ICI/PRO member Ryan Bardes is returning from his tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Thanks for your service!
Ryan is moving to Indianapolis, Indiana this Summer and is looking for an Indoor Cycling studio who needs an experienced Instructor beginning in August.
He has posted his Instructor resume at his Google+ account where you can contact him.
Ryan J. Bardes
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Monitor and maintain safe performance of modalities
Maintain and operate sound system for choreographed class
Knowledge and ability to work well as part of a fitness team
Inspire participants to achieve next level of personal achievement
Demonstrate proper biomechanics with emphasis on open breathing
Verbally relate riding scenario to increase visualization and virtualization
In-depth heart rate zone and rate of perceived exertion understanding
Library of ride profiles with tempo matched music
Education:
2011-2012: STAGES Instructor Certification Rochester, NY
Free-Motion S.11 with Power Module
2000-2004: SRSC Collegiate GroupEx Certification Bloomington, IN
Taught by Master Trainer Tatiana Kolivich
2005- 2008: YMCA Senior Instructor Indianapolis, IN
First Aid, CPR, AED
Ryan has extensive experience as a cyclist:
March 1987 — First bicycle ride without training wheels 😉
Delivered Newspapers via bicycle for 3 years
Semi-pro European Mountain Bike Circuit
Trans-Alp Germany – Austria – Switzerland – Italy
Self-Supported Trans-America ‘Champs 4 the Cure’
Vancouver, Canada – San Francisco, California
Little 500 Team Captain Team Wilkie
Double Century Charity Fundraiser
DeCycles: Denver, CO – Yellowstone, WY – Black Hills, SD
Little 500 Cutters member
Indiana University Men and Women Swim Team Cross-trainer Coach
Max VO2 Training: Boulder, Colorado
Collegiate Road Racing
Collegiate Triathlons
Ride to Ice Cream store with Grandma on a tandem bicycle…
Please help Ryan if you can or, if you know other active military who would benefit from a complimentary ICI/PRO subscription, please have them contact us.
In a previous post Be the Leader they expect, I expressed that our students are expecting us to be the Leader in our classes.
Some of you might be thinking; OK John; this is easier said, then done.
Maybe you haven't seen yourself as the “Leader” of your class, instead you have considered yourself as part of the group. Or perhaps you are a bit new at the teaching game and are questioning your ability to assert your position as a leader. There's no shortage of big egos out there and being a leader can take a lot of energy to maintain… so it's not surprising that some of us may have let our leadership skills slip a bit due to simple fatigue.
But what if there was a different way to becoming a leader? One that doesn't require a huge amount of confidence, knowledge, effort or charisma?
Start with WHY
If you truly would like to be the Leader of your class I suggest watching this video presentation from author Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action. The concept is that people will follow you based on a shared belief… you just need to communicate it! I will be expanding on this concept in future posts.
The question I asked was “how many of you are training for something?”
Over 80%, of a full class with 50 bikes this morning, raised their hands indicating that they were training for something… I wasn't specific as to what, only are you training? Even though this wasn't my class (I was the Sub for a Sub) I know many of them and know that they are all telling the truth. For each of them, what they're “Training” for is a little different:
Steve is scheduled for his first Ironman in June. Steve's “Training” is to find the time he needs to develop his fitness, while balancing the needs of his family and work.
Susan plans to ride her first Minnesota Ironman. It's not a Triathlon, but a large charity ride on the last Sunday of April each year. The weather is normally not pleasant – it's typically miserable 🙁 Susan is new to riding outdoors and she is “Training” to have enough endurance to finish with her girl friends, who have much more experience than she does.
Neal is excited for a week cycling through France with 9 of his friends. Neal's “Training” is focused on dropping the 30 pounds he gained after foot surgery.
Randy is determined to hear a “nice pull” as he rotates off the front of the “A” group this summer. Randy's “Training” is to demonstrate that he has the fitness to stay with the “A” group, even though he is 63 years old.
Are you talking to your class as training endurance athletes?
My favorite is to say to my class “I came here believing you all are training endurance athletes…. It's up to you to prove that I'm wrong.”
What words and actions do you use during your class that communicate your belief in them?
My guest for this episode of the Podcast is Studio Owner Leslie Grosshauser.
Leslie launched S & L Tri-Cycle Fit Studio on the first of the year. I was excited to learn from her about a number of decisions she made, to differentiate her offering from other fitness competitors.
Key among them were the purchase of Schwinn AC Performance cycles and the Performance IQ on-screen display system of each rider's Power and Heart Rate metrics.
Here's more about Leslie Grosshauser
Leslie has been teaching and training in the fitness Industry for over 25 years. Inspiring the world to workout and have fun are the key ingredients in all of Leslie’s program. Leslie has a wide variety of experience ranging from Managing and Directing Group Exercise and Personal Training in Hospital based centers, National Fitness Chains and small Boutique studios.
Leslie loves the world of competition and that is why she is so passionate about S&L Tri-CycleFit studio. Leslie has always had a vision to create a place where people can get a great workout, have fun and fulfill their competitive edge. Leslie has been teaching indoor cycling for over 15 years, loving every minute of the ride, she has created several creative formats to keep people smiling and coming back for more!
Leslie is currently a Master trainer for Polar Electro, The Cardio GX Program, she is also a Master Trainer and Presenter for the Hollywood workout “Piloxing”, Leslie is also a Fitness Educator/Presenter for SCW Fitness Education where she presents several of her own programs and educational seminars around the United States. Leslie has presented at several of the major Fitness industry Tradeshows such as IHRSA, Club Industry, Athletic Business Conferences and several others. Leslie has presented Internationally for FreeMotion Fitness where she launched the Group Free Motion program that she created.
Leslie was the 1999 National Aerobic Champion and also competed in the world of Body Building. Leslie loves the connection that the group classes create and that is why she has dedicated her life to designing fun group exercise programming.
Paul Camerer, AKA Pink House, is walking proof that (220 – your age, shoe size, mailing address, phone number … or anything else) will not give you an accurate Maximum Heart Rate number to base your training zones. Paul is 91 (92 this December) and regularly rides at 30 or more beats above his “Age Predicted Maximum Heart Rate”. The guy is precious and I had the privilege to interviewed Paul back on Podcast #18 when he was only 90.
Here is an update about Paul from Sally Edwards' blog.
Pinkhouse (aka Paul Camerer) almost 10 years ago, started the first “garage gym” named after the color of his east Sacramento home. Today, he is nearing his 92nd birthday and he wanted to continue to demonstrate that maximum and threshold heart rate do not decline with age as many believe. Pinkhouse is but one example that the age-adjusted formula 220-age=maximum heart rate is useless. Don’t use this formula.
The picture to the right is taken of the final average heart rate from today’s ride using the “Gymbotron”, a device that displays heart rate on a screen or wall. Pinkhouse rode 20 beats above what the max heart rate formula would calculate (220-91=129 bpm). He averaged 149 bpm for 52 minutes. That is he rode 20 bpm above his calculated maximum heart rate. The point Pinkhouse is demonstrating is that his maximum and threshold heart rates have not dropped a beat over the last 30 years that we, the Heart Zones Training certified trainers, have measured it.
Paul Camerer, AKA Pink House, is walking proof that (220 – your age, shoe size, mailing address, phone number … or anything else) will not give you an accurate Maximum Heart Rate number to base your training zones. Paul is 91 (92 this December) and regularly rides at 30 or more beats above his “Age Predicted Maximum Heart Rate”. The guy is precious and I had the privilege to interviewed Paul back on 
