DJ Scott Melker playing the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Golden, CO
As many of you know I've worn many hats in the fitness industry, I've been an Assistant General Manager, Operations Manager, Fitness Director, Triathlon Coach, Master Swim Team Coach, Master Educator, Personal Trainer, Group Exercise and Indoor Cycling Instructor. Throughout my almost 25 years in this customer service industry I have heard many member comments, complaints and compliments. Through these years I have grown a thick skin but the one comment that still cuts the deepest is when I hear that someone complains about my music. Being an indoor cycling instructor has, forever, changed the way I listen to all music. Music is now put into two categories; will this song work in class or not. I'm on a never ending search for the perfect indoor cycling song. This search reminds me of the story of Sisyphus from Greek mythology. He was punished for chronic deceitfulness by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this action forever. After I find the "perfect" indoor cycling song I feel I'm on the same journey at Sisyphus. I find the song, listen to it, probably 20 times, find all the beat and energy changes, figure out a profile for it, listen to it another 20 times imagining my profile being used with the song, use it in a class, make changes, use it again in a class, perfect it, then when I finally push this boulder to the top of the hill and have produced the perfect mix of music, movement, rhythm and riding it's time to start this process all over again because riders are getting tired of this "perfect" song.
Around the same time John and Scott announced their "ICI/Pro DJ Scott Melker Music Playlist Contest" I was in a state of the dreaded "profile writers block" and I was told that a club member had commented about the lack of variety in my music. Yes, at first I was offended, but then I thought maybe the announcement of this contest and these negative comments were a sign. I decided to take on the challenge of using Scott's playlist and building the best profile I could. This project was extremely challenging for me, I'm usually a profile first music second type of class builder, this forced me to swap my way of thinking. Scott's playlist included some songs that I never imagined playing in an indoor cycling class, when I first heard them I immediately put them in the song category of "will not work in a class", but I was being forced to use them so I had to figure out how to make them work. After countless hours of listening to Scott's playlist and tweaking my profile, I believe I have come up with a class that uses the artistry and energy of a playlist put together by one of the world's top DJs, while staying true to my scientifically proven teaching methods.
I hope you find this class profile both fun and effective, my class sure did.
I challenge you to step out of your comfort zone and create your own profile for this contest.
Click here to view contest details
A detailed class profile to print (Page 1)
A detailed class profile to print (Page 2)
A detailed class profile to print (Page 3)
A detailed class profile to print (Page 4)
TrainerRoad Profile of the following classes.
Scott Melker's Playlist, to download Right Click > Save As / Save Target As to download. Open in iTunes and then you'll see this in your Spotify Local File folder.
Recording of me teaching this class profile in a class on a Spinner Blade Ion, Right Click > Save As / Save Target As to download on PC or Download Linked File As on Mac. Open in iTunes and then you'll see this in your Spotify Local File folder.
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Originally posted 2015-02-01 13:16:49.
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Dennis, really enjoy and appreciate your profiles. However I am having issues with printing them in a readable format (the profile) especially in a dim room..having fairly good eyesight. I am sure there is a technical thing I can do to zoom it or expand on a regular size printer paper. What should I try?
p.s. using acrobat. I either get it readable, but with the whole right side gone or to small to read.
Thx
Dennis there’s a lot of detail here for one page. Can you recreate this as two pages with larger fonts?
Well said John..Thanks
Robin,
Sorry for the delay, I added 4 links to .pdf files that greatly enlarge the profile into 4 pages for easier reading.
Hope this helps.
Dennis, where can I find the Jackson 5 ABC remix you play during your intro?
Nancy,
Peter Gonzalez is doing some amazing reworks. You can download all his stuff at https://hearthis.at/petergrewerk/. Search OPP for the song you’re talking about.