In this story More observations from our students the author states that he's one of few, if any, men in the classes he attends. The classes I teach and attend appear to be an even split… except for a few of the 9:30am (forgive the expression) House Wives classes I've been to.
What's the men/women split like at your studio?
Our commitment for this years ICI/PRO conference it to provide the absolute best fitness education available! As we finalize our roster of presenters I wanted you to meet someone new 🙂 Dr. Carl Foster is, as best I can determine, the most widely cited exercise scientist there is on the subject of Threshold based Heart Rate training. Dr. Foster's specialty is in Human Performance and many prominent coaching and endurance experts base their training techniques on the original research conducted by Dr. Foster at the University of WI – Lacrosse.
Carl Foster, Ph.D., FACSM, FAACVPR
Carl is the Director of the Human Performance Laboratory, is the Research Director of the CEP program, and teaches a number of courses in the curriculum (ESS 744: Laboratory Techniques in Clinical Exercise Physiology, EFN 730: Research Methods, ESS 780: Philosophy and Organization of Preventative and Rehabilitative Programs). Carl has over 20 years of clinical experience (at Sinai Samaritan Medical Center in Milwaukee) before coming to UW-L. Carl has a very active research program and has published ~250 scientific articles and chapters and 11 longer works (books/monographs/ position stands). Relevantly, he was a co-editor of the first ACSM Health and Fitness Facilities Standards and Guidelines and was on the writing task force for the joint ACSM/AHA Position Stand on Health and Fitness Facilities.
Carl is highly involved in both ACSM and AACVPR. He is a Past President of ACSM and was the chairperson of the Research Committee for AACVPR. Additionally, he is the Chair of the Sports Medicine/Sports Science/Drug Testing committee for U.S. Speedskating. He is a long-time member of the scientific support team for U.S. Speedskating and was the recipient of a research grant from the International Olympic Committee to conduct studies at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Carl was the recipient of the M.L. Pollock Established Investigator Award from AACVPR in 2006. He was also given the Citation Award by ACSM in 2009. He is the Editor of the International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance.
I've heard Dr. Foster speak and I'm confident you will find him engaging and informative. The titles of his planned sessions are:
We are building in extra Q&A time for each of Dr. Foster's sessions, so you will be able to get all your questions answered.
I have opened early registration for those of you wanting to get a jump on everyone else. This year we are offering you the chance to make multiple payments, rather than one lump sum. Here is the link to register.
Last year the hotel sold out. Even if you are thinking about sharing a room I would suggest that you reserve a room here's the phone number to the hotel 978-750-7987 and tell them you are in the Indoor Cycling group. We will be helping connect those looking for room-mates. NOTE: Our block of reserved rooms extends from September 28th to October 4th for those of you wanting to come early or stay a day or two longer.
Alice and class
With all of these very talented Indoor Cycling Instructors available we thought; “why not add a monthly Podcast featuring one of our members?”
Meet ICI/PRO Member Alice Heffner! In this episode Alice shares the steps she took to start and build a new class, at a new club, at a weird time, completly from scratch.
If you are a new Instructor, or maybe looking to add an additional class or two to your teaching schedule, you may discover some ideas that you can use to break into that fancy club where you've always want to teach 🙂
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ICI/PRO acquires Pedal-On, creating the largest independent online forum, resource and community for indoor cycling enthusiasts
Expansion and investment are planned for new combined entity
Deep Breath In, LLC, the leading provider of digital media and web-based community services for indoor cycling enthusiasts, today announced the acquisition of Pedal-On, a four year old online forum also dedicated to indoor cycling.
With the addition of Pedal-On, Deep Breath In adds to its family of online brands including ICI/PRO, www.indoorcycleinstructor.com, Cycling Studio Owners Group, www.cyclingstudio.org, and Fitness Studio Marketing www.fitnessstudiomarekting.com . All of these sites serve niches within the broad, international indoor cycling community. Indoor cycling, in various forms that include SPINNING®, is a group fitness activity participated in by over 7 million people worldwide and represents one of the most popular forms of group exercise in North America, Europe, Australia and elsewhere.
Deep Breath In founder John Macgowan noted that Pedal-On and ICI/PRO are highly complementary online communities. “Pedal-On has a very active forum community of passionate instructors and enthusiasts, and many of them also visit ICI/PRO. There is great synergy between the audio, video and article based training resources of ICI/PRO and the user created forum content at Pedal-On “ said Macgowan. “Pedal-On will continue to function as it has in the past as an organic community, and we feel we can add real value by promoting it more widely and introducing new features” he added.
With the addition of Pedal-On, this family of websites establishes itself as the definitive online resource for indoor cycling instructors, enthusiasts, studio owners, program managers and suppliers.
About ICI/PRO and Deep Breath In
ICI/PRO www.indoorcyclinginstructor.com is a dedicated, independent resource informing and educating thousands of instructors worldwide. ICI/PRO has pioneered the concept of Indoor Cycling 2.0, training on the advanced use of power and other metrics in indoor cycling classes.
CyclingStudio.Org www.cyclingstudio.org is an owners group to assist the growing community of dedicated indoor cycling studios around the world.
Fitness Studio Marketing www.fitnessstudiomarketing.com provides practical tips and information on marketing techniques for fitness businesses.
About PedalOn
Pedal-On www.pedal-on.com is the independent voice of the indoor cycling community where thousands of enthusiasts meet to share ideas and information. This highly active forum addresses a broad variety of indoor cycling topics of interest to active instructors and participants.
I was wearing my ICI/PRO t-shirt this weekend and a random person in line at the grocery store asked me; “what's ICI/PRO and Indoor Cycling 2.0?” “Is that a new form of Spinning or something?” I explained that ICI/PRO is my business and the abbreviated name for a website devoted to providing resources and a community for Professional Indoor Cycling Instructors who are committed to delivering the absolute best results for their participants.
I told her that Indoor Cycling 2.0 is my description of a methodology (maybe ideology would have been a better word) where we teach Indoor Cycling classes that move beyond 60 minutes of exercise, to more results driven training using the tools and training techniques used successfully by endurance athletes to get fitter, faster and more effectively maintain their body weight.
She told me that she had been taking “Spin Classes” (her words) on and off for over ten years. She said she enjoyed them, but after a while they got a little stale for her, so she moved on to other Group Fitness classes. ZUMBA is now her favorite! After telling her when and where I taught we went our separate ways.
I think about this stuff constantly. When I got home I looked up when Spinning® officially started. Mad Dogg Athletics has their own website that includes a page about the history of Spinning. In 1993 Crunch gyms in New York were the very first to offer a Spinning program. Mad Dogg Athletics incorporated in 1994. As best as Amy and I can remember the Flagship Athletic Club, where Amy has taught since 1991, was the second club in Minneapolis to offer this new Spinning program in 1995.
Depending on how you do the math that means 17 years or so. Many of you probably remember some of the spin-off programs from Reebok, Keiser, Schwinn, Bally, LeMond, etc… Some are still around…. some are not. Those who still are have been through one (if not more) revisions and yet all were really just variations on the same original Spinning theme.
It's only now, with the addition of Power measurement on IC cycles and the encouragement of using Heart Rate monitors, that we are really seeing a fundamental change.
After 17 years it really is time for something different – Indoor Cycling 2.0â„¢ *
It's very exciting for me to be part of this community who has been embracing this concept as the way for all of us to truly help our students reach their personal fitness goals.
* I put the little â„¢ at the end of Indoor Cycling 2.0 to identify that I first introduced the concept. I offer it's use freely to any Indoor Cycling brand who would like to use it to identify that they too embrace this concept. Just email trademark@indoorcycleinstructor.com for permission.