by Joey Stabile | Aug 29, 2017 | Best Practices, Instructor Training, Music
Welcome to week two of Music to Mention. This week's music to mention is my new favorite finish. It incoporates cadence work, speed and we go both in the saddle and out of the saddle. The key to making this work is to have your riders add enough resistence to keep it challanging. I usually give them a few ranges in terms of watts: 80%-100% (of their body weight in watts), 100%-130% or 150%-175%, and then let them choose how hard they want to work today. If you bikes do not have power, you can always go with moderate, hard and very hard. I do not take my classes to breathless often, but this is one song where I will. Please, caution the riders to work at their own level.
The timing for this song is:
Get the PDF Here: BassExperiment
Bass eXperiment by XS Project:
Apple Music
Spotify
Have fun with this song and enjoy the ride.
Ride Hard, Ride Well and Ride Often……Joey
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by Christine Hawthorne | Aug 26, 2017 | Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Music
This new tune from Thirty Seconds to Mars is their first single in four years and it was definitely worth the wait. The lyrics and beautiful choruses combined will beg your riders to climb straight to the top. This song is quite versatile and I can see using it several different ways:
A seated or standing climb at 70 rpm.
A seated climb bringing it out of the saddle on the chorus.
Rolling hills, adding gear and pushing through on the chorus.
Seated sprints on the chorus.
However you decide to use it, I'm sure you and your riders will love it!
Walk On Water by Thirty Seconds to Mars iTunes link (70 rpm)
by Joey Stabile | Aug 24, 2017 | Best Practices, Creativity Indoor Classes, Instructor Training, Music
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion:
No more hunting for new music or counting out cues. Here is your ready to ride document, that can be displayed from your phone, or printed out onto cue cards. This ride is timed out, down to the second, to make your life as easy as possible!
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by Joey Stabile | Aug 22, 2017 | Best Practices, Instructor Training, Music
This week's music to mention is one of my favorite tracks. I often use it as a finisher and I love that it has two passes at the same “type” of drill that I love to run differently. I like to run the first half as a hilltop race finish, then take advantage of the brief rest. The second half I like to cover up the monitors and run this by rhythm with the accelerations happening by feel rather than by the numbers.
The timing for this song is:
Get the PDF File here: Pyramids
Pyramids by DVBBS and Dropgun
Have fun with this song and enjoy the ride. It is a great closer and will allow your class to leave with an amazing sense of accomplishment even though the tank is empty.
Ride Hard, Ride Well and Ride Often……Joey
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by Christine Hawthorne | Aug 18, 2017 | Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Music
This week's favorite track has a tribal/trance sound that will have your riders entranced by the beat. They won't want to give up until the finish line. It's Great Spirit by Armin van Buuren, Vini Vici and it's pretty amazing.
Here's what one online review had to say:
“Great Spirit” opens up with a buildup that progresses with the tribal vocals of Hilight Tribe. The track then transitions to the climatic sequence that features some up-tempo beats and striking chords. Soon after, another breakdown commences and concludes with another electrifying drop.”
I couldn't have said it better myself.
This version is 3:36 in length, but check out the remixes and extended version that I've linked below as well. Enjoy this one, it's a lot of fun!
Great Spirit by Armin van Buuren, Vini Vici (69 rpm)
by Christine Hawthorne | Aug 12, 2017 | Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Music
Your classes will love this climbing song from Indie Rocker Coleman Hell. You can ride seated or standing at around 60 rpm. (bpm 120) and I promise you the tune will be stuck in your head for the rest of the day! I first heard it when I was taking a Pound class and I had to hit up the instructor after class to find out what this cool song was all about. If you like this one, you might also want to check out Devotion and Fireproof. And don't forget to save this one for your upcoming Halloween ride!
2 Heads by Coleman Hell iTunes link (60 rpm)
