Here's a walking testament to the utter fallacy of (220 – your age) as a predictor of Maximum Heart Rate. Paul Pinkhouse Camerer is having his 93rd birthday today. To celebrate the occasion, Pinkhouse and a few of his friends will all train together at his home/cycling studio. During the training Pinkhouse will spend a large portion of the ride around 150 bpm – which is way above his age predicted maximum HR of 127bpm. Actually Paul has been cycling and participating in running races above his “Maximum HR” for years 🙂
Sally Edwards introduced me to Paul (Pinkhouse comes from the color of his home… which as you can guess is Pink) three years ago at a Heart Zones conference in Colorado. I recorded Podcast episode #18 with Paul while I was there, but many our our newer subscribers may not have heard it as it has dropped off the iTunes feed. Thinking it would be fun to republish it in celebration of Paul's 93rd birthday here it is again.
I thought it would be informative to get another perspective about how to teach a virtual Indoor Cycling class using video. I contacted Allen Jones from EpicPlanet.tv asking if he knew of an Instructor who was passionate about using video and he referred me to Mark Peterson.
Mark is a retired Naval Pilot turned bicycle racer & Instructor who teaches at four clubs outside of Charlotte NC. Mark and I had a fun conversation about his procedure for preparing to teach a virtual ride in this addition of the Podcast.
Here's Mark's bio and additional info that didn't get into the interview:
Studios where mark teaches:
Lake Norman YMCA Cornelius, NC (www.ymcacharlotte.org)
The Peninsula Club, Cornelius, NC (thepeninsulaclub.com)
CoolBreeze Cyclery, Mooresville, NC (trekbikescharlotte.com)
Trek Bike Store Charlotte, NC (trekbikescharlotte.com)
Background: Have raced for more than 30 years USCF, Road Race, Crits, Time Trials, and Triathlon events. I got involved with indoor cycling in the early 80’s as a means to continue training during the winter months in the upper Mid West. I became a cycle instructor about 3 years ago and now teach classes in several different studios on the Keiser, Schwinn AC PRO and CompuTrainer.
Certification: Current certification was with Schwinn.
AV Setup: I have assembled an AV kit that is portable between studios. I use an Epson projector, Mac Laptop, and a Photo Screen/Sheet (12X12). The Digital Downloads work very well on the laptop and I can change the playlist on the fly.
Use: I try to do 3 or 4 videos a month. There is an art to producing Cycling Videos and for my classes Allen and his Epic crew do the best job in producing these videos. I advertise my classes as a trip, we are going somewhere and to bring your legs. If I am going to take my class to Maine and ride Acadia Park or Napa Valley to roll through Wine Country, I want them to actually feel like they are there on the ride. Epic has a nice balance of first position, third position and an expanded views which are so important for the class to actually know/see where they are riding. There are many videos out there shot from a car/first position only and it is hard to tell if you are climbing or descending. There is no profile or structure to the ride and they become boring. There are other videos where you spend the whole time with your nose in the backside of a cyclist or group of cyclists. The only thing exciting about these videos is the title. You could actually be riding anywhere and wouldn’t know the difference. The Epic Team creates a profile on top of the video, providing structure to the ride along with a very scenic background. The camera work is very good in giving you the feeling of being on a bike and you can tell when you are climbing and descending. The great part as instructor is I can do these rides over and over, change the playlist, cadence, intensity and make it a completely different ride. My classes love these rides and it is hard to get a bike!
After listening to this Allen Jones emailed me to offer a 10% discount to listeners and free shipping on any Epic Planet DVD between now and the 1st of 2012. Use coupon code VIRTUAL ICI/PRO members your normal 30% discount can be found here.
We are at capacity for tonight's iTunes webinar where we will be exploring all the tricks to help you navigate iTunes more effectively.
With the holidays coming up (both Christmas and New Years are on the weekend) we have scheduled the next LIVE online training for Sunday January 8th 7:00 pm cst which will be on Spotify for the iPhone or Android user.
If you are interested in future LIVE training events (Free to ICI/PRO members) you can join the notification list at this page.
I'm listening to the new track suggestions for our latest Top Indoor Cycling class songs this morning as I get ready for my 8:00 90 min endurance class. When I got to last Friday's suggestion from soundtrack composure Brian Tyler it got me to thinking… could you use a movie score as the playlist for a class? I mean the whole soundtrack? Exactly as it was in the movie?
My understanding is that a lot of thought that goes into what people hear in a movie, almost as much as the visual elements. When you think about it, isn't much of the emotional impact of the movie transferred through the sound track?
Would the audio alone create a compelling ride?
What would happen I paired a movie soundtrack to a long virtual ride DVD?
I started poking around on Spotify and found that Brian Tyler has scored multiple movie soundtracks and interestingly enough, the soundtracks that go along with video games including Need For Speed.
My class seems to be open to much of anything I throw at them. So I'm going to try it this morning – I'll let you know what happens.
We are very excited to announce a new partnership with online Indoor Cycle parts distributor SPORTSMITH that will save you an additional 10% on replacement parts for your Keiser, LeMond, Livestrong, Schwinn, Star Trac and Tomahawk Indoor Cycles.
A year ago when I was looking for a company to distribute my Red Pedal Tool, I did a bunch of research into who was the best company in this space. As you would guess, there are a number of business selling replacement parts. After doing some virtual shopping to find who was offering the best pricing on common replacement parts and talking to some purchasing agents for large club chains, I decided to go with SPORTSMITH.
Everything was going great until I got an email from Troy Mosley, their Marketing Manager;
Hey John,
I've got an idea! What would you think about your own Indoor Cycling bike parts store?
I told Troy that it sounded pretty cool, but that our first priority is that any relationship needs to first bring additional value to our community of Indoor Cycling Instructors and Studio Owners.
Can we offer an additional discount? Was my response. After considerable arm-twisting Troy's answer was yes… 10%
Now I know that for some of you 10% may not sound like much, but in a very competitive online market it's huge.
Let's say your studio has 30 old Spinner NXTs that you need to nurse along for another year, until you are ready to upgrade to something with Power. They all need new brake pads and the drive lines are completely worn out = requiring new drive chains and sprockets. The normal SPORTSMITH replacement parts cost (Crank Arm Set, Flywheel Sprocket and Chain) for each cycle is $104.47. Multiply that times 30 cycles = $3134.10 … we just saved your studio $313.00 – which would go a long way toward covering the cost of the labor needed to install everything 🙂
