by John | Jun 3, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Promote and Build Your Class
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Waking up to -3° F this morning reminded me again how thankful I am for Indoor Cycling 🙂 I felt today would be the perfect time to announce our new Facebook group - Celebrate Indoor Cycling Celebrate Indoor Cycling is dedicated to...
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 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. We...
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. With six significant climbs (some of which are 13-17% for long stretches) it is notorious and glorious at the same time. The scenery is unparalleled and there is a mystique...
by John | May 6, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training
Guest picture post from Julie Erdmann at Tri-ing to be Athletic When I was back in Canada last month, my sister, known to all just you guys as GymSis, could not wait to take me to her gym. And since I had inspired her with the posts here, here, here and here,...
by Chuck Cali | May 2, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Presentation Skills, Training With Power
I taught my last class today. My last ride so-to-speak. It all started seven years ago. I had been Spinning® for years. That day our regular instructor asked me to lead her class. She was just too sick. To me - a pilot - it was like being asked to safely land an...