ICI Podcast 302 – Indoor Cycling Compendium for Power Training

by John | Feb 4, 2023 | Best Practices, Free Podcasts, Instructor Training, Training With Power

A compendium (plural: compendia) is a concise, yet comprehensive compilation of a body of knowledge. A compendium may summarize a larger work. Gene Nacey with Cycling Fusion knows Training with Power - indoors and out. The Indoor Cycling Compendium for Power Training...

The Weekly Ride – Week 10

by Joey Stabile | Jan 29, 2023 | Best Practices, Class Work-Sets, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Presentation Skills, Training With Power

  Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion: No more hunting for new music or counting out cues.  Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards.  This ride is timed out, down to the second, to...

Did an overemphasis on “contraindications” > give rise to SoulCycle?

by John | Dec 9, 2022 | Best Practices, Boutique Instructor, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Promote and Build Your Class

What caused the SoulCycle phenomenon? Why are their riders so passionate, loyal and willing to spend $34 dollars a class, when clubs and studios had been offering Indoor Cycling classes for 10 or more years - long before SoulCycle's launch in 2007? The research done...

Solving Student’s Technical Problems

by John | Dec 3, 2022 | Best Practices, Engage Your Students, Mental Toughness

Question from an ICI/PRO member: Hey john, 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...

Performance Cycle – FTP Assessment Class

by John | Nov 24, 2022 | Best Practices, Class Work-Sets, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Presentation Skills, Training With Power

Here's the profile I used a while ago in our Performance Cycle FTP assessment. [wlm_private 'PRO-Platinum|PRO-Monthly|PRO-Gratis|PRO-Seasonal|Platinum-trial|Monthly-trial|PRO-Military|30-Days-of-PRO|90 Day PRO|Stages-Instructor|Schwinn-Instructor|Instructor-Bonus|28...

Bike Storage – The Problem is Real

by Joey Stabile | Nov 21, 2022 | Best Practices, Featured Articles

Adapted from: https://www.active.com/cycling/articles/the-best-bike-storage-solutions?cmp=18N-PB2000-S20-T9-cycling-AR6&eps=title_1399933 As our outdoor season, at least road bike season — there is still plenty of Mtn Biking to be had, comes to an end we are all faced...