Free Music Friday 4/4

by Amy Macgowan | Apr 3, 2014 | Instructor Training, Music

  This song has it all: a soft jungle beat start, enticing vocals, driving piano and 'Saturday Night Live' like sax! I can see why it peaked to number 1 in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy. We may be a bit behind here in the States! I've been...

Help Us Build a Sound Meter for Fitness Studios

by John | Mar 29, 2014 | Best Practices, Instructor Tech Help, Music

We've launched an Indiegogo campaign to solve a problem most ALL of us face every week in our classes. View our campaign here http://igg.me/at/studio-sound-meter/x/4195981 I'm trying to help you solve this problem... Do you really know when your class music is at...

Free Music Friday

by John | Mar 28, 2014 | Music

I'm having so much fun building a playlist, using a single as the "base" track to build off of and then scrolling through related artists to fill in the rest. Plus it doesn't hurt to hear multiple; "great music tonight John!" at the end of class to know I'm doing...

Free Friday Music – Mashups for the Schwinn Class Tamer App

by John | Mar 21, 2014 | Music

I really like using the new Class Tamer iPhone App that Schwinn Cycling introduced at IHRSA. It's taking a bit of re-orientating my thinking away from Spotiy and back to iTunes. This of course limits my song selection to tracks I already have on my computer - which...

Free Music App Friday – New Class Tamer iPhone App from Schwinn

by John | Mar 14, 2014 | Instructor Tech Help, Instructor Training, Music

UPDATE 6/2017 - this app has been discontinued by Schwinn and is no longer available. We're totally consumed here at IHRSA this week. So instead of a free track, how about an awesome and FREE Instructor iPhone App for building classes with cues instead? This new...

Free Music Friday – 2/28 Strength Builder Track

by John | Feb 28, 2014 | Instructor Training, Music

Some profiles call for a slow, powerful song to really encourage everyone to crank on a bunch of gears. I love to transition to some some strength work in the middle of class, before everyone is fatigued. There's a nice place about 2:30 in where you can cue focused...