A very Happy 4th to everyone! John and I will be mastering the art of Paddle Boarding later today. I figured this was the best time to learn- the water is so high here in MN there is a ‘no wake' enforcement on the lakes :). If we can't learn in a no wake zone, we never will! I'm sure John will be posting some exceptionally flattering pictures of me.
Today's music selection is credited to Sara Spigler Pomish from the Facebook indoor cycling instructors group. I haven't been using much house music lately, so my class loved this. It starts out very ‘tribal' with percussion and then turns into a blistering climb at 65 bpm and the free download is 4:36.
Here is the English Electronic music group Fluke with ‘Zion':
With the battle raging in indoor cycling between scientifically proven training techniques and fun workouts, I believe there is a place for both.
The HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) portion of the class will be structured intervals while the Party on the Bike portion will be music mapping to some classic “Happy Hour” tunes. Both types of interval sets will be performed at a high intensity.
Coach Dennis Mellon is a Certified Personal Trainer/Performance Enhancement Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, Certified New Leaf Metabolic Testing Specialist, as well as Certified Spinning, Schwinn Indoor Cycling, IndoRow and Energy Zone instructor.
Dennis was voted the Mountain West’s top Spin Instructor by Competitor Magazine in 2012. He has a Bachelors Degree in Physical Education and a Minor in Coaching from the State University of New York College at Cortland. Dennis has been working in the Fitness Industry since 1992 and has helped numerous clients and athletes of all abilities reach their fitness and racing goals.
Dennis has completed 8 ironman distance triathlons as well as ultra distance mountain bike events, marathons and shorter events like sprint triathlons and 5k’s. He's coached first timers to elite level endurance athletes. He is most proud of the fact that all but one ironman distance athlete he has coached has reached the finish line and many have set personal records.
I wouldn't begin to say you haven't heard of this fabulous artist, but just in case, I wanted you to experience him. This is a great climb at 69 rpm's and 3 minutes 14 seconds.
I've been coaching the whole thing out of the saddle- just up and out and go!
This guy is a 22 year old Brit! No wonder he's on the top of the chart there (I always scope the top of the Spotify chart in the US and the UK). My oldest daughter, Abby, said, “Mom, you gotta check this new guy out- he's really good.” I'm feeling pretty awesome (and young-ish?) that I already had him firmly embedded in my playlist.
It's “Equalizer” or “Equaliser” depending on what side of the pond your classes are held.
In a comparison of Deezer's and Spotify's iPhone Apps, I would always choose Spotify – their App includes adjustable crossfade playback. Once you have crossfade you won't want to go without it. Beyond that the IOS Apps are very similar.
A little bird notified me today that Deezer is going to release a new version of their music player App for both iPhone and Android soon… whatever that means? Based on the above graphic, the new Apps will allow higher quality 320kbps playback, crossfade and an Equalizer. I let you know when I hear more.
I know how to use crossfade effectively – OK, I just have it set at about 8 seconds and have left it there for at least a year.
But I'm going to be really curious to play with the Equalizer 🙂
Have you delivered your class music with your laptop and used the Equalizer that's in iTunes?
Amy and I aren't big on camping > actually we refuse to camp unless there's a hot shower in the tent. But this music festival in Dover, Delaware sounds like a blast.
You know Coachella and Bonnaroo, but you may not have heard of Firefly. This musical camping extravaganza kicks off its third year today in Dover, DE. What's nice about festivals like Firefly is that they give you a chance to see a slew of bands you already like discovering some of your future favorites en route to the different stages. Even if you’re not already familiar with the indie-rock scene, you still might recognize one of the 100-plus big name bands and emerging artists gracing the woodsy campgrounds this weekend.
They've published a playlist at shape.com from the top bands here – but no Spotify playlist… so I've created one for you 🙂
