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...

Life Time Fitness to unveil their new EDGE Cycling format & LT Connect Heart Rate Display System

by John | Oct 27, 2021 | Big Box Instructor, Zone based Heart Rate Training

Updated 10/30 below Short notice... it's tomorrow night. Here's the email invitation I received: EDGE Cycle kick-off with Bahram Akradi & quests This will be the 1st class offering in Minnesota of our “new” EDGE CYCLE signature Indoor cycle format! Expect to have...

Performance Cycle – FTP Assessment or 2 + 1 = a straight line

by John | Sep 22, 2021 | Big Box Instructor, Class Work-Sets, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Training With Power

Better late than never they say. It certainly applies to this season's Performance Cycle classes - now we're in full swing after some initial confusion that came from a sudden change on GFDH's. We kicked off this past Sunday with an assessment to find the wattage...

Options for Online Indoor Cycling CEC’s

by Amy Macgowan | Sep 4, 2021 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training

Where does the time go? It seems like just last month I was busy completing the last few of the 20 credit hours (2.0 CECs) I needed for my ACE group fitness Instructor renewal. Actually it was two years ago and at the time, I took advantage of the free CEC's offered...

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

by Joan Kent | Sep 1, 2021 | 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...

How Low is Low?

by John | Jul 30, 2021 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog

It's a beautiful sunny Minnesota summer day here and I was enjoying it out on my old mountain bike. One of the reasons Minneapolis is as such a bicycle friendly city are the trails running everywhere. I really enjoy these smooth gravel paths because I can spend a...