Your riders come to see YOU and YOUR Smile!

by John | Oct 4, 2022 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, Presentation Skills

There was an interesting question asked at one of the Facebook groups;  If you were to tell a New Instructor to master one thing as an Indoor cycling instructor . What would it be ? There were a plenty of great responses that included; learn musicality, cuing, be...

Are you teaching to the squeaky wheels?

by Cameron Chinatti | Sep 22, 2022 | Best Practices, Boutique Instructor, Master Instructor Blog

Howdy Fit Folk! John Macgowan has so graciously invited me to contribute to the vast wealth of knowledge that is the ICI/PRO community--  woohoo!!  Lucky me. 🙂 To those of you that I had the great pleasure of meeting at the 2011 ICI/PRO conference, hello again!  To...

The Weekly Ride – 022519 Aerobic Challenger – Karyn Silenzi

by Joey Stabile | Sep 7, 2022 | Audio PROfiles, Best Practices, Class Work-Sets, Creativity Indoor Classes, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Presentation Skills, PRO/Playlists, Training With Power

Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion Welcome to our new era of The Weekly Ride, you get: Full Ride PDF Apple Music Playlist Spotify Playlist File to Download the Ride directly into My Fitness DJ (Yes, no Programming) The Ride will be available for purchase...

Dear Instructor: The Importance of Preparation

by Krista Leopold | Jul 25, 2022 | Best Practices, Instructor Training

Following up on the topic of winging it... reposted from April 9 2013 - John. What if you could get inside the minds of your students? It's common to hear compliments from your regulars about what you are doing well, but what about the students who come once and...

ICI/PRO Podcast 339 Understanding the floors and ceilings of training with power

by John | Jul 13, 2022 | Best Practices, Big Box Instructor, PRO Podcasts, Training With Power, Zone based Heart Rate Training

I prefer to limit the mathematical computations many Instructors typically ask of their classes. For example you'd never hear me say; "now I want everyone at 85% of their FTP" or... "this next interval is 30 seconds in Zone 5B which is 103 to 106% of your LT/AT heart...

ICI Podcast 295 – What’s the secret to Orange County’s Top Indoor Cycling Studio?

by John | Jun 27, 2022 | Best Practices, Free Podcasts, Your Fitness Business

CB Cyclebarn was recently voted the top Indoor Cycling studio in Orange County, CA. The "Barn" as it's affectionately known, is run by first time business owner / Instructor Karen Casler. Karen shares with us a number of the secrets of her success in the interview...