Favorite Track(s) of The Week

by Christine Hawthorne | Feb 23, 2018 | Music

Sprints, speed work, accelerations, cadence building drills-whatever you call them, we all use them in our classes.  I love collecting songs that  have a natural pick up (usually on the chorus) to use for this purpose.  Today I'm sharing two of my favorites along with...

The Loud Ones – Class Work Set Profile using the Stages Sprint Shift

by Dunte Hector | Feb 9, 2018 | Audio PROfiles, Big Box Instructor, Class Work-Sets, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Music, Spotify, Training With Power

Ride Name: The Loud Ones Work Set Length: 13:44 + 7:17 recovery [21 minutes] The Sprint Shift on the new Stages SC3 bike is your interval training solution. Left position for easy, Center position for medium, Right position for hard. Make micro-adjustments with the...

Favorite Track(s) of The Week

by Christine Hawthorne | Feb 2, 2018 | Instructor Training, Music

Have you ever watched a commercial and wondered, “What”™s that song?”. I”™ve seen this Diet Coke commercial dozens of times and every time I see it, I find myself humming this song for hours. I googled it, but could just have easily Shazamed it if I”™d had my phone...

I Don’t Got Time For Pain… Awesome track at the beginning and again somewhere near the end.

by John | Jan 17, 2018 | Instructor Training, Music

This AM at around 6:23, I dripped sweat onto my iPhone's screen and accidentally switched on Shuffle. Of course I didn't realize my error until this great new track I'm using for openers comes on, for the second time. Wait... didn't we already do this song? Oh, Crap!...

ICI/PRO Podcast 305 – A Playlist Technique I Never Considered

by John | Dec 27, 2017 | Audio PROfiles, Instructor Training, Music, PRO Podcasts

I've taught Indoor Cycling classes for about 15 years and thought I understood all of the Do's and Don'ts of delivering music to my classes. Based on the technique offered in this podcast, I'm realizing I still have a lot to learn...  Dennis Mellon is one of those...

The Great Spotify Debate: Renting Vs. Buying

by Christine Hawthorne | Dec 8, 2017 | iTunes, iTunes & Spotify Training, Music, Spotify

I get a lot of questions about Spotify, but the one question that I get over and over  from people that are interested switching from iTunes is:  "Do you own the music?", or “Can I sync music from Spotify to my iPod or burn it to CD? “ And my answer is always the...