by John | May 31, 2018 | Engage Your Students, Free Podcasts, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Latest News
Georgia Green is a regular participant in Amy and my cycling classes at Life Time Fitness. I'll never forget the first day she walked in > tall, strong, with a great big smile - she looks like a fitness instructor - and came right up to me, with her hand extended;...
by John | May 21, 2018 | Featured Instructor, KEEPING IT FUN, Latest News, Learn Leadership Skills
Power Ride Studio Owner Meg Kuhn Hilmer shared this remarkable story about her daughter/business partner in the Studio Owners Facebook group. I was so inspired by it I had to share it here for everyone to see 🙂 When she was 13-years old, Casey was running near her...
by John | Apr 22, 2018 | Instructor Tech Help, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Latest News, Master Instructor Blog, Training With Power
I had the privilege of visiting the Stages Cycling HQ and factory in Boulder Colorado with my buddy Randy Erwin. Director of Indoor Cycling education Cameron Chinatti, along with Stages vice president Pat Warner, were our tour guides. We spent a fascinating couple of...
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 | Apr 9, 2018 | Best Practices, Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, New Instructor 101, Presentation Skills
I'll let you in on my little secret. I edit many of my interviews. When my guest misspeaks, has a few too many ums/ahs/likes/you knows or they run off topic. They tend to say "stop" and then ask "please edit that out". Although I've been asked multiple times, I never...
by Jay Duplessie | Mar 29, 2018 | Engage Your Students, Jay Duplessie, Motivation
I'm sure I could list 10 or 20 clichés that everyone reading this could relate to, but I'm only going to do a couple. "If I knew then what I know now," and then one of my personal favorites in this genre "You don't know what you don't know." Being that this is only...