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...

People lie to you…

by John | Jul 28, 2022 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog, Promote and Build Your Class

It's true. People lie to you. Now I'm not talking about lying to you in a malicious/manipulative way, I have this awesome bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you really cheap - or - she's a real peach, only driven to church and back by the gentlest 80 year old grandmother...

The Cycledelic experience

by Chuck Cali | Jun 12, 2022 | Engage Your Students, Featured Studios

After attending ICI/PRO Conference 2010, Kathy Ehrlich-Scheffer and husband Matt were motivated to open their own studio. In her words, “to bring the best the industry has to offer to our riders.” And to her credit, she has done just that. Kathy and Matt opened...

Morning of the living dead class

by John | May 10, 2022 | Engage Your Students

Hate isn't the proper word... detest is a better way to describe my feelings toward my first Monday 5:45 am class after the Daylight Savings switch. Nothing more, just wanted to express that. Originally posted 2012-03-12 04:26:49.

Pulling back the curtain on SoulCycle

by John | Apr 22, 2022 | Best Practices, Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog

Amy and I are in Santa Monica, CA this week for the MINDBODY Bold convention. I knew I would have a bunch of downtime and did a search for classes near our hotel. Imagine my delight at discovering a SoulCycle just a few blocks away 🙂 We attended a sold out class there...

The TV’s Too Loud… No it isn’t… Yes It Is… Is not… Is too!

by John | Feb 27, 2022 | Best Practices, Engage Your Students, Instructor Training

ICI/PRO member Kristin Krantzman makes an excellent point here in her comment, to my earlier post about sound levels. I have one student that really complains about the loudness of the music. She has tried wearing special noise protectors. She tells me that I am...