LIVESTRONG® Fitness to Release Special-Edition Indoor Cycle Dedicated to the 28 Million People Living with Cancer

by John | Oct 9, 2024 | Indoor Cycling Bikes

Proceeds to benefit LIVESTRONG From: http://www.pitchengine.com 11.24.2010— COTTAGE GROVE, Wis. — In January, LIVESTRONG® Fitness by Johnson Health Tech will release the LS28IC, a special-edition indoor training cycle honoring the 28 million people living with cancer...

Why is Sally Edwards dressed up as a couch potato?

by John | Sep 21, 2024 | Heart Zones USA

To demonstrate the point that inside every "couch potato" is a Triathlete. I found this interview video of Sally Edwards very entertaining and motivating. I have forwarded it to my Indoor Cycling Class participants. Click the link or the picture to watch it 🙂...

Personal Spinning® Threshold (PST) Assessment

by John | Sep 12, 2024 | Instructor Training, Spinning Class, Training With Power

At WSSC I had the opportunity to complete a PST (Personal Spinning® Threshold) test - which is (their words) the key to Spinpower success. I couldn't agree more as knowing your maximum sustainable power or Heart Rate, and then building training zones around a known...

Understanding FreeMotion’s New Carbon Belt Drive

by John | Sep 9, 2024 | Freemotion - Foundation Fitness

FreeMotion introduced a new belt drive option for their S11 series indoor cycles at IHRSA this year. Bill Pryor and I discussed it on Podcast # 204. Not being there to ride it, I figured that a  belt is just a belt, right? Well no, in this case it isn't. Instead of...

Where can I get certified as a “Spin®” “Schwinn®” or any other type of Indoor Cycling Instructor?

by John | Jun 17, 2024 | Big Box Instructor, Certification, Instructor Training

I get the "Where can I get certified as a "Spin®","Schwinn®" or simply an Indoor Cycling Instructor?" question a lot. While trying to be helpful, more often than not my response is "I'm sorry, but you are asking the wrong person." "The person you want to ask is the...

Is this legal?

by John | May 24, 2024 | Class DVDS & Videos, Instructor Training

Last weekend Amy and I were in a Spinning class at a Life Time Fitness in Scottsdale. The instructor's playlist was a series of YouTube videos she played off her iPhone. The class was very cool... and all I could think about was how much my class would love this... Is...