Paco Gonzalez – Keiser International Cycling Master Trainer
Paco is one of our featured presenters at this years ICI/PRO conference and there's still room for you 🙂
Click here for more info and to reserve your bike.
Changes are a coming!
We are making a number of big changes to indoorcycleinstructor.com and it's our hope to be ready to implement them (fingers crossed) over the Labor Day weekend September 4th – 5th. The changes include a much improved navigation system, a new community building tool and a better look and feel of the site. Stay tuned…
Cool Stuff and Random Observations From IDEA
Here are some of what I came away with from IDEA. Â I do plan to expand on some of this with Jennifer as a new Podcast episode soon.
- My biggest takeaway from the entire conference… I saw approximately the same Threshold Power (240 watts) on the Schwinn AC Performance, Keiser M3 and CycleOps Indoor Cycles. I know it isn't exactly scientific, but I took classes on all three power bikes and I was encouraged to see they all read similar power. This Threshold Power squares with Cycling Fusion's Power Charts that predict ~ 1.2 – 1.6 watts per pound for a reasonably fit cyclist – I'm 160lbs x 1.5 watts per lb = 240 watts.
- Does the “F” word belong in your class? How about a conference session? I talked with an Instructor who was very upset about the language used in a Saturday 7:30am session. I'm digging into it more…
- Based on many of the Instructors I saw here in Southern CA you can never be too fit, too thin or too tan 🙂
- I have a bunch of short video Interviews, including Paco Gonzalez who will be presenting at our October conference.
- If you ever get the chance to attend any training where Jay Blahnik is the presenter… GO!
- Everyone needs a profile (Instructor and/or Club-Studio)Â on IDEA Fitness Connect . IDEA launched Fitness Connect this weekend as the largest fitness professional directory, connecting more than 16 million consumers to more than 100,000 fitness professionals with credentials verified by the top 14 fitness certification bodies. Completely free and you do not need to be an IDEA member.
Your profile on these sites coming late in 2010
I have already set up mine (and the two clubs where I teach) here.
- TRX is going to take over the fitness world… it's only a mater of time…
More to come.
Direct from IDEA
WOW! What an exhausting (but fun and productive) week at the IDEA fitness conference in LA. There is so much I want to share with everyone and I hope to post as much as possible over the next week or so. I'll start with the best part, meeting some ICI/PRO members who were attending!
Darlene and Me doing one of my self-photos
I met Darlene Levin on Friday and we had a fun conversation until she was distracted by another John. Then I got to play photographer.
Darlene Levin and Johnny G
Then on Saturday I met Kerri Fleisher just before taking a CycleOps Threshold class. Kerri is from Las Vegas and she showed me some of the very cool class videos she makes using clips from Music Videos. She then shows them using her iPad. I need one of those… Kerri also showed me some video clips of indoor cycling classes she does with very young athletes. If we can make it happen I would love to have her on the Podcast to talk more about it.
Kerri Fleisher and Me
International Indoor Cycling Instructors Invited To Compete
(MMD Newswire) July 30, 2010 — Dedicated “Spinning®” students or those who attend any Indoor Cycling class, know what a difference a great instructor can make. Now local fans can prove just how great their favorite instructors are by urging them to enter the first contest of its kind: The World's Top Ten Indoor Cycling Instructors Contest. In an unprecedented move to identify the best of the best, Cycling Fusion has put together a contest to find top shelf talent for teaching what is arguably the most popular group exercise class in the fitness industry – Spinning® or Indoor Cycling.
“For three years now, we have been working on finding ways to share all the great things about this indoor activity with the entire cycling community – whether they ride indoors our out. This contest should help us find the people that are going to ultimately be the next driving force for change and expansion of the indoor ride.” Gene Nacey, Founder of Cycling Fusion.
Ten instructors will be judged from a group of 40 finalists by a panel of Spinning(R) and Indoor Cycling experts, as the World's 10 best at their craft. The panel will score each instructor on a number of categories, with the highest rated woman, and the highest rated man each earning the top prize of a Keiser m3 power bike for their home.
All 10 Winners will also have their registration to the Indoor Cycle Instructor PRO Conference reimbursed, and be offered an opportunity to teach at the conference in October. Most importantly though, all ten winners will receive a formal invitation to join Cycling Fusion's Instructor Faculty where instructors are paid for recorded classes that will be shown all over the world. Scoring will begin on June 1st with final submissions due by August 31st, 2010.
The contest is open only to participants eighteen (18) years of age and older, who are Spinning(R) or Indoor Cycling Instructors currently teaching in a commercial fitness facilities.
Spinning(R) is registered trademark of Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc. Mad Dogg Athletics is not involved with the contest.