by John | Aug 13, 2024 | Featured Studios, Free Podcasts
Breath Denver is the Indoor Cycling studio that hosted the Stage 5 Cycling Instructor certification that Jennifer and I participated in this past weekend. I'm fascinated by people who follow their passion, take a (big) risk and start an Indoor Cycling studio. Breathe...
by John | Aug 1, 2024 | Engage Your Students, Your Fitness Business
Shannon Fable, Co-Founder and President of GroupEx PRO Group, has published this informative presentation directed at Instructors and studio owners/managers: How to Keep Crowds into February January is such a great time of year for Fitness Professionals, especially...
by John | Jun 20, 2024 | Instructor Training, Your Fitness Business
Sometimes, with the best intentions (and a lot of effort), new fitness businesses don't work out as planned. Which leads to sending out a sad email like this one: John, sadly I have to close down 2 of my studios and consolidate to one due to landlord doubling the...
by John | Jun 2, 2024 | Featured Studios, Free Podcasts, Instructor Training, Promote and Build Your Class
ICI/PRO member & Cycle Quest Studio owner Joe Ducosin hosted Olympic Gold Medalist Dara Torres at his studio last week - and the results were a bunch of free local media that promoted his studio. Dara was in town to promote the new women's specific FitClips headphones...
by John | May 27, 2024 | Featured Studios, Instructor Training, Member Spotlight
ICI/PRO member Joe Ducosin invited Amy and me to a special event at Cycle Quest Indoor Cycling Studio, Joe's new studio in Eden Prairie, MN. The event was a kick off for the Minnesota Tour de Cure, a fundraising ride for the American Diabetes Association. It...
by John | Mar 22, 2024 | Instructor Training, Your Fitness Business
Why is it some crazy ideas don't sound so crazy, once somebody is actually doing it? For example; who would have thought holding Indoor Cycling classes in a movie theater would be a good idea? He considered turning it into a recreation center, or a ropes course. But...