by Amy Macgowan | Jan 6, 2018 | Master Instructor Blog, Promote and Build Your Class, Your Fitness Business
I coach a four month long winter training camp that offers 14 indoor cycles and 6 bicycle trainers. This allows participants to bring their own bikes, mount them on the trainers and ride alongside the stationary bikes. Everyone gets a fantastic experience with this...
by John | Nov 25, 2017 | Featured Studios, Free Podcasts, Instructor Training, Promote and Build Your Class
ICI/PRO member & Cycle Quest Studio owner Joe Ducosin hosted Olympic Gold Medalist Dara Torres at his studio last week – and the results were a bunch of free local media that promoted his studio. Dara was in town to promote the new women's specific FitClips...
by John | Jun 3, 2017 | Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Promote and Build Your Class
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Waking up to -3° F this morning reminded me again how thankful I am for Indoor Cycling 🙂 I felt today would be the perfect time to announce our new Facebook group – Celebrate Indoor Cycling Celebrate Indoor Cycling is dedicated to...
by John | Apr 28, 2017 | Instructor Tips and Tricks, Spotify
I love answering questions from Instructors 🙂 Hi John, Since you are a Spotify guru, I thought you might know the answer to this question: Spotify says their music is for non-commercial use and that you can't use it to play at even a school. I haven't found anything...
by John | Apr 26, 2017 | Best Practices, Engage Your Students, Free Podcasts, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Promote and Build Your Class, Your Fitness Business
Here's a great opportunity for Indoor Cycling Instructors and Studio Owners to attract and serve a new demographic of riders – active seniors! With over 12 MILLION members and 13,000 locations, SilverSneakers is a kind of quiet giant in the fitness industry....
by John | Apr 22, 2017 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, Promote and Build Your Class
My article about teaching a Cycle Sculpt class, that included using weights on the cycle, brought out a lot of strong comments on my Facebook.  Understandably many of the commentators expressed concerns about safety: I think the rub for me John is safety. Weights on a...