Stomps: High-Resistance, High-Intensity Intervals for Indoor Cycling (Very Cool)

by Joan Kent | Oct 10, 2022 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Strength Training

If you”™ve done stomps in your cycling workouts, you may think I”™m crazy when I say this, but I”™ve always liked them. They”™re extremely tough but appeal to that twisted part of me that enjoys hard training. (I know: you”™ve got...

Should you be deemphasizing outdoor cycling?

by John | Sep 10, 2022 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Promote and Build Your Class

Can an argument be made for deemphasizing "Outdoor Cycling" in your Indoor Cycling class? Or asked differently; would it ever make sense to remove many (if not all) of the references, imagery and cuing related to riding outdoors?   Life Time Fitness thinks we should...

Who’s on your crew?

by John | Sep 1, 2022 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, Your Fitness Business

"So Joel, how do you know who to listen to and who to shut out?" “I try to only listen to those whom I”™m confident are on my crew…” My question came during a conversation I was having during coffee with Joel Johnson, the pastor of my church. Joel had...

Understanding ANT+ and Heart Rate Monitors on Indoor Cycles

by John | Jul 19, 2022 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Tech Help, Master Instructor Blog

  PRO member Kay asked a very good question about ANT+ ... I'm also wondering about Heart Rate.  If the bikes are ANT+, will they only pick up ANT+ Heart Rate Monitors?  I noticed that the new Schwinn did not pick up my Polar HRM Thank you for your comments! Kay...

ICI/PRO Podcast 339 Understanding the floors and ceilings of training with power

by John | Jul 13, 2022 | Best Practices, Big Box Instructor, PRO Podcasts, Training With Power, Zone based Heart Rate Training

I prefer to limit the mathematical computations many Instructors typically ask of their classes. For example you'd never hear me say; "now I want everyone at 85% of their FTP" or... "this next interval is 30 seconds in Zone 5B which is 103 to 106% of your LT/AT heart...

ICI/PRO Podcast 292 – Teach Your First Cycle & Strength Class Audio PROfile

by John | Feb 21, 2022 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor

Instructor and Zoning Specialist Kay Mamo joins me to discuss her version of a Cycle & Strength class and then provides the profile and music suggestions that you can use to teach you own class of this format. In case you missed it, I subbed a "Cycle - Sculpt" class a...