by John | Mar 6, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, KEEPING IT FUN, Music
I love to cue 100 RPM's! One hundred is such a fun number > it rolls off your tongue with ease + there's a certain power the word. You can repeat it > ONE HUNDRED, over and over during an interval, without it ever sounding repetitive or getting stale. Everyone...
by John | Mar 3, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Latest News, Promote and Build Your Class, Your Fitness Business
Totally random observation... You know we've gone mainstream when a large advertiser like Gillette, begins connecting their products to Indoor Cycling. I ran across this article today in the online version of Shape Magazine. Seems like a typical bit of content...
by Dennis Mellon | Mar 2, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Dennis Mellon, Instructor Training, Music, Training With Power
We've all heard the causality dilemma, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?". Ancient philosophers have been debating this question since the beginning of recorded history. Indoor cycling instructors have been asking themselves a similar question,"What...
by John | Feb 27, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Engage Your Students, Instructor Tips and Tricks, Music
I've been getting much of musical inspiration from Movie soundtracks as of late. I'm still digging Zack Hemsey — Vengeance that I first heard used in the movie The Equalizer. The beauty of the Internet (at leased for now) is how easy it is to find best soundtracks,...
by Amy Macgowan | Feb 20, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, Music
Continuing to use music out of my comfort zone, I bring you this week's Free Music Friday. A 62 rpm climb to encourage your class to truly feel what's going on with their bodies. I coach them to be okay with, and embrace, however the intense work is feeling- good or...
by John | Feb 17, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Class Work-Sets, Display Training, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Presentation Skills
We had some excellent questions from Studio Owners this past weekend during our Full Psycle/PRO PIQ workshop. Paul Harmeling addressed these two related questions during the Q&A - I wanted to offer my thoughts on it here: When, or how often, should we be using using...