I love rediscovering an old favorite! Included in this playlist Give Me Good Lovin' 021413 from Schwinn Master Trainer Jeffrey Scott is a long forgotten gem from my Disco days.
Now I realise that many of you were in diapers when this came out, and the rest of you weren't even born. But the late 70's early 80's were a very special time for me. You see whenever I hear music from my late teens and early 20's, I'm reminded of when I had great hair… and a lot of it 🙂
That almost always get's a few knowing smiles. The average age at our club must be in the mid 40's.
Here's a 7 minute remix that I used last night during the long (20 minute) grinding climb to the summit of Mt. Mitchell that finishes Epic Planet's Blue Ridge Indoor Cycling DVD. They worked together awesomely. The slow 60 RPM cadence gets everyone working with the proper resistance. We then transition to something a bit faster, moving more of the work to their cardiovascular system, for the remaining 13 minutes. A real killer but they appeared to enjoy survive it. Here's a link to my Epic Blue Ridge PRO/Playlist. You'll need this free track to complete the playlist 🙂
Group Fitness Classes Use Music to Compete for Clients; Zumba to ‘Ice Ice Baby'
Fitness companies are increasingly getting into the music business. The move comes with the waning impact of traditional radio on the music-buying public, and the rise of boutique exercise classes, particularly yoga, Zumba and indoor cycling.
I'm going to guess that a quick Google search for DJ's in your area could lead you to someone who would be willing to make a guest appearance in exchange for the exposure he/she would receive. Maybe a quick call or email to your local paper/News Station explaining that your studio is doing what the WSJ recently reported on – could result in something cool happening.
I had a rider wearing a Timex HRM in class yesterday and it would not pick up her heart rate on the Keiser console of any of the bikes? It does work on other equipment in the facility (treadmills etc.)
Is there a reason for this? and what she should check if purchasing another HRM to look out for?
thanks
This had me thinking about my Grandfather John Sr. (I'm the third) who could fix anything. Whenever I had a problem with something, specifically a car with issues I couldn't correct, he would advise me to carefully examine any assumptions I was working under. He knew me well enough to know that I had a tendency to see problem “A” and assume it was caused by a failure in part “B”. So I'd start to tear apart “B”, find nothing wrong with it, put it back together and after wasting a few hours bring the problem to him.
Learning to challenge assumptions can be very helpful in situations where someone brings a problem to you. Most people will try to solve their own problem, before bringing it to you. Along the way they may have created a few assumptions that they will expect you to follow.
My response was…
I'm thinking that it maybe hard to trouble shoot this.
Before I'd do anything I would confirm that the strap is actually working at the time. I've had similar situations where a student says; “it works everywhere else” but that's in the past days or weeks ago… only now the battery is dead 🙁
Does the signal show on their watch, but not on the M3? Or if they don't have a watch have them go directly to another piece of equipment and see if it shows there.
If the strap works other places, but not the M3, as a last step confirm that the M3 works with another HR strap.
If everything checks out then I'd connect you with one of the smart people at Keiser.
Learning to challenge assumptions can be very helpful in situations where someone brings a problem to you. Most people will try to solve their own problem, before bringing it to you. Along the way they may have created a few assumptions that they will expect you to follow.
You need to be careful not to sound cynical or condescending when you question assumptions; especially if you're a man talking to a women*. Rather than saying; “are you sure the strap works?” which can come off negatively, I'd suggest something like; “how about we go over to that treadmill over there just to confirm everything?”
*Trust me on this one. I worked for a number of years at a service gas station (remember those?) and have a vivid memory of being accused of insulting a women, who turned out to be the best friend of the owner's wife, because I didn't appear to take her prognosis of her car's problem seriously.
As a follow up to the story, a response from Keiser…
Today's free track is included on Chris Nielsen's Going The Distance Audio PROfile class playlist – but isn't available on Spotify. It also works very well following last week's recovery track = communicates a very intense segment in your profile.
As you listen to Medieval, you may hear yourself telling the story woven into the music. Powerful horses approaching and then running through the village square, then continuing cross-country. Unrelenting in their speed as they cross a vast distance, until finally reaching their destination.
The artist is Etnoscope and you'll find a number of powerful 70ish RPM tracks there on Spotify.
My interview with Douglas Brooks continues with a discussion of RealRyder's class planning – it maybe the exact opposite of how you create your profile.
Listen below to find out why.
Show notes:
During our discussion Douglas references their class planning template – you can download a copy here.
Douglas also described how they teach a method of trimming the length of a song in iTunes (setting the start & stop times) to fit a specific segment. I mentioned that we have specific instructions for trimming the length of a track available here for ICI/PRO members – but it's buried in a video over at the MixMeister Academy.
Here's how to “Trim” the length of a song in iTunes.
Sample the track and record where you would like it to begin and end.
Highlight the track in the list view.
Either go to: File > Get Info, Right Click the Track and select > Get Info or use the shortcut Control i
Tick the box you wish to change and enter your preferred start/stop times.
Finish with OK
Unfortunately this isn't an option in Spotify. Just to be sure I experimented with first trimming a song in iTunes, and then opening it in Spotify – both on my computer and iPhone. It played full length (not trimmed) in both cases.
Here's part two of my interview with Douglas Brooks – enjoy and let me know if this was helpful for you [wlm_firstname].
I love rediscovering an old favorite! Included in this playlist Give Me Good Lovin' 021413 from Schwinn Master Trainer Jeffrey Scott is a long forgotten gem from my Disco days.
