by John | Apr 10, 2018 | Best Practices, Big Box Instructor, Class Work-Sets, Instructor Training, Latest News, Presentation Skills
We all like our specific brand... Ever notice how, if you teach on multiple brands of Indoor Cycle, your class presentation changes a little from one to the other? From the distance all the IC's from FreeMotion, Keiser, Schwinn and Star Trac, look pretty much the...
by John | Feb 12, 2018 | Health and Wellness, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Latest News, Master Instructor Blog, Strength Training
Talk about opening "Pandora's Box" - this is bound to get a few conversations going... Cameron Chinatti from Stages Indoor Cycling alerted me to this. ACE (American Council on Exercise) published a scientific study that looked at the effectiveness of pedaling...
by John | Jan 31, 2018 | Instructor Training, Latest News, Presentation Skills
I woke up one morning thinking; the appeal of SoulCycle to women is eerily similar to golf's appeal to men. Amy and I rode a class at SoulCycle in Santa Monica, CA. I was working on a few posts about our experiences that I hope to have finished by tomorrow. But this...
by John | Apr 7, 2017 | Latest News
I'd heard some rumors that this was in the works > Stages Indoor Cycles appears to be supplying SoulCycle with Indoor Cycles. This would be a HUGE safety improvement to their classes. Why? Because the combination of a lighter aluminum flywheel + magnetic resistance...
by John | Mar 31, 2017 | Latest News
Today is World Backup Day! Having a daily, scheduled, backup of all of your data is supercritical for everyone with a computer... especially Instructors who depend on iTunes to deliver their class music. Here's a fun info-graphic that explains more > Courtesy of:...
by John | Feb 28, 2017 | Latest News
3/1/17 UPDATE - Amazon has solved their problems and everything appears to be working now! ICI/PRO uses Amazon's SC servers to "serve" our podcasts, video files and some of our images. We've used Amazon since 2009 and this is the first time they've failed us. Until...