ICI Podcast 369 – The Haywire Heart – How Too Much Exercise Can Kill You…

by John | Mar 26, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Free Podcasts, Health and Wellness, Zone based Heart Rate Training

  Can too much exercise be bad for you? Could the hours spend conditioning as an endurance athlete actually be damaging your heart? Sounds counter intuitive... until you read this new book from author Chris, Managing Editor of VeloNews - The Haywire Heart - How...

Are 3 Food Myths Keeping You Stuck?

by Joan Kent | Mar 15, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness, Instructor Training

Many myths about food and nutrition exist, but the 3 below keep coming up among prospective clients over and over. Let”™s take a look. 1. Nutrition is only important for weight loss. Yes, weight loss is the main reason people modify their nutrition. And yes, tons of...

Your Health & Your Food: Are You Teachable?

by Joan Kent | Mar 1, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness

Do you have a persistent health issue that hasn”™t responded to your nutrition efforts? More and more people are using nutrition and fitness to help them overcome problems that used to send them to doctors and pharmacies. If you”™ve been working on the problem for a...

ICI PRO Podcast 368 – Does Intensity Trump Duration?

by John | Feb 20, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Free Podcasts, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, PRO Podcasts, Training With Power

Do Indoor Cycling Classes really need to be 45-60 minutes - to provide the health and fitness benefits expected by our participants? Asked another way: If your studio offered classes that were shorter (say 30 minutes), while still just as effective as 3/4 or a full...

3 Questions Never To Ask About Sugar

by Joan Kent | Jan 16, 2017 | Engage Your Students

These days, everyone seems to know that sugar is bad news and should be avoided. Sometimes I feel as if I”™ve heard every possible question about it, but a few sugar questions pop up over and over again. Here are 3 of them. - If I quit sugar, will I have to do it...

Dear Instructor: If you don’t have something nice to say…

by Krista Leopold | Jan 15, 2017 | Big Box Instructor, Engage Your Students

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 decide never to return? So far, we have explored the importance of preparation,...