What I’m excited to see at IHRSA next week!

by John | Mar 18, 2016 | Display Training, Instructor Training, Latest News, Your Fitness Business

It's that time of year again - IHRSA, the big fitness equipment show starts on Tuesday next week March 22nd and 23rd. This year the expo is in Orlando at the Orange County Convention Center. Sweet for me as it's an easy 90 minute drive from my new home in Tampa 🙂 Last...

Top 5 reasons your fitness class should a “politics free zone”

by John | Feb 24, 2016 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, Latest News, Your Fitness Business

We've got another election year here in the USA. Based on what I see on my Facebook feed, I get the sense that there's a few Instructors* out there that might be thinking, OH GOODY! I've got a captive group of people riding in front of me. My "peeps" see me as a...

Join Stages Cycling at Club Industry 2015 Next Thursday, October 8th, for FREE Training from the Company that KNOWS POWER!

by Dennis Mellon | Oct 1, 2015 | Best Practices, Dennis Mellon, Instructor Training, Latest News, Master Instructor Blog, Training With Power

  You don't find opportunities to ride and learn from the experts everyday, let alone for FREE! Join Stages Indoor Cycling, Director of Education, Cameron Chinatti and Master Educator, Dennis Mellon and learn... Best Power Practices Video Rides to remember Stages...

New Indoor Cycles Coming This Fall From Core Health & Fitness – Star Trac

by John | Sep 30, 2015 | Latest News, Your Fitness Business

Fresh off the split between Mad Dogg Athletics and Core Health & Fitness - Star Trac, I received this press release promoting their new (?) lineup of Indoor Cycles... Core Health & Fitness To Introduce New Indoor Group Cycles VANCOUVER, WA. September 29, 2015 — Core...

Mad Dogg splits from Star Trac = a fire sale on Spinners®!

by John | Sep 3, 2015 | Instructor Training, Latest News

  I'd been hearing some rumors about Mad Dogg Athletics ending their long partnership* with manufacturer Star Trac. And then yesterday I received this email above, that frankly, looked to me like a "Going out of business!" fire sale. Well today it is official......

Would this create a more beneficial pedaling workout?

by John | Aug 10, 2015 | Health and Wellness, KEEPING IT FUN, Latest News, Strength Training

I just became aware of a new Indiegogo campaign for an innovative* method of pedaling a bicycle. Similar in functionality to a KrankCycle, the Caron Bicycle uses independent left/right crankarms that create 6 different pedalling movements. They have their crankset...