by Joey Stabile | Apr 16, 2018 | KEEPING IT FUN, Master Instructor Blog, Music
I lead a fairly busy life. Amy and I own both Cycling Fusion and ICI/Pro which keeps us pretty busy and I am on staff at Carnegie Mellon University in the Athletics Department and their Triathlon Coach. Add to that teaching a few classes a week to keep my edge and I...
by Joey Stabile | Mar 30, 2018 | Music, Spotify
This week's ride focused on cadence work…..I absolutely love cadence work. While I think the hardest work we do is speed work (that is next week), I find cadence work to be the most satisfying. I love working on the control and building the leg's ability to...
by Joey Stabile | Feb 28, 2018 | Best Practices, Bonus Materials, Creativity Indoor Classes, Instructor Training, iTunes, iTunes & Spotify Training, Music, New Instructor 101, Spotify
This is post one in a multi-post series that will explain how to use and select music to compliment your class. As the series progresses, I will be sure to include the links to the previous posts so that the entire series can be found in the latest post. As an...
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...
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...
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...