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 339 Understanding the floors and ceilings of training with power
I prefer to limit the mathematical computations many Instructors typically ask of their classes. For example you'd never hear me say; "now I want everyone at 85% of their FTP" or... "this next interval is 30 seconds in Zone 5B which is 103 to 106% of your LT/AT heart...
Audio PROFILE
072 ICI/PRO Podcast #72 – Grand Canyon Audio Profile
I call this my Grand Canyon ride. I use the metaphor of standing at the edge, with great discomfort ahead of us and much relief behind us, to help my students understand the feeling of Threshold. Profile and Playlist Here Here's your Spotify PRO/Playlist! We have made...
Engage Your Students
Tri-Lingo 101 — Part 1: Common Triathlon Swim Terms
As an indoor cycling instructor, you”™re going to find a large percentage of your students dabble in triathlon, or engage in it as a serious sport. Either way, you don”™t want to be embarrassed by using the wrong triathlon-related words or terms in your class when...