Schwinn Wins Award for Their Class Tamer iPhone App

by John | Jan 13, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, iTunes, Latest News, Music, Schwinn Cycling

Merrill Richmond with StairMaster | Schwinn send me a press release about how the Schwinn Class Tamer iPhone App had won an Outstanding Achievement Award. Pretty cool:) Schwinn developed this as their gift to Instructors - and an expensive gift at that. I don't know...

ICI/PRO DJ Scott Melker Music Playlist Contest

by John | Jan 11, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, KEEPING IT FUN, Latest News, Music, PRO/Playlists

Time for another Profile Contest! My friend , professional DJ Scott Melker send me an awesome playlist to use in my 45 minute Evolution Cycle class at Life Time. I had asked Scott for this because quite frankly; there are times when my personal choices of music,...

The Power of 3 – Three Song Harmonically Mixed Indoor Cycling Set – “Around, Below and Above”

by Dennis Mellon | Jan 9, 2015 | Audio PROfiles, Bonus Materials, Dennis Mellon, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog, PRO/Playlists, Video, Video PROfiles

The Power of 3 - "Around, Below and Above" "Congregation" by The Foo Fighters "The Hanging Tree" by Peter G RewerRK "In the Clear" by Foo Fighters Over the past few weeks I have been fascinated with the HBO series "Sonic Highways", which features one of my favorite...

Free Music Friday 1/9

by Amy Macgowan | Jan 8, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Music, Spotify

At this moment, I'm sitting with one of my dearest friends and fellow cycle instructor. We've been listening to music together and we found this great 7 minute flat. She will use it for an opener- I most likely will too. It's 102 rpm's- great for warming up our legs...

Spotify Tips and Tricks For 2015

by John | Jan 6, 2015 | Big Box Instructor, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Music, Presentation Skills, Spotify

Spotify is continuously updating both their computer software and iPhone/Android Apps. To keep you up-to-speed with changes and improvements, here are a few new tricks you might not be aware of - a few of these are courtesy of PC Magazine: Recover Deleted Playlists Oh...

Top Indoor Cycling Songs of 2014

by Christine Hawthorne | Jan 1, 2015 | Featured Instructor, Music, Spotify

2014 was another great year for music. Many of the songs that made my list this year dropped in the second half of the year and a few actually came out in 2013 with remixes that dropped in 2014. And I may have cheated here or there with songs that came out in late...