New Spinner NXT and Spinner Blade Pictures

by John | May 18, 2017 | Date Specific, Spinning Class

Here are pictures from IHRSA of the new Spinner NXT and the all new Spinner Blade. I'm going to guess that Spinning still sees a large market for conventional Indoor Cycles that would cause them to redesign the NXT. 4/15 update: I had a very informative discussion...

What new with iTunes 11?

by John | May 16, 2017 | Date Specific, iTunes

Not much of anything. Really. There's no changes that I can see that would be of any value to you, as a Fitness Instructor. The preferences section is exactly the same - OK, not exactly; they've removed the option for gap-less playback, but kept the cross-fade....

Are your Indoor Cycles ready for the fall rush?

by John | May 15, 2017 | Best Practices, Date Specific, Your Fitness Business

Fitness equipment replacement parts distributor Sportsmith is offering a 15% discount for ICI/PRO readers and listeners. They have most everything you'll need to tune up all your bikes and have them ready for the fall (is it really coming so soon?) rush of new...

Indoor Cycle Instructor PRO Conference FAQs

by John | May 13, 2017 | Date Specific, Featured Articles

All of us at ICI/PRO are very excited about our very first conference we are hosting October 8th - 10th in Boston, MA. We have been receiving a number of questions and felt it would be helpful to put together a FAQ for our community of Indoor Cycling Instructors....

Tech Tuesday – Spotify Now On Your iPad = Bigger Numbers

by John | May 7, 2017 | Date Specific, Spotify

I don't own an iPad (my birthday is soon Amy - in case you need an idea) but if I did I would want to use it in my class now that Spotify has an official iPad App! The biggest reason I would prefer it, over my iPhone, is the font size. The "Time Remaining" is nearly...

Take the Trail – Preparation Continues

by Christine Nielsen | May 7, 2017 | Date Specific, Engage Your Students, Instructor Training

We are less than 60 days from our ride around the Cabot Trail.  The group has been very active - increasing distance to 55 km for morning rides, grades to 7+% for hill repeats and making lots of connections between the indoor and outdoor efforts in my classes. We...