by Jim Karanas | May 26, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Master Instructor Blog
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas I’ll switch gears from my recent posts on using public speaking techniques to enhance our teaching to talk about what we say. In The Art of Cueing, I discussed the use of cues to bring depth to the class and make it more than...
by John | May 24, 2017 | Best Practices, Creativity Indoor Classes, Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN
9/19 update – listen to my interview with Dr Wendy Suzuki about Creativity Indoor Cycling here. I know that whenever I'm feeling the need to get more creative, I'll attend someone else's cycling class. Typically Amy's Saturday morning Evolution class at Fife...
by John | May 20, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training
What do your students think about your class? Do you really know what they are thinking after they leave for home? I found this post from Julie Erdmann at her Tri-ing to be Athletic blog. Julie's posts are a series of funny drawings that tell her story of her very...
by Jay Duplessie | May 9, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Motivation
My name is Jay Duplessie and I am a proud Indoor Cycling instructor of almost 20 years. In the spirit of full disclosure, I will tell you that I am not an outdoor cyclist…….but not for lack of trying. You see something I learned early on was that although I’m...
by Christine Nielsen | May 7, 2017 | Date Specific, Engage Your Students, Instructor Training
We are less than 60 days from our ride around the Cabot Trail. The group has been very active – increasing distance to 55 km for morning rides, grades to 7+% for hill repeats and making lots of connections between the indoor and outdoor efforts in my classes....
by Christine Nielsen | May 7, 2017 | Date Specific, Engage Your Students
It is difficult to explain how iconic the Cabot Trail is to Nova Scotians and even Canadians. Â With six significant climbs (some of which are 13-17% for long stretches) it is notorious and glorious at the same time. Â The scenery is unparalleled and there is a mystique...
