by Jim Karanas | Mar 11, 2013 | Instructor Training, Leading Group Rides, Master Instructor Blog
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas If you teach an authentic style of Indoor Cycling and pattern your classes after riding a real bicycle, invariably students who have not ridden a bike for many years will ask you the above question. Unless you are an avid rider...
by Jim Karanas | Mar 4, 2013 | Master Instructor Blog
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Daylight Savings Time and warm weather are fast approaching. Students will begin to alter their training schedules to include more outdoor riding. I”™ve always encouraged that. In teaching an authentic method of indoor cycling...
by John | Feb 22, 2013 | Audio PROfiles, Master Instructor Blog
Stages Indoor Cycling Master Educator Pam Benchley provides our latest Audio PROfile! Cuing the Console — Change is GOOD!! was designed towards the instructor that may be new to teaching with a console in front of them, and/or to the instructor who may be new to...
by John | Feb 21, 2013 | Best Practices, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog
I'm listening to a recording of you, talking to member after a class last week. Would how you speak, and the words you choose, leave me feeling that your intent was to: A: Educate them? B: Impress them? Last Sunday morning a participant approached me after a...
by John | Feb 18, 2013 | Master Instructor Blog, Music
By Team ICG® Master Trainer Jim Karanas Indoor-cycling instructors tend to plan their classes in one of two ways. Some start with music. They compile an audio profile of songs they enjoy and select the ride movement, cadence and intensity based on the song. Others...
by Chuck Cali | Feb 14, 2013 | Engage Your Students, Master Instructor Blog
On January 20 John Macgowan posted Would you teach for SoulCycle? If you have not read it, try to find the time. It generated a lively discussion of 17 comments between eight of us. The post highlights excerpts from an article in New York Magazine that ran on January...