With the announcement that ICI/PRO Team Member Doug Rusho had joined Stages Indoor Cycling, I thought it would be interesting to learn the selection process that Cameron Chinatti used to pick Doug as their newest educator.
In this episode of the Podcast, Cameron, Doug and I discuss what Cameron was looking for in a potential Master Instructor and how Doug's willingness to “put himself out there” demonstrated who Doug is and his commitment to our industry.
Mark Dalrymple from Cycling Fusion was the un-official photographer at the last ICI/PRO conference. He took some amazing pictures including this candid shot of Gene Nacey, Chuck Cali, Tom Scotto and myself while we were setting up the 100 Keiser m3s and FreeMotion S11.9 indoor cycles. I hadn't seen this one before and it's very cool. Mark has added a digital effect that appears similar to what was used in the movie “300”… now if we only had the 6 pack abs 🙂
Meet Emmy Ragali, the owner of Go Cycle Studio in Chicago IL. Emmy is the first Beta instillation site for the Top Power Display System from Performance IQ.
I wanted to learn first hand what Emmy's experiences were using the Top Power display to show the wattage and RPM of each Keiser M3 her participants are riding.
You may have concerns about bringing competition into your class and so do I. During the interview I asked Emmy some specific questions about how her class accepted the competitive atmosphere that develops by having everyone's data displayed on a big screen.
While I was reviewing the Go Cycle website I noticed this link to an evaluation form where participants can give feed back on the quality of the Instructor and their class – I see this as an excellent idea and Emmy explained to me that it has been very helpful to her and her Instructors.
Listen to the Podcast below to hear all about Top Power.
No, I don't do the whole “Friday the 13th” bit.
But today's Free Music Friday is a bit unconventional in that it's a number of very long songs that you could incorporate into one of your endurance classes.
I'm really getting into the whole “Zen” thing and Trance music at the right BPM is really working and my class seems to enjoy it 🙂
These tracks aren't on Spotify – but you can download it for free.
What's cool about Magic Show (15 mins @ 100 BPM) is there is a fade to 3 minutes of quiet at the end. Not normally what you want, but I suggest giving it a try. My experience is that everyone will stay quite and use the quiet as a time to recover – maybe get a drink – all without me needing to say anything. Magic Show by David Steinlage
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