Effective Management – Instructor Communication

by John | Apr 28, 2025 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training

Joe Ducosin runs CycleQuest Studio in Eden Prairie, MN with his awesome wife Patti. Joe's great at communicating with his Instructor's and has given me permission to share his "Pre Season reminders for Instructors" with you. You can download a pdf of this here. I...

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

by John | Apr 10, 2025 | 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...

Revenge of the Big Box clubs

by John | Apr 1, 2025 | Big Box Instructor, Your Fitness Business

Interesting article from RACKED.com that is promoting the virtue of Big Box fitness clubs - while recognizing how the boutique studios have been getting all the press and recognition over the past few years. Do Classes at Regular Gyms Hold Up Against Boutique Fitness?...

Our Man Chuck Cali at IDEA

by John | Mar 8, 2025 | Big Box Instructor

I missed IDEA this year but our Man on the Street Chuck Cali was there. In this video Chuck interviews a number of Instructors who took part in the demonstration classes of MyRide+ from Team ICG. This goes to my earlier post about the potential of constructing a...

Options for Online Indoor Cycling CEC’s

by Amy Macgowan | Feb 15, 2025 | 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...

ICI Podcast 212 – Jim Karanas has news and a warning about bicycle safety

by John | Feb 3, 2025 | Big Box Instructor, Free Podcasts

Master Trainer Jim Karanas from Team ICG® joins me on this episode to discuss both Jim's and my concerns that those of you who are heading outdoors this summer, do so safely! Although it was hard for him to talk about, Jim's wife (and long time riding/training and...