Do you find yourself searching for songs to open your rides with- the perfect tunes to help your class ease into 80-90 rpm’s and a proper warm up? Here is a good one from a Juno Award winning Canadian singer-song writer. It is light hearted, clips along at 86 rpm and is conducive for introducing yourself, your ride profile and anything else on your mind that needs expressing before everyone gets heavy duty into the ride of the day. Feist’s songs have been used in commercials and movies, so her sound may be recognizable to you. Here is Feist and “I Feel It All”, from her 2007 album The Reminder.
ICI/PRO member Alan Fletcher suggested the track for this week.
Hi John,
The other day I ran into this song on YouTube: Love The Way You Lie – MASHUP from cover artist Sam Tsui and I thought it was a really great song for my spin class. I normally use it as my second to last song when we are doing a fast run to the end. Students seem to like it a lot as I see many mouthing the words while spinning.
This is a nice light tune that I can easily see brightening the day of my students… thanks for sending it Alan!
Not avalible from Spotify but you can download Love The Way You Liehere for free.
If you have a favorite track you'd like to share please drop me a note – amyjo@groupfitnessradio.com
Looking for a motivating, intense hard-driving 60 rpm climb? Look no further! This tune comes from an “industrial band” founded in 1984, featuring heavy guitar riffs, electronic music, samples and terrific female vocals! At 4:34, I use this toward the end of a climbing stage as I am having everyone watch their watts go up and equate it with HR, heading towards AT. Check out kMFDM “Professional Killer” (lucia cifarelli tribute).
kMFDM falls under the “Industrial” genre. While not for everyone, it does have an edgy feel that maybe just what you need to spice things up in you next class. Professional Killer wasn't available but you might find these tracks interesting.
Don’t you just love a good cover? It has to be done well, but there is something about great memories, an old tune and current nuances that make for a great addition to our classes and our members really enjoy them. This one makes for a good climb at 57 rpm’s, but it is pretty “chill” as our daughters like to say. I cue my class to add a good amount of load for an out of the saddle climb that will allow them to work without going to threshold. It is good practice for them to get up and out of the saddle with plenty of load, yet keep their heart rates reigned in. (We still have way too much crazy stuff going on in the cycle studio). I hope you like this flashback, from the early ‘70’s as much as I do. It’s Seal, from his Soul 2 album and “I’ll Be Around”. I included the links for the original group, The Spinners, on a Soul Train episode (fun watching!) and a Hall and Oates cover that has a completely different feel. Happy Memorial Day. I hope you can all get some good riding in this weekend.
I would also like to wish my handsome husband happy 51st birthday 🙂
Another great cover from Hall and Oates:
And of course, the original by The Spinners on Soul Train circa 1972:
“Do one thing, every day that scares you”. Words for today and our Friday Favorite. A good cool down…something to leave our class with, is a very effective way to wrap things up. This is a favorite of mine. I first heard it from our national director and she never said a word while cooling us down, rather, she just used visual cues. That is how I prefer to use this as well. This is not a new tune, in fact it is from the ‘90’s, but still true and useful. So….today, do that thing that scares you- make the phone call, send the email, see that person, go in front of the camera on live TV or submit your entry to the Ultimate Instructor Class Profile contest!
